00:00but even in regulated mines getting to the diamonds is no easy feat they can be hundreds or even thousands of feet underground some mines are open pit meaning that large excavators scoop away layers of soil and rock until they reach the area where diamonds are being formed
00:16but others require going down deep into the ground if you've seen pictures of coal miners you probably have an idea of what working in a diamond mine looks like miners use picks shovels and drills to break apart the surrounding rock and bring it up to the surface the rocks containing diamonds are crushed and ground up then washed sorted and sifted through any diamonds that are found are sent off to be cut and polished so why are diamonds so expensive well for starters they're very rare and difficult to mine
00:45and that's before they're even cut and polished
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