ELI5 Coal To Diamond - Can we really turn coal into diamonds through applying the right pressure conditions?

Superman did it in Superman 3. If coal turns to diamonds through pressure, could we dump a bunch of coal on the ocean floor to turn them into diamonds faster?

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