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名詞

kimberlite (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 kimberlites)

1. (geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 54:

     Some researchers think that the warming was caused as kimberlite pipes (volcanic vents originating deep in the Earth’s mantle) reached the surface near Lac de Gras in northern Canada and released huge amounts of carbon.

派生語

• kimberlite pipe

Further reading

• “kimberlite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

アナグラム

• timberlike