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Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man. Therefore, they cannot be broken by anything else.this is because it is a giant covalent structure each carbon atom forms four covalent bonds with its neighbours in a rigid giant covalent lattice.
Diamonds are used to coat drill bit points because the can thendrill through hard rock.

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