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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The researcher who led the study confirmed that while the type of diamond they researched is harder than common ones, it is \u201cyet to be proven by measurement\u201d exactly how much harder it actually is.<\/p>\n

A team of scientists claim they have discovered the largest crystals of a rare type of diamond found in meteorites, CNET reports.<\/p>\n

The diamond type in question, known as lonsdaleite, has a hexagonal lattice \u2013 as compared to the cubical lattice of an ordinary diamond \u2013 and was discovered in a meteorite that likely came from a dwarf planet that was struck by an asteroid sometime in the distant past<\/b>.<\/p>\n

While lonsdaleite has so far been found only in a type of meteorite called ureilite, it has also been synthesized in laboratory conditions by compressing and heating graphite.<\/p>\n

Dougal McCulloch, director of the RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility in Australia who participated in the research, said in a statement that the work \u201cproves categorically that lonsdaleite exists in nature.”<\/p>\n

While lonsdaleite is harder than common diamonds, it is unclear precisely how much harder that material is, study lead Andy Tomkins, a geology professor from Monash University, told the media outlet.<\/p>\n

“It’s been estimated mathematically to be 58 percent harder than diamond, but that is yet to be proven by measurement,” he remarked.<\/p>\n

The researchers also made some suggestions regarding possible applications of lonsdaleite.<\/p>\n

“We think that lonsdaleite could be used to make tiny, ultra-hard machine parts if we can develop an industrial process that promotes replacement of pre-shaped graphite parts by lonsdaleite,” Tomkins said.<\/p>\n

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