Due Date Calc. The Diamond Standard Kathleen Gordon Mothers are more precious than jewels, and as gorgeous as dazzling diamonds.
Diamonds form from carbon that is placed under extreme pressure, and high temperatures, over eons.
But moms endure their own kinds of natural, kid-produced heat and pressure over their lifetimes. Diamonds are formed 75-120 miles below the surface of the earth, within molten rock. Their formation requires 14,000 degrees centigrade, and pressures over 70,000 times as strong as those on the earth's surface. Diamonds are the hardest naturally formed substance known to man. Compared to any other natural element on earth, they are essentially indestructible.