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Materials geekery: The hardest substance on Earth

February 20th, 2009 link to (permalink)

Looks like diamond is no longer the hardest substance in the world. That distinction now goes to the material of lonsdaleite, which scientists have discovered is 58% harder. Diamonds are relatively easy to come by--just get someone to propose to you--but lonsdaleite's a little trickier to acquire.

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