In The News: College of Sciences

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The Independent

Newly discovered mineral, named davemaoite, was found encased within a diamond.

Space.com

Researchers thought the mineral was impossible to find on Earth's surface.

Vice

The rare mineral, long hypothesized but never seen, was recovered from a diamond that emerged from the Earth's lower mantle.

Interesting Engineering

Scientists thought they might never find a sample of the elusive mineral.

Republic World

In a major discovery, mineralogists identified a new mineral in a diamond mined from about 410 miles (660 km) below the surface of the earth in Botswana.

Science Times

A group of scientists recently discovered a mineral inside a diamond taken from the depths of the earth for the first time.

Nature World News

Scientists have discovered the first instance of a never-before-seen mineral inside a diamond pulled from deep down the Earth's surface.

Daily Star

This mineral, that can only form under high pressure and high temperatures in Earth's mantle, was never seen before until scientists discovered a sample of it trapped in a diamond.

Mysterious Universe

A diamond discovered deep beneath Earth’s surface contains a mineral that has never been found before on our planet.

Tempo

Ancient diamond boulderfrom Botswana has black spots which are apparently a type of mineral that has never been seen before. The mineral, called davemaoite, is a unique window for scientists to see rock chemistry from the depths of the Earth.

India Times

A new mineral has been discovered deep inside Earth's mantle, wrapped inside a diamond. The never-before-seen mineral sheds light on the unexplored secrets that remain hidden in Earth's different layers.