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The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth

Yep - You all know from grammar school that is the diamond, which incidentally is what is used to make the stylus of our turntable cartridges.  If it is so hard, and it is going up against some fairly soft vinyl, why do we worry about poor quality LPs damaging the cartridge or stylus?  Sure, I understand the cantilever, but the actual Stylus?  The old phrase for me is "Does Not Compute".   What are your thoughts and insights?
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thecarpathian
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That must be one tiny cloth...
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Not sure that make a lot of styli out of wurtzite boron nitride.🗼
If they did, I bet they would cost more than six dollars...
It's no nuclear pasta, but that stuff would be too hot a commodity.
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No, no! It came straight from the horse’s a$$ you have to inject it....
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You knew it was gonna happen....
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Shoot, I should have done it with those nifty little cartoons-

No, no! It came straight from the 🐎's 🔙🔚 you have to 💉it....

I feel better now.
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