The Making Of Precious Stones: How Are Diamonds Formed?

Diamonds are considered as the hardest and one of the most precious gem stones in the world. Since these precious stones can withstand up to 6500 degrees F, a lot of industries use this type of stone to stabilize delicate machine parts. You may not really be aware of it but some of your high tech gadgets actually have traces of diamonds on them. The traces of this precious stone are of course very small so it does not have much monetary value but nonetheless, it is still there. In other words, some electronic gadgets are actually wearing diamonds just like you!

Natural Formations of Diamonds

A lot of people want have these types of stones because of their sheer beauty. Although there are now efforts to create diamonds at laboratories, the fact still remains that precious stones that are created naturally are more beautiful and durable compared to those that have been made in laboratories. Besides, those stones that are created in laboratories are considerable smaller and of lesser quality compared to those stones that are produced by Mother Nature.

Natural diamonds are formed in magma or molten rocks about 75-120 miles from the surface of the earth. In most cases, these precious stones are formed under stable and large plates called “cratons”. These precious stones are actually the crystalline form of carbon after they have been exposed to tremendous amount of heat and pressure.

How Do Diamonds Come To The Surface Of The Earth

Mother Nature is truly amazing. It has its way of expelling the contents of it insides. In the case of the diamonds, these precious stones are expelled from the bowels of the earth through volcanic eruptions. However, not all diamonds that are formed in the inner layers of the earth make it to the surface during volcanic eruptions. In fact, only a very few pieces make it to surface. Note that if the crystalline carbon does not cool down rapidly before the magma breaks out into the surface of the earth; it will vaporize into carbon dioxide. Some of these crystalline carbons will also turn into graphite if the temperature is not right. Since the process of producing precious stones is a very complicated thing, you don’t really get to see too many of these precious stones even if you live at the foot of a volcano. Lots of volcanoes all over the world do not really bring forth diamonds when they erupt so forget about climbing to the crater of the volcano because there is a very slim chance that you will ever find precious stones there.