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A cubic boron nitride sintered substrate has a coating with lower and upper layers. The upper layer has an average layer thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and is formed from a compound of a compositional formula Mα, where M represents one or more of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, Si, and α is one or more of C, N,

A cubic boron nitride sintered substrate has a coating with lower and upper layers. The upper layer has an average layer thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and is formed from a compound of a compositional formula Mα, where M represents one or more of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, Si, and α is one or more of C, N, B and O. The lower layer has an average thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and has alternated first and second thin layers. The first thin layer is formed from a compound with compositional formula (Ti(1-x)Lx)β, where L is one or more of Al, B and Si, and β is C or N, or both. The second thin layer is formed with compositional formula (Al(1-y)Jy)γ, where J represents one or more of Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb and Mo, and γ is C or N, or both.

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1. A coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool which is a coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool at least whose blade edge comprises a coated cubic boron nitride sintered body where the surface of a cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate is coated with a coating layer, wherein; (1) t

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A coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool which is a coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool at least whose blade edge comprises a coated cubic boron nitride sintered body where the surface of a cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate is coated with a coating layer, wherein; (1) the coating layer includes a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer being closer to the substrate than the upper layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the lower layer and the upper layer;(2) the upper layer has an average thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and comprises a compound represented by a compositional formula Mα, where M represents at least one element selected from Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al and Si, and α represents at least one element selected from C, N, B and O;(3) the lower layer has an average layer thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and is an alternately laminated material in which a first thin layer having an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm is alternately laminated with a second thin layer having an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm, wherein:(a) the first thin layer comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Ti(1-x)Lx)β, where L represents at least one element selected from Al, B and Si, x represents an atomic ratio of L based on the sum of Ti and L, and satisfies 0.01≦x≦0.7, and β represents at least one element selected from C and N, and(b) the second thin layer comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Jy)γ, where J represents at least one element selected from Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb and Mo, y represents an atomic ratio of J based on the sum of Al and J, and satisfies 0.1≦y≦0.5, and γ represents at least one element selected from C and N; and(4) the intermediate layer is a metal layer having an average layer thickness of 5 to 100 nm and formed of the same elements found in component M of the upper layer. 2. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein the first thin layer of the lower layer is a layer of a compound represented by the compositional formula (Ti(1-x)Alx)N, where x represents an atomic ratio of Al based on the sum of Ti and Al, and satisfies 0.4≦x≦0.7. 3. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein the first thin layer of the lower layer is a layer of a compound represented by the compositional formula (Ti(1-x)Six)N, where x represents an atomic ratio of Si based on the sum of Ti and Si, and satisfies 0.01≦x≦0.3. 4. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein the second thin layer of the lower layer is a layer of a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 5. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein the tool has a bottom layer formed between the surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate and the lower layer, andthe bottom layer has an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm and comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 6. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein the upper layer is an upper layer whose full width at half maximum intensity of a diffraction line having the highest peak intensity among the diffraction lines of an X-ray diffraction analysis using Cu—Kα radiation is 0.80° or less. 7. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 2, wherein the second thin layer of the lower layer is a layer of a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 8. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 3, wherein the second thin layer of the lower layer is a layer of a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 9. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 2, wherein the tool has a bottom layer formed between the surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate and the lower layer, andthe bottom layer has an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm and comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 10. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 3, wherein the tool has a bottom layer formed between the surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate and the lower layer, andthe bottom layer has an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm and comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 11. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 4, wherein the tool has a bottom layer formed between the surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate and the lower layer, andthe bottom layer has an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm and comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 12. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 7, wherein the tool has a bottom layer formed between the surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate and the lower layer, andthe bottom layer has an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm and comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 13. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 8, wherein the tool has a bottom layer formed between the surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate and the lower layer, andthe bottom layer has an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm and comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al(1-y)Cry)N, where y represents an atomic ratio of Cr based on the sum of Al and Cr, and satisfies 0.2≦y≦0.4. 14. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 2, wherein the upper layer is an upper layer whose full width at half maximum intensity of a diffraction line having the highest peak intensity among the diffraction lines of an X-ray diffraction analysis using Cu—Kα radiation is 0.80° or less. 15. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 3, wherein the upper layer is an upper layer whose full width at half maximum intensity of a diffraction line having the highest peak intensity among the diffraction lines of an X-ray diffraction analysis using Cu—Kα radiation is 0.80° or less. 16. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein: the upper layer comprises a compound represented by TiN, TiCN, Al2O3, TiAlN, TiSiN, TiAlNbN, or ZrAlN. 17. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein: the upper layer comprises a compound represented by TiN, TiCN, Al2O3 or TiAlN. 18. The coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool according to claim 1, wherein: the upper layer comprises a compound represented by TiSiN, TiAlNbN, or ZrAlN.