[sandycheeks]

Didn't the RSS James Cook find a bunch of diamonds where the mantle is exposed beneath the Atlantic back in 2007?

I remember following this as an amateur geologist but never heard anything more after the diary entry found here...

http://www.classroomatsea.net/JC007/diary/diary_12-04.html

I assumed this would have a significant effect on the supply since they indicated that they got over 150 carats simply by dragging a bucket across the sea floor.

[johnchristopher]

I woulnd't hold my breath too much:

> But before that, as the First of April passed into the Second, and then to the Third, our delight turned from scientific wonder, to greed, and finally to suspicion concerning the amazingly prolific haul of gems from the abyss.