2006-09-02 23:36:29 · 18 answers · asked by tom science 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Diamond is the hardest thing on earth, not even the sharpest knife could cut it. Nothing can scratch it, except other diamonds. But if you give enough force it will, too, break, eg if a meteor fall right on top of it : ) It can burn, too. Other than that? No, i guess nothing can
2006-09-02 23:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are asking for minerals, only a diamond can "harm" another diamond ... otherwise, of course, you could use acid ... but why should you want to "harm" a diamond?
2006-09-03 00:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by jhstha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds do not last forever.
You your leave a diamonds for a few thousand years in the open environment t in will start changing to granite due to the lack on pressure.
2006-09-03 02:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by zach_528 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so, that is why sometimes people refer to really good ones as being a diamond. A diamond is a diamond even if its put in sewage.
2006-09-02 23:40:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not actually .Diamond is the hardest metal on the planet and something which can harm it would be carbon coz diamond is a carbonic substance.
2006-09-02 23:40:13 · answer #5 · answered by Princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of things.
Diamonds are famous for being strong (can cut almost anything, for example) but they are very brittle. You can break a large one just by knocking it against a hard surface (as a traumatised workmate did once with her diamond engagement ring - gosh that was a shock - she broke a couple of carats of diamond into 3 bits!).
2006-09-02 23:45:41 · answer #6 · answered by marzipanthecat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamond is known to be the strongest material. But careful, storing diamonds together can cause them to scratch one another. And however unbeliuevable it may seem... diamonds burn! If you place them in a flame... they will not resist.
2006-09-02 23:40:53 · answer #7 · answered by flowerbud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just as diamonds can be cut and shaped, they can also be destroyed. even total destruction will not harm a diamond, however, as they have no ability to feel or think.
2006-09-02 23:39:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only a diamond can harm a diamond...
2006-09-03 00:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HEAT CAN PUT A 'FIRE SCALE "ON A DIAMOND AND A HIGHLY INCLUDED DIAMOND CAN BURST IN AN ULTRA SONIC CLEANER.......the MYTH of a diamond being indestrucible is a MYTH.......the only thing tougher than a DIAMOND is a scorned woman in a DIVORCE COURT!!
2006-09-02 23:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋