Southeastern India Likely to Emerge as Diamond Hub: Study

Bangalore: The most recent geological research carried out by Dr Subrata Das Sharma and Dr Durbha Sai Ramesh, Geoscientists from city-based CSIR National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) could possibly bring a ‘ray of hope’ for India’s diamond traders and exporters, who at present depend on supplies of rough stones from Australia, Botswana, Canada, Namibia, Russia and South Africa. This is because the study has hinted at the possibility of a diamond field under the Earth's crust stretching across India's south- east states-Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The duos studied seismic data related to recent earthquakes retrieved from seismological stations located at Hyderabad, Kadapa, Kothagudem and Dharwar. They claimed to have found a new, cost-effective and quick search tool, using earthquake data, for identifying regions where diamonds could potentially occur, reports Sutanuka Ghosal for Economic Times.

In a report published in the August issue of Lithosphere, the scientists reviewed journal of the Geological Society of America and have suggested that a vast area of around two lakh sq km in southeast India could have diamond-bearing rocks.

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