Density of diamond 3515kgm−3, Z=6,
vboom=3.4354∗35156=2012.57ms−1
Tboom=2012.572∗12∗10−33∗8.3144=1948.64K or 1675.49oC
Tp=2012.572∗12∗10−32∗8.3144=2922.96K or 2649.81oC
Can we cook carbon in an inert environment first at Tboom=1675.49oC and then at Tp=2649.81oC, and expect diamond. Carbon has a sublimation temperature of 3917K or 3642oC; both Tboom and Tp are below this temperature.
Pressure would be needed to compact the carbon mass as the crystals form.
Maybe...