Yes.
No natural substance is equal in hardness to a diamond.
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The hardest naturally occurring substance is called diamond. It is a form of carbon.
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Diamond use to be the hardest known natural substance now it is the mineral lonsdaleite at 58% stronger then diamond is the first the second hardest is wurtzite boron nitride at 18% stronger then diamonds they are both extreamly rare natural minerals sources http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16610-diamond-no-longer-natures-hardest-material.html
Diamond. Curious, perhaps, that the hardest substance known can be shattered - but not scratched or cut.
No, you cannot smash a diamond with a hammer because diamonds are the hardest natural substance on Earth.
Original answer: yes-it is the strongest substance on earthYes, diamond is the strongest Natural substance on earth, but it is not nearly the strongest substance of all, and diamond is a mineral... not a metal... there are other ores such as titanium and tungsten that can be strengthened to become thousands of times stronger than diamond.
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