Many South African diamonds are mined from kimberlite pipes. Alphas emitted by these impurities have well-defined energies and penetrate the diamond matrix only so far. Actually, the radiohalos pose three challenges to diamond-genesis theory. In fact some of the half-lives are only minutes or days long.
Some diamonds contain a strange, rectangular latticework of radiation-stained hollow tubes.
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