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The vast majority of diamonds form within the Earth's lithospheric mantle at depths of around 150 to 190 km. Volcanic activity brings them to the surface in the form of volcanic pipes known as kimberlite or lamproite pipes.
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What layer of the earth contains diamonds?
Diamonds are usually formed in the upper mantle.
What land forms are diamonds in?
Diamonds are found in volcanic pipes, which erupts them to the earth's surface from deep within the earth's mantle.
What is the layer of rock that forms earth's outer layer?
This is known as the crust.
What causes diamonds to be formed in Russia?
Extreme heat and pressure deep in the earth forms diamonds all over the earth, except on the continents of Europe and Antarctica.
What element is found in diamonds pencils and everywhere on earth?
Carbon is the element found in diamonds, pencils (graphite), and is abundantly present in various forms on Earth.
In what layer of the earth do most life forms?
Mantle
What layer of rock forms the Earth's crust?
mantle
What layer of rock that forms the earth's crust?
mantle
Where is crust located?
The Earth's crust is the outermost layer of the Earth. It is divided into two types: continental crust, which forms the continents, and oceanic crust, which forms the ocean floors.
What is the thin layer that forms the center of the earth?
The core. The core.
What layer forms the largest portion of the earth?
THE mantle 80%
which layer of the earth forms ocean floor?
Ocean Crust.
