Diamonds lose the throne 'king' hardness

On the article published in the Journal of Earth and Planet Science, Professor Tristan Ferrroir, published at the University of Lyon, France, announced that his team has discovered that the new material is harder than diamond.

'The new discovery could open new research directions on carbon forms , ' said Professor Ferrroir.

The discovery happened casually when Professor Ferrroir's team explored the mineral composition obtained from the remains of the Havero meteorite, which fell to Finland in 1971. When mineral grinding, the blade made of diamond was worn out and diamond dust falls into the pocket of the operator.

This was really shocking, since diamonds are still considered 'hardness kings', which are used to 'treat' any material that exists on earth.

However, according to diamond expert Changfeng Chen, who works at the University of Nevada, USA, the new finding has been predicted 10 years ago, when scientists sought to make artificial diamonds.

According to Changfeng Chen, constant temperature and pressure changes when Havero moves in the earth's atmosphere facilitates mineral molecules to organize and organize the structure to achieve the same hardness as now.

The determination of the hardness of new minerals is difficult because the number of samples is limited, not enough for scientists to do experiments. They are observing how mineral molecules are arranged, to determine a new form of carbon formation.