Zircon crystal under a microscope
Courtesy WikipediaA new study this week in the science journal Nature speculates that some extremely small slivers of diamond found in zircon crystals may have originated from carbon derived from the organic remains of early terrestrial life forms. At least that's how it appears to the scientists involved. But even they're skeptical. If it is true that the diamonds origins are biogenic, it would push the beginnings of life on Earth back another 500 million years, to about 4.25 billion years ago, not long after our planet formed. The story appears here.
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