
Check out this dope ass rock
DeBeers cartel in shambles
So does this change the Mohs hardness scale or does it go higher then 10?

It’s an ordinal scale rather than a constant mapping. They’ll have to define what it is at some point, whether that be 11 or something else.
it’s just a relative scale so there’s no reason this couldn’t be 10.1 or whatever

by creating several pure hexagonal diamond samples about 0.06 inches (1.5 millimeters) in diameter — big enough to measure the samples’ material properties
dang that sounds big enough to take a picture of, show me the cool rock

Missed opportunity to call it Dwarfite if it comes from the mantle of smashed Dwarf planets.
What a weird coincidence; I was reading about superdense carbon allotropes just a few hours ago
As always hexagons are the bestagons.
US researchers create AI chat bot that teaches the value of prediction markets to preteens.
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