There are various ways to create artificial diamonds, but a new method developed by researchers, including those at the ...

A team of Chinese scientists may have cracked the secret behind the strange Canyon Diablo diamonds. Hexagonal in form rather than cubic, the process behind how these diamonds formed has, until now ...

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

Rare diamonds found in meteorites called ureilites have a folded hexagonal structure. Learning the process of how they were formed could inspire better lab-grown diamonds.

Cosmic diamonds formed during gigantic planetary collisions International research team solves theory of how diamonds formed inside protoplanets Date: September 29, 2020 Source: Goethe University ...

Pink diamonds from the Argyle diamond mine were formed when an ancient supercontinent was breaking up into fragments, according to a new study.

Tom Moses, executive vice president and chief research and laboratory officer for the Gemological Institute of America, ...

Lonsdalite, similar to diamonds that its made from carbon, is formed during asteroid impacts, and is 58% harder than its cousin. Wurtzite boron nitride is formed during heavy volcanic eruptions ...

Hexagonal boron-nitride is 18% harder than diamond. Formed during volcanic eruptions, this mineral - so rare that it has no formal mineral name - forms microscopic small inclusions in lava rocks.