"It is not a diamond. Hardness of this phase (lonsdaleite) 1.54 times higher than that of diamond,
and since we have here a nanosized crystallites of cubic diamond and lonsdaleite - it is very sticky matrix
that defines high performance Popigai impactites. Lonsdaleite share in some specimens can reach 70%, "- said the official.
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"It is not a diamond. Hardness of this phase (lonsdaleite) 1.54 times higher than that of diamond, and since we have here a nanosized crystallites of cubic diamond and lonsdaleite - it is very sticky matrix that defines high performance Popigai impactites. Lonsdaleite share in some specimens can reach 70%, "- said the official.