| CPC B23B 27/20 (2013.01) [C04B 35/5831 (2013.01); B23B 2226/125 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. An insert comprising:
a boron nitride sintered body having a first surface, a second surface, and a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridge part of the first surface and the second surface, wherein
the boron nitride sintered body contains cubic boron nitride and compressed boron nitride, wherein
in a transmission X-ray diffraction of a cross section of the boron nitride sintered body perpendicular to the first surface,
in a direction perpendicular to the first surface
when an X-ray intensity at a top of a 111 diffraction peak of the cubic boron nitride is denoted as IcBN(111)v, and an X-ray intensity at a top of a 002 diffraction peak of the compressed boron nitride is denoted as IhBN(002)v, and
in a direction parallel to the first surface
when an X-ray intensity at a top of a 111 diffraction peak of the cubic boron nitride is denoted as IcBN(111)h, and an X-ray intensity at a top of a 002 diffraction peak of the compressed boron nitride is denoted as IhBN(002)h,
a compressed boron nitride content value indicated by (IhBN(002)v+IhBN(002)h)/(IcBN(111)v+IcBN(111)h) is larger than 0.002 and smaller than 0.01,
a cubic orientation value indicated by IcBN(111)v/(IcBN(111)v+IcBN(111)h) is larger than 0.5, and
a compressed boron nitride orientation value indicated by IhBN(002)v/(IhBN(002)v+IhBN(002)h) is larger than the cubic orientation value; and wherein
a coating layer is provided on at least a part of a surface of the boron nitride sintered body.
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