The thermodynamically stable form of graphite with an ABAB stacking sequence of the graphene layers. Hexagonal graphite is thermodynamically stable below approximately 2600 K and 6 GPa.
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The use of the term graphite instead of the more exact term hexagonal graphite may be tolerated in view of the minor importance of rhombohedral graphite, the other allotropic form.