A schist in the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds are a geologist's best friend. For proof, look no further than a recently mined diamond that contained a mineral that had never been seen in ...

A team of Rice University engineers suggests that lab-grown diamond coatings could resolve the issue of mineral scaling ...

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Mineral scale inside pipes is one of those hidden problems that quietly drains money and energy from industrial systems, ...

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The Cullinan mine, located on a diamond-bearing kimberlite pipe in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, is the world’s richest source of rare blue diamonds and has produced more than a quarter of the ...

The Cullinan mine, located on a diamond-bearing kimberlite pipe in the Gauteng province of South Africa, is the world’s richest source of rare blue diamonds and has produced more than a quarter of the ...

Researchers have penned a new study that reveals the discovery of a rare mineral that forms under extremely high pressure and high temperature in Earth's mantle. The mineral that was found is called ...

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Researchers discovered a mineral that shouldn't exist on Earth's surface but was found inside a diamond. The mineral, davemaoite, was found inside a diamond from an African mine. It was last dug up ...

In industrial pipes, mineral deposits build up the way limescale collects inside a kettle ⎯ only on a far larger and more ...