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Is my idea for a creatures natural armor plates realistic?

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First of all:
I don't think that diamond is a good material to use. It isn't even really resistant to pressure. So... it's a stylistic choice and of course I want to know if nature could be this crazy.

The "Creatures":
The alien creature I'm talking about has a wasplike abdomen. All kinds of necessary fats and fluids are stored there. In the mid of it, there's also "the organ in which the babies grow". (This isn't easy for me)

The "Baby":
When the first growth process of the "baby" has ended, the "armor" gets added on its skin just before it gets spilled out.

The "Process":
Graphite gets around the "baby". It sticks on some places, on others it doesn't...

1 minute paint sketch of scenario

Some sort of hydrogen-gas-mixture is made hot through micro waves. (Somehow by another organ) The generated plasma turns the graphite into a layer of small diamonds.

2 minutes paint sketch of scenario

The Diamonds stay and are later used as armor, teeth and nails.

Source - Springer: "Diamond synthesis from methane-hydrogen-water mixed gas using a microwave plasma"

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