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Graphite is just an allotrope of the element carbon, in that it is carbon in a different form.

Graphite exists in a hexagonal planar structure which allows sheets of graphite to slide over each other easily which is what you see when you write; it is also used as a lubricant (though not in a vacuum)

The allotropes of Carbon include diamond, graphite and fullerenes.

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