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- noun Plural form of
nanodiamond .
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Examples
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Scientists first put forward the idea that a comet was behind the extinctions after tiny crystals of carbon, known as nanodiamonds, were found in 12,900 year old sediment layers.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Daulton and others say the nanodiamonds were the last hope for the space collison theory.
Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now 2010
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The so-called nanodiamonds are made under high-temperature, high-pressure conditions created by cosmic impacts, similar to an explosion over Tunguska in Siberia that flattened trees for miles in 1908.
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The wide distribution of the nanodiamonds could be a sign that the comet broke into pieces in space and that the fragments burned up explosively over a broad area of North America.
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The wide distribution of the nanodiamonds could be a sign that the comet broke into pieces in space and that the fragments burned up explosively over a broad area of North America.
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Because of their size they are known as nanodiamonds and are believed to be formed in the intense heat and pressure of a meteor or comet impact.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Microscopic 'nanodiamonds' created in massive shocks and only found in meteorites or impact craters have also been discovered dating back to the disaster.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Microscopic 'nanodiamonds' created in massive shocks and only found in meteorites or impact craters have also been discovered dating back to the disaster.
Signs of the Times 2010
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Microscopic '' nanodiamonds '' produced by massive shocks and only found in meteorites or impact craters have also been discovered dating back to the disaster.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Microscopic '' nanodiamonds '' produced by massive shocks and only found in meteorites or impact craters have also been discovered dating back to the disaster.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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