The name Diamond comes from the Greek word Adamas meaning indestructible. Diamonds are the hardest rock on Earth.
Diamonds form between 120 – 200km below the surface, in the Earth’s mantle, in patches amongst mantle rocks called peridotites and eclogites. Study of these rocks tell us that the material from which diamonds form is sea [...]
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December – Diamond
on December 1, 2008 Leave a comment