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Chinese Scientists Finally Create Rare Hexagonal Diamond, and It's Harder Than the Natural Kind

The diamond was around 0.04 inches in size and exhibited more sturdiness and resistance compared to typical cubic diamonds.
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China team grows world’s rarest millimeter-sized ‘hexagonal’ diamond crystal

After decades of debates over the existence and properties of one of the world’s ...
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Scientists design superdiamonds with theoretically predicted hexagonal crystal structure

The brilliantly shiny diamond is more than just pretty; it's one of the hardest minerals on Earth, with a name derived from the Greek word adámas, meaning unbreakable. Scientists have now engineered a ...