(COMET) SiC PRE SOLAR AMORPHOUS GLASSY CARBON WITH DIAMOND LIKE PROPERTIES !

Description

27.55 gr.
SUPERNOVA STONE
THE
Kuiper asteroid
BELT ORIGIN.
I had a discussion with the college that researched these Sic glass meteorite DIAMOND LIKE stones . It was mentioned and questioned with in the discussion that these black stones came from the Kuiper asteroid belt , which is very interesting and reliable.
It has not been confirmed that they come from Vesta that is a theory to realy look into but for now this is great to know the proposed birth place of the meteorites. Note that the SEM graphs show the SiC and graphite - pure carbon in the stones with the percentages matching each other , silica is the only thing that change in the three grains providing evidence of their pre solar origins. it has been proven that pre solar grains do match in carbon and silica % percentages.
The origins of
Moissanite
S
ilicon carbide (SiC) is even older than our solar system having wandered through the Milky Way for billions of years as stardust that was generated in the atmospheres of carbon rich red giant stars and from supernova remnants. The gravitational coalescence of our solar system trapped micron size silicon carbide grains in the meteorites that were forming from the accretion of the debris in clouds of interstellar gas. The discovery of these refractory grains has led to the unlocking of their cosmic chemical memory. This carbon glass meteorite contains SiC that formed the red carbon rich giant stars. stars and planets were formed from pre solar grains like these found inside the matrix of the glass stones.
further research was done. on 2-16 2018 testing at Cal Tech has reviled that they can only be carbonado impact diamonds !!! Glass is 5 in hardness and no tektite is harder than 5- 6 that great of a stretch in hardness from 5 BEING GLASS AND 91/2 to 10  it can only be described as Diamond carbonado and also
described
as a lonsdaleite like glassy carbon with diamond like
properties
but unlike
diamond
--
The structure of glassy carbon has long been a subject of debate. Early structural models assumed that both
sp
2
- and sp
3
-bonded
atoms were present, but it is now known that glassy carbon is 100% sp
2
. More recent research has suggested that glassy carbon has a
fullerene
-related structure.
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T
he pink corundum sapphire is scratched by impact glass amorphous diamond seen in the pink photo.
They were tested at the Cal Tech University. SEM, XRF, RAMAN SCOPE TECHNOLOGY WHERE USED. photos are posted from test shots during SEM
plus mapping was used to identify bulk mineral content.  The XRF PRINT OUT SHOWS ELEMENT %
NOW FOR THE STONES !
Characteristics.
1. This Amorphous carbon glass is harder than the documented hardness of 6 for tektite glass.
Carbonado SiC
hardness 9 1/2 -10. will scratch corundum 9 on the hardness scale.
The RI is 1.49 or impact natural glass as stated by Wilsons Jeweler's refractometer and my own refractometer as well. {extraterrestrial formation}.
Found in the same impact basin locality with silicate carbon rich black quartz rock, created from impacts, the rocks are prevalent in the area alone with breccia impactite melted rocks and glass..
On October 11, 2011, research conducted at the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory led by Stanford’s Wendy L. Mao and her graduate student Yu Lin described a new form of glassy carbon formed under high pressure with hardness equal to diamond, a kind of
diamond-like carbon
. Unlike diamond, however its structure is that of
amorphous carbon
so its hardness may be isotropic. Research was ongoing...
Please feel free to purchase one of these you will be one out millions that don't have this awesome glassy diamond like stone meteorite.