Hexagonal diamond up to 60 per cent stronger than normal diamonds could be used to create super-tough drilling and cutting ...

Natural diamond, seen here, has a cubic packing structure. But a much rarer form of diamond has hexagonal packing and has now ...

Chinese researchers have succeeded in synthesizing the hundred-micron-scale hexagonal diamond, a material primarily found in ...

Sometimes, we’re faced with what should be simple household tasks that we choose to make more difficult. Sure, you could buy ...

Petoskey stones have a larger, more symmetrical hexagonal pattern than Charlevoix stones. Rock collectors in northern ...

The lattice of the hexagonal close packed crystal is hexagonal and a basis of two atoms is placed in the same orientation on each lattice point. The diagrams below illustrate the geometry and space ...