SciShow: The Mineral From Space That’s Harder Than Diamond

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Content of the Lesson: Thank you to Wondrium for sponsoring today’s video! Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/4Hl450N4T1g Diamonds are known as the hardest naturally-occurring mineral on Earth, but some meteorites have been found to contain something that might be even harder. It's called lonsdaleite, and researchers are hard at work to make it themselves. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://eos.org/articles/rare-meteorites-shed-light-on-diamond-formation https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2208814119 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms6447 https://openeducationalberta.ca/practicalgeology/chapter/2-1-bonding-and-lattices/ https://www.kwthielmann.de/en/graphites/hardness.php https://phys.org/news/2021-03-lab-made-hexagonal-diamonds-stiffer-natural.html Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/huge-diamond-under-magnifying-glass-stock-footage/1390088220?phrase=diamond&adppopup=true https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/14765361956/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/diamond-jewelry-holding-royalty-free-image/185295336?phrase=diamond&adppopup=true https://www.nps.gov/articles/mohs-hardness-scale.htm https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/the-periodic-table-element-carbon-vector-royalty-free-illustration/1184319898?phrase=carbon%20periodic%20table&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LatticemodelAB.png https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/ionic-vs-covalent-bonds-royalty-free-illustration/1301181932?phrase=ionic%20bond&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corundum_1.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/artists-hands-drawing-pencil-writes-line-on-paper-stock-footage/1013655824?phrase=pencil%20writing&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbon_lattice_diamond.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NWA_2625_Ureilit.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-pluto-k4.html https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/614085 https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/682211 https://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/17502197461 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/when-exoplanets-collide https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NWA_2625.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/582876 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/diamond-teeth-royalty-free-image/178100678?phrase=diamond%20saw&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/close-up-of-copper-ore-from-mine-royalty-free-image/157605663?phrase=mineral&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/native-copper-on-black-background-royalty-free-image/92118817?phrase=mineral&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/many-beautiful-crystal-specimans-royalty-free-image/932099982?phrase=mineral&adppopup=true


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