No. To condense carbon into the form of diamond requires tonnes of pressure and sustained heat for thousands to millions of years. Diamond is formed underground near the core of the earth, where temperatures far exceed that of a lightning bolt and the pressure is insanely high. A single lightning bolt transferring such little energy for a fraction of a second would do nothing to a piece of carbon.
Diamond can be formed by lightning strikes into suitably carbon-rich, alkaline sediments, which is demonstrable by the fact - recently available in peer-reviewed publications - that the temperatures and pressures in an ordinary CG lightning strike into sediments produce polymorphs of SiO2 that require at least 12 GPa to form (with 25-40 GPa more common in certain high-capacitance sediments, such as loess and lacustrine/palustrine clays), with shocked materials produced in both laboratory experiments and as sampled directly from fulgurites exhibiting such extreme deformation. Considering that the temperature of a lightning channel is known to exceed 30,000 K, and that phytofulgurites - carbon fulgurites - have been known since 2006 - it is only a matter of time before diamond is found in a carbonaceous phytofulgurite. Also, many low-temperature, low-pressure processes have been developed since 2008 to produce nanodiamond from methanol or ethanol in the presence of micro-plasma filaments. This is assumed to be a common process at shorelines due to their susceptibility to extreme lightning discharges and their relatively high concentrations of fermentation products from wood and carbohydrates. In short - diamonds are probably very commonly produced by lightning, but the reducing conditions required yield inconsistently, but may account for the periodic enrichment within fluvial and cave sediments of nanodiamond, corresponding invariable with rapid shifts in solar activity and subsequent climatic perturbations. Many terrible impact "theories" have been built entirely on fulgurite evidence. These "scientists" lack the reflexive humility and criticism, patience, and rigor to test controls and alternative hypothesis. This is why their publications are so fragile.
The presence of oxygen would not allow a crystal to form,it would oxidize the carbon,and prohibit the formation of the carbon crystal,which needs an abscence of oxygen to form.Lightning would most likely ignite the carbon and burn it up.Artificial diamond is created in a vacuum furnace where the temperature and high pressure can be controlled in a zero atmosphere enviornment.pretty sophisticated to accomplish.And takes months to happen.
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No. To condense carbon into the form of diamond requires tonnes of pressure and sustained heat for thousands to millions of years. Diamond is formed underground near the core of the earth, where temperatures far exceed that of a lightning bolt and the pressure is insanely high. A single lightning bolt transferring such little energy for a fraction of a second would do nothing to a piece of carbon.
Diamond can be formed by lightning strikes into suitably carbon-rich, alkaline sediments, which is demonstrable by the fact - recently available in peer-reviewed publications - that the temperatures and pressures in an ordinary CG lightning strike into sediments produce polymorphs of SiO2 that require at least 12 GPa to form (with 25-40 GPa more common in certain high-capacitance sediments, such as loess and lacustrine/palustrine clays), with shocked materials produced in both laboratory experiments and as sampled directly from fulgurites exhibiting such extreme deformation. Considering that the temperature of a lightning channel is known to exceed 30,000 K, and that phytofulgurites - carbon fulgurites - have been known since 2006 - it is only a matter of time before diamond is found in a carbonaceous phytofulgurite. Also, many low-temperature, low-pressure processes have been developed since 2008 to produce nanodiamond from methanol or ethanol in the presence of micro-plasma filaments. This is assumed to be a common process at shorelines due to their susceptibility to extreme lightning discharges and their relatively high concentrations of fermentation products from wood and carbohydrates. In short - diamonds are probably very commonly produced by lightning, but the reducing conditions required yield inconsistently, but may account for the periodic enrichment within fluvial and cave sediments of nanodiamond, corresponding invariable with rapid shifts in solar activity and subsequent climatic perturbations. Many terrible impact "theories" have been built entirely on fulgurite evidence. These "scientists" lack the reflexive humility and criticism, patience, and rigor to test controls and alternative hypothesis. This is why their publications are so fragile.
The presence of oxygen would not allow a crystal to form,it would oxidize the carbon,and prohibit the formation of the carbon crystal,which needs an abscence of oxygen to form.Lightning would most likely ignite the carbon and burn it up.Artificial diamond is created in a vacuum furnace where the temperature and high pressure can be controlled in a zero atmosphere enviornment.pretty sophisticated to accomplish.And takes months to happen.
Diamond needs intense heat and pressure. Lightning on sand does produce glass / obsidion.
Diamond formation takes TREMENDOUS PRESSURE over a PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.