Study unlocks hidden secrets of how ultra-hard diamonds formed in rare meteorites

  • The full study - Tomkins et al: Sequential lonsdaleite to diamond formation in ureilite meteorites via in situ chemical fluid/vapour deposition - is published in PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208814119.

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