Antarctica may contain diamond deposits
DEC 20, 2013
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027595
BBC : Deposits of kimberlite, a type of igneous rock known for containing diamonds, have been found in several areas of the world. Now researchers have found evidence of such deposits in Antarctica. Because commercial mining of mineral resources on that continent is banned by the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty , however, it is unlikely that any extraction efforts will get under way anytime soon. And because the deposits are buried in such forbidding territory, it may take until 2041, when the protocol comes up for review, to develop the technology to extract any potential diamonds.
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