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What is harder a diamond or fingernail?
A diamond is the hardest mineral on earth and your finger nail would break in half before you got enough pressure on a diamond to put a crack in it. Much less break it.
Which diamond dissolve in vinegar?
Diamond will not dissolved in vinegar , because it is hardest stone ,sometimes it will chip break.
What is process of cutting diamond called?
The process is called diamond cutting.
What can break a diamond?
A diamond can be broken using a number of methods. Gem cutters study the crystal structure of diamonds and then use a hardened chisel and a hammer to cleave them. Certainly placing a diamond on an anvil and striking it with a hammer will break the diamond. But that's a poor use of the tools and a waste of a diamond. The diamond is the hardest substance we know of, but it can be "broken" in a number of ways.
What kind of stone or mineral can break a diamond?
The diamond is the hardest mineral and stone on earth: nothing natural can 'break' it. Diamond cutters use other diamonds to cut, facet and polish diamonds. Recently, however, powerful lasers have been added to the diamond-cutters toolbox.
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 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.
What is the name of a rock you can break?
Diamond
Can a baseball bat break a diamond?
No
Will a diamond break if it is cold?
No, a diamond will not break from extreme cold. However, a seriously flawed stone may break anywhere, at any time, under a variety of conditions.
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.
What happens when you hit a diamond with a hammer?
yes, you an break it with another Diamond.
