The Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reports that the government has declassified a large deposit of diamonds, located in a meteorite crater formed 35 million years ago.
The unique composition of these “extraterrestrial gemstones” could make them uniquely valuable for the technology industry:
According to Academician Pokhilenko, “the value of impact diamonds is added by their unusual abrasive features and large grain size.” “This expands significantly the scope of their industrial use and makes them more valuable for industrial purposes / in metalworking, in production of efficient semiconductors, etc./,” he said.
In addition, as yet, impact diamonds with similar specifications have not been discovered anywhere else in the world. Thus, experts speak about their extraterrestrial origin and claim that Russia becomes a monopoly owner of unlimited supplies of this unique raw material, which is of highly demand in advanced technologies. Scientists forecast, this raw material reserves “would be enough for the entire world for 3.000 years.” Use of these minerals in the manufacturing industry is capable of a technical revolution.
The diamonds are described as “extra-hard.” #thatswhatshesaid