Diamond

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<p><strong>Diamond</strong> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon">solid form of the element carbon</a> with its atoms arranged in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_structure">crystal structure</a> called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_cubic">diamond cubic</a>. At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_conditions_for_temperature_and_pressure">room temperature and pressure</a>, another solid form of carbon known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite">graphite</a> is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_stability">chemically stable</a> form of carbon, but diamond converts to it extremely slowly. Diamond has the highest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_hardness">hardness</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_conductivity">thermal conductivity</a> of any natural material, properties that are used in major industrial applications such as cutting and polishing tools. They are also the reason that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell">diamond anvil cells</a> can subject materials to pressures found deep in the Earth.</p>