kimberlite pipe

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kimberlite pipe (plural kimberlite pipes)

(geology) A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 190:
  Because they come up from such depths – up to 200 kilometres down – kimberlite pipes bring up all kinds of things not normally found on or near the surface: a rock called peridotite, crystals of olivine and – just occasionally, in about one pipe in a hundred – diamonds.

单词	kimberlite pipe
释义	kimberlite pipe English Noun kimberlite pipe (plural kimberlite pipes) (geology) A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface. 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 190: Because they come up from such depths – up to 200 kilometres down – kimberlite pipes bring up all kinds of things not normally found on or near the surface: a rock called peridotite, crystals of olivine and – just occasionally, in about one pipe in a hundred – diamonds.
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