It has been established that diamonds are a woman's status quo, being rare and expensive; it's the ultimate expression of admiration and love for women, being given as luxurious and expensive gifts, and an epitome of a perfect engagement ring.
However, the value that the diamonds have bathed in for years are now being put under the spotlight as a study said that diamonds are not that rare as we all previously believed. A collected gasp can be heard from women around the world as a group of researchers from John Hopkins University concluded in their study that diamonds may not be that special from other minerals and gems found in Earth. Ouch.
One of the researchers in the study, geochemist Dimitri Sverjensky, used a model to determine the process, which allegedly made the diamond as far more simple. Diamonds are believed to be from a complex process of nature, with the aid of high temperature, of as much as 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit and pressure of 725,000 pounds per square inch, it is usually found in as far as 190 kilometers in Earth's depth. It takes billions of years to develop a diamond, which is as far as the human knowledge has known.
However, this fact is being challenged with a study, Sverjensky expanded that "Diamond formation in the deep Earth, the very deep Earth, may be a more common process than we thought," the level of acidity in the liquid or water content also plays a great part in the process, very much like as any other gems or minerals. Does this mean that diamonds can somehow be reproduced at will and by humans alone?
The researchers are still on the progress of the theories. In order for the model to be tested, actual minerals and the same environment must be provided such as the pressure and temperature along with the acidic level of liquids. And diamonds forms hundreds of miles underground. However, these data are yet to be tested as no technology has yet been developed to test such claims and theories.
