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Originally Posted by ace holmes
plus nothing other than a superior sythetic diamond or extremely high temp can damage a synthetic diamond because it takes over half a million psi to produce a diamond
no matter how hard you try it break it will not beak
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I think you may be confusing the hardness of diamond with its toughness. Hardness is a measure of scratch resistance and diamond is one of the best for that. Toughness is a measure of how easy it is to break and diamond isn't particularly good at that.
You can't scratch diamond easily but you can shatter it with a sharp blow. Try hitting a diamond with a hammer to make smaller diamonds - if you can afford it
