Diamond Water Release Ice VII (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Diamond Water Release Ice VII

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Using Argonne's Advanced Photon Source, researchers identified a form of water known as Ice-VII, which was trapped within diamonds that crystallized deep in the Earth's mantle.

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Image courtesy of the University of Chicago.

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