Diamonds form far beneath the Earth’s crust.

WHERE DO DIAMONDS FORM?
The ultrahigh pressure under which carbon atoms are « squeezed » into diamond is difficult to imagine. Such pressures are found in nature. But to find them, one must penetrate the Earth’s crust and go down, down, down...

Reproduction of a mine tunnel that provides access to a kimberlite pipe.

THE DIAMOND AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
What does diamond-bearing magma look like? The best way to find out is first hand, like a geologist or prospector, in one of the tunnels that provide access to a kimberlite pipe.

As you walk through the tunnel, a faithful reproduction of the « real thing, » note the way the rock formation changes.

INTRA- AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL DIAMONDS
There may even have been diamonds at the time of the dinosaurs...