Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit
by samwestdev on Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:49AM
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Diamond is unbreakable
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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:40PM
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Diamonds are actually breakable, and not all that hard to break, if you hit them along the right axis. Diamond cutters use chisels, and that's enough to split a diamond.
I think you’re thinking of “unscratchable”. Diamonds are extremely hard and nearly impossible to scratch. But hardness is usually a trade off with elasticity, so they are also very brittle and therefore pretty “easy” to break.