Can there be lots of gold and diamonds in the moon underneath its surface?

Answer 1

don't worry, if they are there you are not gonna find them.

Answer 2

Probably not diamonds because of the pressures necessary to compact carbon to that degree, though possibly still, but we've all seen the moon glow gold and silver which would at least suggest a metalic content. You could be onto something there - all you need to do now is build the necessary equipment and go prospecting.
"More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one component of lunar rocks, called Kreep (potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus), represents the last chemical remnant of that magma ocean. Kreep is really a composite of what scientists term "incompatible elements": those which can't fit into a crystal structure and thus were left behind, floating to the surface of the lava. For researchers, Kreep is a convenient tracer, useful for reporting the story of the volcanic history of the lunar crust and chronicling the frequency of impacts by comets and other celestial bodies.

The lunar crust is composed of a variety of primary elements, including uranium, thorium, potassium, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, titanium, calcium, aluminium and hydrogen, as determined by spectroscopy.

A complete global mapping of the Moon for the abundance of these elements has never been performed. However, some spacecraft have done so for portions of the Moon; Galileo did so when it flew by the Moon in 1992.[7] The overall composition of the Moon is believed to be similar to that of the upper parts of the Earth other than a depletion of volatile elements and of iron."(1)

Answer 3

It is unlikely. On earth diamonds are formed perhaps 60 miles down under tremendous heat and pressure (and time). There is less pressure on the moon due to is reduced mass and gravity. On earth tectonic plate and volcanic activity permit gold to be separated from a mass of crust and concentrated in seams as ore (the mother lode). Again on the moon there likely was far less tectonic and volcanic activity to duplicate the earth process. The elements (gold and carbon) are likely present in the moon's crust but not the powerful earth mechanism to make 'lots' of them.

Answer 4

No, the moon doesn't have much heavy metal. It's mostly silicon and other light materials.

I don't think the moon had the right scale of vulcanism to make diamonds.

The helium-3 trapped in the lunar soil is worth more than its weight in gold though.

Answer 5

if there was everycountry would buy a land there and start digging holes on it and in next 50 yers BAMMM there wont be moon anymore and we r all gonna die ( donno why tho but we will) lmao :) just a lil imagination

Answer 6

i dont know. plz go, find out & tell me. i will also go with u

Answer 7

yes. planning to go there.:) coming?