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To: Talisker

Yes, but such has been found in an outer ring of an impact crater in Canada. They would have once been a possible source of tiny industrial diamonds but with the manufactured diamonds available today they’re not economically mined.


22 posted on 12/18/2014 8:03:02 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

How would the diamonds be separated? Are they all just fused together by rock? If that’s the case, then maybe solvents could dissolve the rock. I don’t know if heat would work because diamonds, I believe, can actually burn, being carbon. Would depend on the required temps I guess. It would be fascinating if you could just heat up the entire encrustation and strain out the liquid rock, leaving the diamonds behind.


23 posted on 12/19/2014 2:09:39 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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