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What mineral is pure Carbon and is considered the hardest known substance on Earth?
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Diamond.
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Which mineral is the hardest known-to-man?
Diamond is still the hardest substance known to man. Various carbides such as tungsten carbide, boron carbide, and silicon carbide are also extremely hard, but you will notice that they all contain carbon (diamond is pure carbon - the rest are carbon compounds.)
What it the Hardest known mineral is?
Diamond, the compressed form of carbon.
What is a real diamond?
A real diamond is an allotrope of carbon, and as formed, is the hardest mineral on earth.
Which one is hardest metal diamond or aluminium or silver or platinum?
Diamond is the hardest substance known - but it is not a metal it is an arrangement of carbon atoms in a lattice.
What is the hardest inorganic substance?
Diamond (carbon) is the hardest organic substance. Although carbon isn't, when it's compressed (underground, or in a volcano) it turns to diamond, which is the hardest substance. (plus, it's shiiny... @.@)Diamonds are the hardest organic substance, measuring a 10 on the Mohs Scale of hardness, which is very high according to mineralogical terms.
What mineral is the hardest substance known and an allotrope of carbon?
Diamond is the hardest mineral currently known and is an allotrope of carbon.
Are Diamonds are the hardest substance on Earth?
It is the hardest NATURAL substance- due to the arrangement of the carbon atoms that make up a diamond. (Thee ARE harder materials, but they are manmade.)
What is the hardest mineral in this group?
Silicon Dioxide (known as Quartz) is not the hardest mineral, the hardest mineral is an allotrope of carbon called diamond. Quartz is only the 7th hardest mineral.
What is the hardest substance called?
The hardest naturally occurring substance is called diamond. It is a form of carbon.
Which mineral is the hardest known-to-man?
Diamond is still the hardest substance known to man. Various carbides such as tungsten carbide, boron carbide, and silicon carbide are also extremely hard, but you will notice that they all contain carbon (diamond is pure carbon - the rest are carbon compounds.)
Is diamond considered as mineral?
Man-made diamonds are not considered natural because, by definition, a mineral must form by natural processes.
Is boron nitride the hardest substance?
No, Diamond which is entirely made up of carbon is the hardest
What is the hardest naturally occurring substance in the world?
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
Are diamonds pure substance or a mixture?
Diamonds are formed from carbon. Any other mineral present is considered an impurity.
What it the Hardest known mineral is?
Diamond, the compressed form of carbon.
What is the substance called?
The hardest naturally occurring substance is called diamond. It is a form of carbon.
What is the hardest natural substance on earth made of carbon?
diamond
