A unique type of diamond has been discovered in Australia for the first time, but they’re invisible to the naked eye.
Researchers from Queensland’s James Cook University found rare metamorphic diamonds in rocks along the Clarke River Fault, west of Paluma in the state’s north, according to Science Advances Journal.
But before anyone grabs their mining tools to find their own shiny rock, these diamonds can only be seen using a laser and a microscope, according to the university’s Ioan Sanislav.
“Don’t go to Paluma and start looking for them. Even for us, it was very difficult to find them,” he said….