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kimberlite pipes

kimberlite pipes is the plural of kimberlite pipe.

Meaning of kimberlite pipe

Noun

kimberlite pipe (plural kimberlite pipes)

  1. A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.
    • 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.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 190

Questions about kimberlite pipes

What is kimberlite pipes the plural of?
Kimberlite pipes is the plural of kimberlite pipe.

Words near kimberlite pipes in the dictionary

  1. Kimberling
  2. Kimberlings
  3. kimberlins
  4. kimberlite
  5. kimberlite pipe
  6. kimberlite pipes
  7. kimberlites
  8. kimberlitic
  9. Kimberly
  10. kimberwick
  11. kimberwicke

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