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Both coal and diamond are made from the element carbon. Then, why is coal black and easily breakable and diamond white and hard and strong?

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Coal and diamond are forms of carbon.
Coal is an amorphous form, so it is easily breakable
Diamond is a crystalline form, so it is hard and strong.

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