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In Diamond, carbon atoms are arranged in the shape of:

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a crystal
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flat layers
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tetrahedron
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a hollow cylinder
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Solution

The correct option is A tetrahedron
A diamond can also be described as a transparent crystal of tetrahedral shaped bonded carbon atoms. A tetrahedron is composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each vertex. The tetrahedral arrangement of atoms is the source of many of diamond's properties.

Hence, the correct option is C

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