Diamond Rocket
Diamonds are born deep inside the Earth, more than 150 kilometres down! To get to the surface without turning into pencil lead, they have to hitch a ride on a "diamond rocket" called a kimberlite eruption. These super-fast volcanoes blast through the ground at 128 kilometres per hour, powered by bubbles of carbon dioxide gas. It's like a giant, sparkly soda bottle exploding from the center of the Earth! Learn more!
Wee Ones
Imagine you are holding some sparkly diamonds! If you have 2 diamonds in one hand and 3 diamonds in the other, how many diamonds do you have in total?
Little Kids
Kimberlite eruptions create a giant pipe in the ground that is shaped like a carrot. If a "carrot-pipe" is 30 metres wide at the top and only 10 metres wide further down, how many metres wider is it at the top?
Big Kids
If the diamond rocket travels at its top speed of 128 kilometres per hour, how many kilometres does it travel in just half an hour (30 minutes)?
The Sky's the Limit
More than 70% of the world's diamonds are found in these special kimberlite pipes. If a mining company finds 200 diamonds in a week, and 70% of them are from a kimberlite pipe, how many diamonds is that?