Kua whakauru te papa ki roto i te kahui o ngā whenua ingoa rite ki te 'igneous' nō tana mana me tana mohiotanga ki ngā whakamamae. Kāore iho ngā poraka hei whakamātau i te tahuhu o te papa, engari he hiahia anō kia motu he iti o ngā rauemi hei whai wāhi tonu. Nō te nehe, he diamonds te āhua o ngā rākau whakamahi hei hanga i ngā poraka, ā, i ētahi atu wā, he rākau whakamahi nui rawa, pērā i te silicon carbide. I te wā o te mahi i ngā kōwhatu, kua whakatūhia te poraka whakamātau, me te whakamahi tonu hei whakamātau i ngā tuahu kōwhatu, i ngā paepae me ngā marae. Ka whakapai anō te mahi whakamātau i te tae me te hoahoa o te papa, ā, ka whai ake hoki i te mana ki ngā whakamomori me te whakamamae. Ka nui ake te uara o ngā raraunga papa nā te whakamutunga e taea ana ki te whakamātau i te poraka, me utu pai ki ngā whakahaere whai take.