Is there a mineral that is harder than diamond?

My Science teacher told us that there is a mineral harder than diamond, if this is so, what is it?Is there a mineral that is harder than diamond?This will put a bit of lead in your pencil !!!

What's Harder Than Diamond? Graphite!

Of course, we're not talking pencil lead. The super-hard graphite was formed by focusing an intense x-ray beam onto a small area of graphite, applying pressures on the order 170,000 times the pressure at sea level. The graphite formed from this process was hard enough to crack the diamond anvil upon which it was formed. For more information, read the article at ScienceDaily News.Is there a mineral that is harder than diamond?
No there is nothing harder than diamond. According to the mineral hardness scale, diamond is a 10 out of 10. Diamond can scratch every other mineral and cannot be scratched unless it's be another diamond. Some people don't think it is hard because you can smash a diamond. This just means that it is brittle.



No there is nothing found on the earth that would be harder or stronger or abrasive resistant than the diamond. The softest element found is graphite which is often used in the pencils for smooth writing and diamond cutters are also used in some industries where they require to cut objects which has hard elements involving carbides.



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xIs there a mineral that is harder than diamond?There are no naturally-occurring minerals harder than diamond.



But there are artificial substances which are harder: aggregated diamond nanorods are, and beta carbon nitride and ultrahrd fullerite are predicted to be.Is there a mineral that is harder than diamond?
I don't think so. If there was something harder than diamond then they wouldn't be cutting diamonds with other diamonds. Is there a mineral that is harder than diamond?well not that i know of but there are things called carbon nanotubes which are harder than diamondsIs there a mineral that is harder than diamond?
LOL!!!! Some of these answers are funny.



Graphite, "Carbon nanotubes" and Diamonds are all MADE OF THE SAME THING (ie Carbon).