Uranus and Neptune May Have "Oceans of Diamonds"

Third Position writes "Oceans of liquid diamond topped with solid 'icebergs' of the precious gems could be on Uranus and Neptune. The first-ever detailed research into the melting point of diamond found it behaves like water during melting and freezing — with its solid form floating on the liquid. A large diamond ocean on one or both of the planets could provide an explanation for an oddity they both share: unlike Earth, they do not have magnetic poles that match up with their geographical poles." The article doesn't mention what the pressures might be like in these outer-planets environments, but the researchers found that liquefying diamond requires 40 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level.

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Oh man

[oldhack]

My ass. Not all that comes out of uranus is diamond.

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[Psaakyrn]

And Then De Beers sabotages the whole program because the real source of profit is in careful, controlled supply.

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[Ralph Spoilsport]

^^^^^^^^^^mod up informative.