Where Do Diamonds Come From?

Diamonds. You see them in jewelry stores, celebrities flaunting them, but where do they come from? Turns out not from coal! Check out this episode to find out what conditions are needed for diamonds to form. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to James Harshaw, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Accalia Elementia, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Kathy Philip, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-graphite-and-diam/ http://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/WN13-advances-diamond-geology-shirey http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/diamonds-unearthed-141629226/?no-ist http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/about-this-show/what-is-a-diamond/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/08/24/cracking-open-diamonds-for-messages-from-the-deep-earth/ https://deepcarbon.net/feature/new-analyses-refine-estimates-deep-carbon-cycle#.V-r8WZMrKqD http://geology.com/articles/diamonds-from-coal/ http://www.diamondnexus.com/product-education-pure-carbon-created-diamonds.html http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070822/full/news070820-7.html http://phys.org/news/2013-09-diamonds-trees-millions-years.html Images: Kimberlites: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kimberlite_picture.jpg Coal: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bituminous_Coal.JPG Tetrahedrons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon