Diamonds reveal sign of the deepest water known inside Earth
A type of ice crystal in gems points to liquid existing up to 800 kilometers below the surface
COMPACT CUBE Researchers discovered ice-VII entombed within a diamond. This cubic form of ice (crystal structure shown) is found only at very high pressures such as those deep in Earth’s interior.
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