Random Tusks

Candle Diamonds

New research reveals that nanodiamonds can be formed in relatively benign terrestrial environments — such as a candle and flame. This lends a lot of support to the YD team’s hypotheses that the diamonds they find in the black mat were formed terrestrially, not through shock pressure, but rather by a hypoxic conflagration. In fact, they have a patent on it. Nanodiamonds in candle…
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question