Properties, detectability and origin of interstellar diamonds in meteorites

Roy S. Lewis; Edward Anders; Bruce T. Draine

doi:10.1038/339117a0

Properties, detectability and origin of interstellar diamonds in meteorites

Roy S. Lewis, Edward Anders, Bruce T. Draine

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Laboratory studies suggest that microdiamonds will be quite elusive in interstellar space, being detectable only if >10% of the carbon is present as diamond. The diamonds apparently formed by condensation in cool stellar atmospheres, and were then impregnated with isotopically anomalous noble gases, such as Xe, from a supernova.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	117-121
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature
Volume	339
Issue number	6220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/339117a0
State	Published - Jan 1 1989

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