A scientist has found that a thorny, palmlike plant in Liberia seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes, which are known to contain diamonds. (sciencemag.org)
A geologist has discovered a thorny, palmlike plant in Liberia that seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes — columns of volcanic rock hundreds of meters across that extend deep into Earth, left by ancient eruptions that exhumed diamonds from the mantle. (sciencemag.org)
A grove of Pandanus candelabrum, which appears to grow only in diamond - bearing kimberlite soils. (sciencemag.org)