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Can volcanoes make diamonds

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10y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

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Diamonds are formed deep within the Earth's mantle, under extreme high temperature and high pressure.

They erupt to the Earth's surface by way of deep source volcanic eruptions,which leave behind plugs of solidified magma called volcanic pipes, which may contain pieces of minerals they gathered on their way up, including diamonds. These events are much rarer than ordinary volcanic eruptions, in fact we have yet to observe one in action.

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