New Diamond Lab to Help Identify Viable Diamond Deposits

The Edmonton Sun reported that the University of Alberta has now officially opened the Arctic Resources Geochemistry Laboratory, a new world-class diamond lab whose purpose is to help scientists determine which diamond deposits are worth digging up.

As quoted in the market news:

‘Diamonds are very scarce, even when you’re sitting on top of a diamond pipe. So we look at and date indicator minerals which are far more abundant than the diamonds themselves. We can analyze the minerals and figure out how old the (diamonds) are,’ [researcher Graham Pearson] said.

‘It’s a very important thing to be able to push forward and develop new frontiers of finding new resources.’

Click here to read the full report from The Edmonton Sun.