A team of scientists from the Australian National University has successfully created Lonsdaleite, a new type of diamond that’s known to mankind. In fact, this new diamond is so hard that it’s powerful enough to cut through ultra-solid materials found in mining sites.
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A team of scientists from the Australian National University has successfully created Lonsdaleite, a new type of diamond that’s the hardest known to mankind. In fact, this new diamond is so hard that it’s powerful enough to cut through ultra-solid materials found in mining sites.
According to the study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the Lonsdaleite is a hexagonal-shaped diamond that’s stronger than any jeweler’s diamond. The team made the gem in a diamond anvil by exposing it to 400 degrees Celsius.
Lonsdaleite, named after Dame Kathleen Lonsdale — a famous British pioneer and the first woman elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society — can only be…
