If a diamond is the hardest material why is it possible to smash it, but it's so difficult to smash a piece of steel? If we made a diamond hammer, will be
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If diamond is the hardest rock on earth (and hard by definition is solid, firm, and resistant to pressure; not easily broken, bent or pierced), and it can break with a hammer
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