The increased pressure forces the carbon chain structure of whatever element into a crystalline structure since that's the most resilient molecular structure. so is A
The correct answer is option A, that is, the atoms in the mineral get rearranged.
Explanation:
With time, and under immense pressure, the atoms of a substance can become reorganized, producing a novel substance. For example, the carbon present underground in the form of coal encounters with intense pressure, that further gets rearranged or reorganized to convert into a diamond, that is, the atoms of coal get rearrange themselves with time to produce a diamond.
