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Diamond

(noun) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. Example: "The saw is coated with diamond."

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"A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job."
— Leonardo da Vinci
"Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
— Confucius
"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self."
— Benjamin Franklin

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