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lonsdaleite [′länz‚dā‚līt]

(mineralogy)

A mineral composed of a form of carbon; found in meteorites.

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No references found			The type of diamond we have found - Lonsdaleite - is a shock-synthesized mineral defined by its hexagonal crystalline structure. Cosmic impact caused mass extinction event in North America 12,900 ... by Asian News International When wurtzite boron nitride and lonsdaleite are compressed, the bonds between atoms malting up the minerals' crystals change their orientation. Toughing it out by Hamalainen, Karina / Science World Before long, you'll have structure resembling diamond's tetrahedral lattice or the hexagonal structural motif of lonsdaleite, another all-carbon mineral. Chemists probe new crystalline vistas by Amato, I. / Science News			Longuet, Charles Longuet, Edgar Longuet, Jean Longueuil Longueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur de Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de Longus Longview Longview Lake Park longwall coal cutter longwall peak stoping longwall pillar working longwall retreating longwall system Longworth, Nicholas Longwy Longyear City Longyearbyen Lonicera Caprifolium Lonigan, Studs Lonnrot, Elias Lönnrot, Elias Lonoke County Lons-le-Saunier Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen lonsdaleite LonWorks loo Loo-choo Islands loofah Look Look Ahead Left-to-right parse, Rightmost-derivation Look ahead LR look and feel look angle look box look-ahead cache look-back time look-through look-up look-up table lookahead lookahead tree lookaside cache Looking Backward Looking Backward, 2000-1887 Looking for Mr. Goodbar Looking Glass Looking Glass Powwow lookout lookout station			Loniten Loniten Lonjsko Polje Nature Park Lonk Lonliness Lonliness LONM Lonnie Ali Lonnie Ali Lönnrot Lonnrot Elias Lönnrot Elias Lonnrot, Elias Lönnrot, Elias Lono Lonoke County Lonoke County, AR Lonoke County, Arkansas Lonomia Obliqua Prothrombin Activator Protease Lonox LONP LONS Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier Lonsdale belt Lonsdale Belts Lonsdale Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen lonsdaleite Lonsome Pine Airport, Wise, Virginia lontar LoNTS LonWorks loo loo loo loo mask Loo of the Year Awards Loo paper Loo roll Loo table loo tables Loo-Choo Islands Loo-Choo Islands LOOA Loob Loobily Looby Looc LOOCE Looch Loochoo Loochoo LOOCV Loods Loodsen Sport Vereniging Oostende

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