A mineral was found inside a Diamond, named Daemovite in honour of the Geophysicist Ho-Kwang (Dave)
It has a chemical composition of CaSiO3 - Perovskite
This new mineral was found in a diamond found in Orapa, Kimberlite pipe, Botswana.
It formed deep in the earth’s mantle happens to contain a mineral never seen before in nature, it may help reveal new information about the structure of the planet at depths of more than 660 kilometers.
Actually Perovskite is the most abundant substance on Earth as is makes up most of the Mantle, i.e. 80 percent of the volume of the planet.
It likely formed 660 and 900 km below the planet’s surface, says mineralogist Oliver Tschauner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It has been synthesised in the lab earlier.
source - Geodigest (wiley.com)
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