Researchers have succeeded in creating a rare type of diamond, known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal diamond. This material, ...

Scientists have created the first sizable sample of hexagonal meteorite diamond which is predicted to be harder than conventional diamonds.

Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab. Scientists have ...

Chinese and American scientists claim to be the first to make large enough quantities of diamonds with a hexagonal structure ...

Scientists have attempted to emulate similar explosive and high-pressure conditions in laboratories to produce artificial lonsdaleite but most samples are too small and often impure, making it ...

Natural hexagonal diamond occurs in meteorites, where it is known by the mineral name lonsdaleite, but only in mixtures with cubic diamond.