Earth's biggest cache of pink diamonds formed in the breakup of the 1st supercontinent 'Nuna'
by Stephanie Pappas, LIveScience, September 19, 2023
[www.livescience.com]

Geologists Unravel the Mysteries of Australia’s Rare Pink Diamonds
The dazzling, blush-colored gems likely emerged from Earth’s mantle
some 1.3 billion years ago, when a supercontinent named Nuna broke
up, study suggests
by Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian, September 20, 2023
[www.smithsonianmag.com]

The open access paper is:

Olierook, H.K.H., Fougerouse, D., Doucet, L.S. et al. Emplacement of
the Argyle diamond deposit into an ancient rift zone triggered by
supercontinent breakup. Nat Commun 14, 5274 (2023).
[doi.org]
[www.nature.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)