The Jϭ0→2 Raman signal from solid Jϭ0 D 2 or H 2 reveals the hcp structure when deposited at a rate 0.1рR͑m/min͒р40 onto MgF 2 at T d /T tp Ͼ0.3, a mixture of hcp and fcc crystals at 0.2ϽT d /T tp Ͻ0.3 and possibly a randomly stacked close-packed structure at T d /T tp Ͻ0.2, where T tp is the triple point temperature. Non-hcp crystals transform to hcp continuously and irreversibly with increasing T. Finally, the crystal size decreases with decreasing T d and increasing R, from ϳ1 mm at T d ϳ0.8T tp and Rϳ2 m/min to ϳ1 m at 0.25 T tp and Rϳ40 m/min.