Diamond in the Rough.

• Autores: Rachel Berkowitz
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 318, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 13-13
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article offers information on formation of rare diamonds. It mentions that when a meteorite containing graphite slams into the earth, the collision's heat and pressure can transform this form of carbon into a rare and extremely hard type of diamond. It presents the views of Yogendra Gupta, from Washington State University, on formation of hexagonal diamond. It mentions the views of Lorin Benedict, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, on the crystal structure of diamond.