But it won't last long.
."It is not only the strongest — it has beautiful optical properties and a very high thermal conductivity. Now we have made the hexagonal form of diamond, produced under shock compression experiments, that is significantly stiffer and stronger than regular gem diamonds." Gupta's research team used compressed gas and gunpowder to launch graphite discs the size of dimes at a transparent material. At an ear-screeching 15,000 mph .
The lonsdaleite only remained stable for before the high-velocity impact completely destroyed the gem. If Gupta and the research team can find a way to prolong the hexagonal diamond's existence, however, they might rise to kick diamonds down in status."If someday we can produce them and polish them, I think they'd be more in-demand than cubic diamonds," he said, in the report.
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