One of the crystalline allotropes of carbon (8)

I believe the answer is:

graphite

(Other definitions for graphite that I've seen before include "mineral" , "Pencil-lead carbon" , "Pig hater (anag)" , "Writing material" , "black stuff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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