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Comment by rf15

> It's still the hardest material we have measured.

Can't believe this statement hasn't caused other nerds to crawl out of their holes to correct it yet, so here I go: acshually...

We know about Lonsdaleite, which packs its structured in hexagons rather than the usual cubic forms of diamonds.

... too bad its natural occurance is always somewhat spoiled and it doesn't reach its full potential in nature in any meaningful size, as far as we could observe.

parent rf15 4 days ago

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