Ice VII added as a mineral

Skunk-Works

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Trapped in the rigid structure of diamonds formed deep in the Earth’s crust, scientists have discovered a form of water ice that was not previously known to occur naturally on our planet.

The finding, published Thursday in Science, represents the first detection of naturally occurring ice-VII ever found on Earth. And as sometimes happens in the scientific process, it was discovered entirely by accident.

Ice-VII is about one-and-a-half times as dense as the regular ice we put in our drinks and skate on in winter, and the crystalline structure of its atoms is different as well.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...-sci-sn-water-in-diamonds-20180308-story.html



So I wonder how many wedding rings out there have ice VII in them?
 
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snoopy7548

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There's also this form of ice:

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