Get to know Kimberlite better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like peridotite.
Kimberlite meaning
A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
Synonyms of Kimberlite
Using Kimberlite
- The main meaning on this page is: A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
- Useful related words include: peridotite.
- In the example corpus, kimberlite often appears in combinations such as: kimberlite and.
Context around Kimberlite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kimberlite
- In this selection, "kimberlite" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, contrast, hololo, mining, indicator, formation and body stand out and add context to how "kimberlite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actively mining kimberlite diamonds and as a kimberlite indicator minerals. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kimberlite" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kimberlite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Currently the Ekati and Diavik mines are actively mining kimberlite diamonds. (11 words)
At depth, some kimberlite breccias grade into root zones of dikes made of unfragmented rock. (15 words)
Range of grades reflects the lowest and highest grades from all the lithologic units within each kimberlite body. (18 words)
Kimberlite Candy finished second to Walk In The Mill in the Becher Chase over the National fences last month and Lacey, who bought him for £40,000 as a three-year-old, said: “He’s a very special horse. (39 words)
In nature Geology Some hypotheses relating to diamond formation posit a possible role for cavitation—namely cavitiation in the kimberlite pipes providing the extreme pressure needed to change pure carbon into the rare allotrope that is diamond. (37 words)
Hololo Kimberlite recently appeared before the PAC where it alleged the documents it submitted as part of its application were doctored by the Mining ministry in 2012 to ensure that it lost out to Qholaqhoe Holdings. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
Xenoliths of garnet peridotite have been carried up from depths of convert and greater by kimberlite, and garnets from such disaggegated xenoliths are used as a kimberlite indicator minerals in diamond prospecting.
In contrast, kimberlite formation is thought to involve exceedingly low degrees of mantle rock melting, often less than 1%.
Range of grades reflects the lowest and highest grades from all the lithologic units within each kimberlite body.
Kimberlite Candy finished second to Walk In The Mill in the Becher Chase over the National fences last month and Lacey, who bought him for £40,000 as a three-year-old, said: “He’s a very special horse.
De Beers is working with several Canadian universities to look at ways to capture the carbon in kimberlite, the type of rock that hosts the diamonds at the mine.
Hololo Kimberlite recently appeared before the PAC where it alleged the documents it submitted as part of its application were doctored by the Mining ministry in 2012 to ensure that it lost out to Qholaqhoe Holdings.
We are achieving a rate -- a reject rate of between 15% to 30% of feed, with a kimberlite loss rate of between 1% to 2%.
At depth, some kimberlite breccias grade into root zones of dikes made of unfragmented rock.
Currently the Ekati and Diavik mines are actively mining kimberlite diamonds.
In nature Geology Some hypotheses relating to diamond formation posit a possible role for cavitation—namely cavitiation in the kimberlite pipes providing the extreme pressure needed to change pure carbon into the rare allotrope that is diamond.
Kimberlite deposits are known as blue ground for the deeper serpentinized part of the deposits, or as yellow ground for the near surface smectite clay and carbonate weathered and oxidized portion.
The principal rock of kimberlite is a dark bluish-green serpentine-rich breccia (blue-ground) which when thoroughly oxidized and weathered becomes a friable brown or yellow mass (the "yellow-ground").
They are mined from kimberlite and lamproite volcanic pipes, which can bring diamond crystals, originating from deep within the Earth where high pressures and temperatures enable them to form, to the surface.
Common combinations with kimberlite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: