The mangled meteorite chunk, called the Matchless Canyon Diablo Meteorite, went on the auction block at Christie’s. Early estimates put its final sale price at anywhere between $100,000 and ...

Diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth. This fact would likely pass muster at your local trivia night, but scientists ...

Lonsdaleite was first discovered in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967. While applications of such hexagonal diamonds (HDs) have been largely underexplored due to the small size and ...

In the 1960s, scientists discovered more microscopic diamonds in the remains of the vast Canyon Diablo meteorite, which formed Meteor Crater in Arizona. The diamonds are sand-grain-sized ...

The first ultra-hard diamond was found in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967. Scientists have struggled to recreate lonsdaleite in the laboratory but now, a team of Chinese researchers ...

Lonsdaleite, the first ultra-hard diamond, was discovered in 1967 in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona, and its applications are largely unexplored due to the low purity and small size of ...

Lonsdaleite, for example, is a type of diamond that was first discovered in 1967 in the Canyon Diablo meteorite and boasts a hexagonal lattice structure. The lab-grown diamond in question is of ...

Lonsdaleite was first discovered in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967. The Canyon Diablo Meteorite (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto) While applications of such hexagonal diamonds ...