Are we standing on a quadrillion tons of diamonds? (video) (IMAGE)

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Are we standing on a quadrillion tons of diamonds? (video)

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There might be a quadrillion tons of diamonds 100 miles below Earth’s surface. But the farthest we’ve traveled is 7 miles down, so how could we know that? https://youtu.be/JB-dOm2k6NY

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