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How do we know that diamond and graphite are both made of carbon?

Left: The Hope diamond (Source: David Bjorgen under CC BY-SA) Right: Natural graphite (Source: Karel Jakubec--public domain)
Left: The Hope diamond (Source: David Bjorgen under CC BY-SA)
Right: Natural graphite (Source: Karel Jakubec–public domain)
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