Fifty-thousand-year-old diamonds may be used to design ultra-hard yet malleable electronics - MINING.COM - MINING.com

Researchers say diamonds formed during a high-energy shock wave from an asteroid collision around 50,000 years ago have unique and exceptional properties.

To reach their conclusions, the scientists used detailed state-of-the-art crystallographic and spectroscopic examinations of the mineral lonsdaleite from the Canyon Diablo iron meteorite first found … [+1795 chars]

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