Diamonds On The Soles Of Your Shoes

 This is for real. Yup. It won't be too much longer and you too can wear diamonds on the soles of your shoes. According to "supercomputer modeling", giant "pillars of heat" are bringing diamonds from deep within Earth's core, 2,900 kilometres deep, and dang if that ain't about really deep. So these 'pillars of heat' are bringing carrot-shaped pipes of kimberlite rock closer to the surface and the kimberlite rock pipes are filled to the brim with...diamonds! Yes, those very trendy and dang pricey diamonds are right there for the taking provided. Provided you can find a carrot-shaped pipe of kimberlite rock and grab a handful of those "forever" diamonds. Shoot, that don't sound too freaking hard. First hint would be to find volcanos. I know firsthand where there are loads of dormant volcanos. And yes, there are carrot-shaped kimberlite pipes and yes I have found diamonds. Mostly little dinky yet sparkly diamonds. So if one isn't too fussy about the size and condition of diamonds found in carrot-shaped pipes of kimberlite, well, won't be long and you'll be able to wear diamonds on the soles of your shoes. Then you can finally understand what the hell Paul Simon was singing about. Oh yes, and that article about carrot-shaped pipes of kimberlite rock is to be found on a webpage titled 'The Conversation' and those kind folks are referencing an article found in 'Nature Geoscience'. You can rest assured the articles are to be trusted and reliable. I mean we're talking about brainiac science types. Now for Wednesday machine art. Sadly there are no diamonds. Well maybe some literary diamonds in the rough. Really rough. ☺

Keith -

cow of the stupid variety -

outcrop (possibly carrot-shaped kimberlite rock) -

cliffs of dover -

rockhounding in the outback can be fun and more than a little interesting. you just never know what you're going to find. 💀