Carbon
The atomic number of Carbon is 6 and the atomic mass is 12.011.Carbon can be a solid, in fact diamond, one of the world’s hardest minerals is in the carbon family. Carbon also contains the opposite of a diamond, graphite, the softest mineral which we use as lead for our pencils. It is also a solid when it is under pressure below the ground, sometimes forming into a coal bed. When you burn the coal it forms into CO2 which is gas. Carbon can also be a liquid, when dissolved into water. Carbon has the ability to form bonds with up to 4 atoms and can also form bonds with itself.
