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by beardyw 664 days ago
This would bring the price down:

Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/science/mercury-diamond-under...

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If this finding is confirmed and if such diamonds could be accessed
Diamonds are artificially scarce anyway. The big producers stockpile their output to keep prices high, and spread FUD about dirt cheap, just-as-good synthetics.