kimberlite pipe
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.
Example Sentences
- "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."