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Figure 1: Hardness measurements of moissanite single crystal together with optical images of the indentations produced by ten-second loading parallel to the crystallographic c axis (J. Qian and Y. Zhao, unpublished work).

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  1. *1st International Workshop on Advanced Superhard Materials (IWASM) at Villetaneuse, France, 10–12 December, 2003.

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  1. Institute for High Pressure Physics, 142190 Troitsk, Moscow region, Russia

    V. Brazhkin

  2. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany

    N. Dubrovinskaia

  3. High Pressure Science and Engineering Center, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 89154-4002, Nevada, USA

    M. Nicol

  4. Institute for Superhard Materials, Kiev, 04074, Ukraine

    N. Novikov & V. Solozhenko

  5. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64287, Germany

    R. Riedel

  6. LPMTM-CNRS, Université Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, 93430, France

    V. Solozhenko

  7. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, New Mexico, USA

    Y. Zhao

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Brazhkin, V., Dubrovinskaia, N., Nicol, M. et al. What does 'harder than diamond' mean?. Nature Mater 3, 576–577 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1196

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