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Diamonds are like, the worlds strongest, pricless, and valuable rocks, it takes a lot to break, unless you dropped in from.. a thousand story building?
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A diamond can fracture along its natural lines if it's hit 'just right'. Most diamond cutters plan cuts so that a finished diamond gemstone is never subjected to angles or pressure points where this natural fracture can occur accidentally. However, diamonds can fracture along a flaw.
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Can you break a diamond with a laser?
You can cut a diamond with a laser -- because of its value, you might not want to 'break' it.
What object or thing that can break a diamond?
Anything can 'break' a diamond should it strike the diamond in its weak spot -- a flaw, because a diamond has perfect cleavage in four directions.
Can a diamond break?
With the application of sufficient force, yes, a diamond can break. Diamond cutters do it all the time. They actually use a hardened steel chisel and a hammer to cleave diamond. Certainly a diamond can be broken using a hammer and an anvil, but that is a poor use of the tools and a waste of a diamond.
How hard to you have to hit a diamond for it to break?
Hitting a diamond is probably not an activity that will produce much of a result, if your goal is to 'break' the diamond. If you purchase a diamond large enough to be a target to hit, you'll spend tens of thousands of dollars, perhaps more. Diamond is the hardest natural mineral known
Can a train break a real diamond?
Yes. Although diamond is very hard, it is also brittle. Hit a diamond with a hammer, and it WILL scratch the hammer- but the hammer will also shatter the diamond.
Would a diamond break if dropped from the topof the Empire State Building?
Yes it's 95% out of 100% it would break
Why do wine glass break?
Usually from being dropped, or being set down too hard.
What can be dropped from the tallest building and not break but will if dropped in water?
air bubble
Can you break a diamond with a laser?
You can cut a diamond with a laser -- because of its value, you might not want to 'break' it.
How do you fix a broken diamond?
Diamond cannot break.
What object or thing that can break a diamond?
Anything can 'break' a diamond should it strike the diamond in its weak spot -- a flaw, because a diamond has perfect cleavage in four directions.
What is the sharpest mineral in the world?
diamond it is the only thing that can break a diamond is a diamond
Can diamond break obsidian?
Diamond is the hardest substance known to man, so it can break most materials. Obsidian is a type of volcanic glass that is very sharp and brittle. Diamond can break obsidian.
What is the name of something that is hard to break?
Well if you're asking or an example, diamond is pretty hard to break. China,even though it breaks easily when dropped it is extremely hard to cut. If your asking for some type of word examples can be unbreakable indestructible or rigid.
What is a fracture of a diamond?
A diamond fracture is a break or a crack in the stone.
Can a diamond break a mirror?
Probably. But this is a poor use of a diamond. If you want to break a mirror, most any object pushed or pitched against it will break it.
How long does it take to mine obsidian by hand in minecraft?
It takes 4 minutes and 10 seconds for any other tool than a Diamond Pickaxe to break an Obsidian block, and no block is dropped.
