Gap Fill - Diamonds - Level 5

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Researchers used a machine to simulate the under which Mercury formed. The machine is used to make diamonds. Researchers made a of silicon, magnesium and aluminium inside a graphite . This was subjected to 70,000 times than Earth's. It was heated to of 2,000ºC. A researcher speculated about the diamonds on Mercury. He said: "They would [resemble] diamonds." Scientists believe there are a tons of diamonds beneath the Earth.

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