Abrasive particles having a unique morphology

1. A monocrystalline diamond particle having an irregular surface, wherein the average surface roughness of said particle is less than about 0.8, said particle comprising one or more spikes, and one or more pits, the one or more spikes and pits being formed by a method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of unprocessed monocrystalline diamond particles;

providing a plurality of metal particles;

mixing said unprocessed particles and said metal particles to form a mixture;

compressing said mixture to form a compressed mixture;

heating said compressed mixture; and

recovering modified particles, each particle having said one or more spikes and pits.

2. The particle of claim 1 , wherein the average surface roughness of said particle is between about 0.50 and about 0.80.

3. The particle of claim 1 , wherein the sphericity of said particle is less than about 0.70.

4. The particle of claim 1 , wherein the sphericity of said particle is between about 0.25 to about 0.6.

5. The particle of claim 1 , wherein the surface area of said particle is greater than about 20 percent higher than unprocessed monocrystalline diamond having the same particle size distribution.

6. The particle of claim 1 , where the size of the particle is between about 0.1 to about 1000 microns.

7. The particle of claim 1 , wherein said particle comprises a metallic coating.

8. The particle of claim 1 , wherein the depth of the pits ranges in size from about 5% to about 70% of the longest length of the particle.

9. The particle of claim 1 , wherein the depth of the pits ranges in size from about 40% to about 60% of a longest length of the particle.

10. A monocrystalline diamond particle having an average sphericity of less than about 0.70 and an average surface roughness of less than about 0.70.

11. The particle of claim 10 , wherein the average sphericity of said particle is about 0.2 to about 0.5.

12. The particle of claim 10 , wherein the average sphericity of said particle is about 0.25 to 0.4.

13. A monocrystalline diamond particle having an irregular surface, wherein the average surface roughness of said particle is less than about 0.70, said particle comprising one or more spikes, and one or more pits, the one or more spikes and pits being formed by a method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of unprocessed monocrystalline diamond particles;

providing a plurality of metal particles;

mixing said unprocessed particles and said metal particles to form a mixture;

compressing said mixture to form a compressed mixture;

heating said compressed mixture; and

recovering modified particles, each particle having said one or more spikes and pits.

14. A monocrystalline diamond particle of claim 13 , wherein the average surface roughness of said particle is less than about 0.60.

15. A monocrystalline diamond particle having an irregular surface, wherein the average surface roughness of said particle is less than about 0.75, wherein said particle ranges in size from about 1 micron to about 50 microns.

16. The particle of claim 15 , wherein said average surface roughness is between about 0.50 to about 0.70.

17. The particle of claim 15 , wherein the sphericity of said particle is less than about 0.70.

18. The particle of claim 15 , wherein the surface area of said particle is greater than about 20 percent higher than unprocessed monocrystalline diamond particle having the same particle size distribution.

19. The particle of claim 15 , wherein said particle comprises one or more spikes.

20. The particle of claim 15 , wherein said particle comprises one or more pits and wherein the depth of the pits ranges in size from about 5% to about 70% of a longest length of the particle.