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There are two naturally occurring materials harder than normal diamonds:
- The first, wurtzite boron nitride has a similar structure to diamond, but is made up of different atoms. It is formed during volcanic eruptions that produce very high temperatures and pressures. Wurtzide boron nitride can withstand 18% more stress than diamond,
- The second, lonsdaleite, or hexagonal diamond is made from carbon atoms just like diamond, but they are arranged in a different shape. Lonsdaleite is sometimes formed when meteorites containing graphite hit Earth. It is estimated that lonsdaleite 58% more stress than diamond..
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Is diamond harder than rock?
Diamond is a the hardest mineral, so yes. Minerals are what make up rocks.
Is zinc harder than diamond?
Diamond is the hardest mineral on earth. It can also cut through any other material. Interestingly, they use diamonds to cut diamonds. Thus: diamond is harder than zinc.
Is diamond softer or harder than rock?
Harder..One of the hardest things in the natural world.
Which is the hardest substace available on earth?
Diamond has always been considered the hardest natural substance in the world. However, wurtzite boron nitride and mineral lonsdaleite have recently been discoverd and are much harder than diamond.
Are diamonds softer or harder than copper?
Diamond is the hardest known natural mineral on earth, raking top or 10 on the Mohs Scale of hardness. Copper ranks 2.5-3 on the same scale, rating it as much softer than diamond.
Artificial stone harder and stronger than diamond?
No. Diamond is the hardest natural mineral on earth.
What is the hardest thing ever other than diamond?
Diamond is the hardest natural mineral; nothing is harder.
Which mineral is harder than iron?
diamond
Is there a stronger mineral than diamond?
No, diamond is the hardest natural mineral.
Is obsidian is harder than diamond?
No, diamond is the hardest known mineral.
Is diamond harder than gypsum?
Yes, diamond is harder than granite. Diamond is the hardest mineral known. And it is several times harder than granite.
Is there a mineral harder than sulfur?
Yes. Diamond.
Is there something harder than diamond?
No, diamond is the hardest naturally occurring mineral.
Is diamond harder then steel?
Yes, the mineral we know as diamond is harder than any steel. Diamond is the hardest substance we know of.
Is bedrock harder than diamond?
No. From its Wikipedia entry about bedrock: "In stratigraphy, bedrock is consolidated rock underlying the surface of a terrestrial planet, usually the Earth." Diamond rates as 10 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness -- the highest rating. It is harder than any other mineral, which would compose bedrock.
What will happen if there is a mineral harder than a diamond?
Our crystal ball has been broken, so we are not able to predict what might happen in the world should a mineral harder than diamond be discovered in future.
Is feldspar the hardest mineral next to a diamond?
No Feldspar is rated 6 on the Mohs Scale and diamond is rated 10. The mineral which is rated 9 on the Mohs is Corundum but there are other minerals which are harder that that but less harder than diamond.
