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Lonsdaleit was created during a cosmic catastrophe

Lonsdaleit was created during a cosmic catastrophe

A giant asteroid collision that once destroyed a dwarf planet resulted in one of the hardest materials in the universe. At least that’s what a team led by Andrew G. suggests today. According to what was reported by the working group in the “PNAS” magazine., the metal could have been formed by bubbling gases when the pressure inside the dwarf planet suddenly dropped as a result of its destruction. The proposed process is similar to that of industrial vapor deposition; This suggests that the mineral can be artificially grown.