Diamond Foundry, a young startup from Silicon Valley, claims to have developed a process to produce real diamonds in a foundry. She has already raised $ 100 million from prestigious investors including Leonardo DiCaprio.
How are diamonds born?
Scientists explain it quite easily. In the depths of the Earth's mantle (at least 150 km away), where the enormous pressures of 50000 atmospheres and hellish temperatures of 1500 degrees allow carbon atoms to crystallize. Perhaps in the future they could be produced in factories. In any case, this is the ambition of Diamond Foundry, a Californian start-up which claims to know the recipe.
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