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According to much available information, graphite and diamond belong to well-known classic carbon allotropes. In several classifications, natural coal, amorphous carbon, and commercially produced carbon black are added to this non-strict list of conventional carbon forms.

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    The image above is reproduced with permission of http://www.homesweetlearning.com.

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    See also additional information below in the section on graphene.

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    About 20 tonnes of diamond are mined each year.

  4. 4.

    About 90 tonnes of diamond are made annually by HPTP method.

  5. 5.

    About 10 tonnes of CVD-grown diamond films are produced annually.

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Kharisov, B.I., Kharissova, O.V. (2019). Conventional Carbon Allotropes. In: Carbon Allotropes: Metal-Complex Chemistry, Properties and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03505-1_2

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