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Carbon. It also makes coal and diamonds. Answer: The difference in these various forms of carbon is the orientation of the carbon atoms into crystal latices. There are several allotropes of carbon: * Diamond: Trapezoidal crystals

* Lonsddaleite: Diamnd with hexagonal crystals

* Graphitec Flat sheets of atoms

* Buckminsterfullerenes:

* Carbon nanotubes

* Amorphous Carbon: No crystals

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