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According to Wikipedia, a craton is an "...old and stable part of the continental lithosphere" -- the earth's outermost rocky shell.
Kimberlite pipes, where diamonds are commonly found, are sometimes rooted in cratons.
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What are cratons?
The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian.
Where diamonds are found are called?
Diamonds are found in diamond mines that circulate around volcanic pipes: mined diamonds.As well, diamonds are found under water where the water has washed over volcanic pipes that contain diamonds: alluvial diamonds.
Diamond falls under which category of rocks?
Igneous rocks are the category of rocks that contain diamonds. The two types of igneous rocks that form diamonds are kimberlites and lamproites.
How diamonds affect the earth?
Diamonds are mined, so whatever effect mining may have on the earth is made when diamonds are mined.
How do the sequences of sedimentary rocks in cratons differ from those in mountain belts?
The sequences of sedimentary rocks in cratons are typically thin and are relatively undeformed or gently warped. The sequences in mountain belts, meanwhile, are thick and extensively folded and faulted.
What do cratons do?
Cratons contain the ancient crust of igneous rocks.
Where on earth are diamonds normally found?
In old areas of continental crust called "cratons" in volcanic structures called "kimberlite pipes".
What are cratons?
The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian.
What is found in diamonds?
Nothing... diamonds are just one base: carbon.Another AnswerThere are diamonds that contain trace elements that can render colour in the stone. Most diamonds contain at least trace amounts of nitrogen, which gives diamonds a yellow cast: fancy yellow diamonds contain more nitrogen. Boron gives diamonds a blue, or blue-gray cast. And so on.Trace elements that give diamonds colour are not separable from the diamond lattice.
What metals do diamonds have in them?
Diamonds are formed from carbon. Some brown diamonds may contain trace amounts of nickel -- otherwise diamonds do not contain metals.
Does chocolate contain diamonds?
No form of chocolate contains diamonds.
Does jewelry have real diamonds?
Jewelery can contain real diamonds, and jewelery can contain other gems, including stones meant to look like diamonds.
Can diamonds form without kimberlike pipes?
Since diamonds are most rare, indicator minerals are the only way to predict -- sometimes unsuccessfully -- where a miner might locate diamonds.The pipes are always required, since that's how diamonds are pushed up to the surface from earth's upper mantle, and kimberlite is not the only indicator mineral. (Link, below.)Diamond formation does not occur in the pipes: it occurs in cratons. From Wikipedia:"The correct combination of temperature and pressure is only found in the thick, ancient, and stable parts of continental plates where regions of lithosphere known as cratons exist. Long residence in the cratonic lithosphere allows diamond crystals to grow larger."You can read more about cratons, below.
Carbonate minerals contain?
Some minerals contain carbon, such as graphite and diamonds, however while they both contain carbon, the diamonds density is far greater.
What is at least one thing in nature that contains diamonds?
Kimberlite can contain diamonds.
What element does coal and diamonds contain?
Both coal and diamonds are formed from carbon.
What ores do diamond contain?
Diamonds are formed from carbon and contain no ores.
