How Do They Mine Diamonds?

HOW DO THEY DO IT?
Mondays 9:30p on Science
In the world of diamond mining, everything starts with a bang. Thousands of tons of rock are blasted each day in order to reach diamonds that form 93 miles below ground.

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[tibblesss]

1. Chop Down A Tree
2. Make A Crafting Table
3. Make Wood Pick
4. Mine Stone
5. Get Cobblestone
6. Make Stone Pick
7. Explore a Cave
8. Mine Iron
9. Find Coal
10. Make Furnace
11. Put Coal And Iron Ore In Furnace
12. Smelt Iron
13. Collect Iron
14. Make Iron Pick
15. Explore A Cave
16. Find Diamonds
17. Mine Diamonds
18. Cry Because The Diamonds Fell In Lava
19. Get Killed By A Creeper
20. Repeat

[zfir]

*It's so much easier in Minecraft.*

[Domo-]

Rule number one: Never dig straight down

[AndrewTheRadarMan]

I swear if I hear another minecraft joke I'm going to punch a tree.

[Bakalar]

dude. the way dr. joanna articulates and enunciates her words, it's so crystal clear!

[nathangrooms]

how do they do it?: how do they artificially restrict the market to keep those diamonds more expensive.

[rutherbustos]

The question is, how did they knew where to mine diamonds?

[thebitehandle]

I love how she glorified how easy it is to steal them lol

[xXSkyXDragonXx]

You dig down to y 11 and mine straight... Wait this isn't minecraft?

K den

[Durhamguy]

What about the part where they are shipped to DeBeers warehouse and not sold to keep diamond prices artificially inflated?

[thelaststi]

Who else clicked on this video to look at the comments

[ravyngriffis]

It's not just a boulder! It's a rock 🥰

[adebrysi]

excuse me but I was under the impression that children bled and died to bring me my diamonds.

[sirius]

why are rare things always expensive. its just some shiny carbon, its bullshit.

[sitofish]

With an iron pickaxe of course on level 12, how else would they find diamonds??

I suppose if there is a basketball sized diamond in the crushing machine it comes out in gravel sized pieces.

[yogakurosaki]

How they shaped diamond for market?
is it the hardest stone with 10/10 in mohs scale?

[BangiBoom]

Pro tip: You need to be at Y level 11 to find the most diamonds

[ezequielabreu]

Que mina maravilhosa! muito abencuada!

[majeurefailma]

Even the robot has to be search for diamonds after work.