Rare Rock with 30000 Diamonds Discovered in Russia

This 5mm rock has - hold your breath - 30,000 diamonds in it

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It has become a huge mystery for scientists. According to a report published in The Independent, miners in Russia have discovered a rock with about 30,000 diamonds in it.

The rock which appears to be red and green in colour was found by Russian miners and is kept in one of the research academy.

The rock is around 5mm in size.

"The tiny bits look very exciting and they look strange," Larry Taylor, a geologist at the University of Tennessee was quoted as saying.

The detailed research will be presented in Russian Geology and Geophysics in 2015.

When miners at the Udachnaya diamond mine in Russia saw the red and green stone they unearthed from the ground, they already knew the rock was different and for an apparent reason. The 30mm rock is studded with thousands of diamonds.

The bizarre-colored rock has 30,000 diamonds, a concentration a million times higher than normal. The stone, however, are too small to be used as gems so the mining company donated the rock to the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Although the diamond's tiny size makes them essentially worthless as gems, the rock is a rare and precious find for scientists. Larry Taylor, a geologist from the University of Tennessee, said that the number of diamonds on the rock as well as the stone's unusual red and green coloring can provide researchers with hints on the geologic history of the Earth. The one-of a kind characteristic of the stone can also shed more light on the origins of the precious gemstones.