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What is the hardness for a diamond?

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A Diamond is harder than any other natural or artificial substance known, it is ideal for both GEM and industrial purposes.

supplement. Diamond is 10 on the Mohs scale of hardness. No other substance is harder, but not all diamonds are equally hard. Some exceptionally (well relatively) hard diamonds come from New South Wales in Australia.

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The hardness of a diamond is 10


^That's the Mohs scale.

I don't believe Diamond has a hardness on the Rockwell scale, it is usually the indenting material itself used during indentation hardness testing. Diamond itself can't be indented, it would crack or shatter first.

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The Mohs scale of mineral hardness ( 1 to 10 ) has diamond at the top with a value of 10

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On the mohs scale- its a ten Another thing- the only thing that csn cut a diamond is another diamond and YO MAMMA!

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Diamonds measure 10 on the Mohs scale of hardness. That is the highest level.

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the dimonds hardness is 10

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