In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists have successfully synthesized an elusive type of diamond that is predicted to be 50% harder than traditional diamonds found on Earth. This remarkable feat, ...

Scientists have created the first sizable meteorite diamond — also known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal diamond — a material predicted to be even harder than the diamonds normally found on Earth. The ...

A new kind of diamond is now in town, according to researchers. These are apparently 58% harder than ordinary diamonds. Findings about these meteorite diamonds were published in the journal Nature.

While studying diamonds inside an ancient meteorite, scientists have found a strange, interwoven microscopic structure that has never been seen before. The structure, an interlocking form of graphite ...