Thanks to the crystal structure of diamonds, with carbon atoms arranged into a lattice-like structure, diamond is top of the ...

describes the creation of six-sided diamond crystals that have long eluded scientists. Natural diamonds have a cubic crystal structure, and while six-sided or hexagonal diamonds have been found ...

The crystal structure is also known as diamond cubic and may be thought of as two interpenetrating fcc lattices, one for sulphur the other for zinc, with their origins displaced by one quarter of a ...