Graphite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Native element
- Crystal system
- Hexagonal
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Colour
- Grey, Black, Metallic
- Lustre
- Metallic, Dull
- Use
- Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Pencil lead is not lead at all: it is graphite mixed with clay.
- A single layer of graphite, called graphene, was first peeled off with sticky tape in 2004 and won its discoverers a Nobel Prize.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q5309 · All stones · All entries