This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Geoscientists can't say if diamonds are ...

Drawing from geology and volcanology, scientists propose an integrated and dramatic mechanism for the formation of kimberlites, the enigmatic structures bearing most of the world's diamonds. Their ...

Geologists have studied tiny pockets of fluids trapped inside diamonds to get a better understanding of how old humanity’s favorite rocks might be. In doing so, they identified three distinct periods ...

More than just symbols of wealth and beauty, diamonds are a testament to the history of the earth, says University of Toronto professor Daniel Schulze. Schulze, a professor in the Department of ...

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the difference? Researchers are finding out. How molten carbon crystallizes into ...

Figure 1: Oxygen isotope compositions of diamond inclusion minerals and of various basaltic rocks. One type of sample that can help to clarify the oxygen isotope history of mantle eclogites is the ...

The 'Picasso diamond' shows complex growth patterns highlighted by cathodoluminescence Geoscientists can't say if diamonds are forever, but they can say that some are already billions of years old.

More than just symbols of wealth and beauty, diamonds are a testament to the history of the earth, says University of Toronto professor Daniel Schulze. Schulze, a professor in the Department of ...