Crystal structures of
cubic diamond and hexagonal lonsdaleite

Figure 2: Crystal structures of cubic diamond (left-hand side, space group Fd-3m) and hexagonal lonsdaleite (space group P6₃/mmc). The tetrahedral environments of the carbon atoms and the stacking sequences ABC, ABC and AB, AB, respectively, are indicated.

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