I always knew there were diamonds up there.....
Some diamonds might be planet-sized
U.S. astronomers said some planets might contain so much
carbon that part of their interiors have turned into diamond
layers hundreds of miles thick. Astronomers at Princeton
University said such planets would have a composition based
on carbon, in contrast with Earth and the other rocky
planets of the solar system, which are based mainly on
silicon. Such planets would be created by explosions of
carbon-rich stars that also produced low levels of oxygen.
In such cases, the resulting planet-forming disks would
contain large quantities of compounds such as graphite,
which if condensed and heated sufficiently would form
diamond structures of planet-sized dimensions. As
evidence, the team has found carbon-rich meteorites
imbedded with minute quantities of diamond, which they
said suggests the existence of such planets.
They said the best place to look for diamond planets might
be near the center of the Milky Way, where a large
potential number of carbon-rich stars are located. As time
goes by, the Princeton team said, the whole galaxy will
become richer in carbon, thereby increasing the odds that
new planets will be high-carbon in content and possibly
contain massive diamond layers.
Helga you Do like rocks!
This is a very interesting read.
I read that St. Lawrence Island in Alaska has a beach gravel like marbles. You could come practice walking on those, :) you can`t loose em either! Only in your mind.
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Sing Ta na na
Ta na na na
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes ~