Japanese scientist finds crystals may be 'Earth's center'

A Japanese tech scientist has recreated the conditions found at the Earth's core in his laboratory at the SPring-8 synchrotron near Osaka, Japan, BBC News reported.

Professor Kei Hirose of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering has found that a sample of the material thought to make up the Earth's core, iron-nickel alloy, was subjected to three million times atmospheric pressure and heated to about 4,500C, resulting in the rapid growth of crystals.

In a an experiment aimed to reveal the Eath's condition in the Far Stone Age, the scientist singled out rings that became spotty during heating and the sides of the crystal of the ironical alloy increased by 1,000 at co-pressure and temperature in just in 10 minutes.

"We may have very big crystals as the center of the earth, maybe up to 10 km. It's like a forest. It looks very interesting," he said.