Re: diamonds
- From: "Greg Neill" <gneillREM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:10:16 -0400
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Thomas, these are very excellent questions. I suppose that this
question falls into the science of geology, which is a very young
branch of science and appears thus far quite comfortable in revising
their basic theory quite often (often being 20-40 years in this case.)
From my perspective, geologist still assume that all oil, coal, and
diamonds have their basis is once existing organic life, but they fail
to ask the very basic question of where did the carbon required to
form organic life originate here on earth.
The same place all the rest of the elements did, in supernova
explosions. The major elemental abundances in the universe at
large are (source: wikipedia):
Element PPM
---------- -------
Hydrogen 739,000
Helium 240,000
Oxygen 10,700
Carbon 4,600
Neon 1,340
Iron 1,090
Nitrogen 950
Silicon 650
Magnesium 580
Sulfer 440
All Others 650
Earthbound processes merely redistribute and recombine the
given elements (well, radioactivity shifts the concentrations
of some over time).
It's the classic chicken and egg question, and to my limited
knowledge, few researchers have seriously addressed it.
Expand your knowledge! Absence of effort is not the same
as absence of evidence.
Harry C.
p.s., An identical issue exists wih the oil deposits that are
frequently discovered many thousands of feet below the earths
surface. Where did they originate?
Deposition buries layers, oil percolates through porous
regions, collecting in regions surrounded by impermiable
layers. Ponder the possibilites, reach reasonable
conclusions.
.
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