The hexagonal structure of the crystals are still the subject of some controversy. Some scientists argue that the shape makes them a different kind of diamond known as lonsdaleite .

The diamonds’ unusual crystal structure may make them harder than ordinary diamonds. By Isaac Schultz Published September 13, 2022 | Comments ( 0 ) | 𝕏 ...

Crystal, magnetic structure of multiferroic hexagonal manganite Date: February 22, 2016 Source: International Union of Crystallography Summary: Ever since Curie conjectured on 'the symmetry in ...

Description. The chemical formula of Nd: YAP is Nd3+: YAlO3, and the structure is distorted perovskite, belonging to oblique hexagonal crystal system, and spatial group is Pbnm, whose axes a, b and c ...

Named for their six-sided crystal structure, hexagonal diamonds have been found at meteorite impact sites, and others have been made briefly in labs, so lonsdaleite - named after pioneering Irish ...

Hexagonal crystal structure for R3̅m-MgScH6 (IMAGE) ... releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system. ...

More information: Xinyuan Lai et al, Moiré periodic and quasiperiodic crystals in heterostructures of twisted bilayer graphene on hexagonal boron nitride, Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...