How TRILLIONS of Dollars Worth of Diamonds Are MINED – From Earth to Riches

How TRILLIONS of Dollars Worth of Diamonds Are MINED – From Earth to Riches

This video takes you inside the trillion-dollar world of diamond mining — a high-tech industrial system capable of extracting one of Earth’s rarest and most valuable materials from ancient volcanic formations. Watch the entire journey from start to finish as diamond-bearing ore is blasted from kimberlite pipes, crushed under hundreds of tons of pressure, scanned with X-rays, separated by density, analyzed by lasers, and finally recovered as the precious stones that fuel a $90-billion global industry.

Go behind the scenes to see how massive open-pit mines, crushing mills, dense-media separators, X-ray recovery machines, grease belts, laser scanners, and advanced laboratory instruments work together to locate microscopic crystals hidden inside tons of rock. Discover how each diamond is evaluated under microscopes, authenticated through spectroscopy, and graded for brilliance and purity before being sent to cutting centers or repurposed for aerospace, industrial tools, and high-tech optics — revealing the extraordinary science and engineering behind the world’s most coveted gemstone.

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⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 - Cold Open
00:20 - Intro
00:51 CHAPTER 1: BORN IN FIRE: The Ancient Origins of Earth’s Diamonds
01:53 CHAPTER 2 — ORGANIZING THE EARTH: The First Step Toward Discovery
03:02 CHAPTER 3 — THE BREAKING POINT: Where Stone Surrenders Its Secrets
04:22 CHAPTER 4 — PRECISION BY FIRE: The Sculpting of the Stone
05:46 CHAPTER 5 — THE FINAL JUDGMENT: Truth Within the Stone
07:06 CONCLUSION — REBIRTH OF A BILLION-YEAR TREASURE