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A diamond cut is a cutting Design for brilliance , please
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How can you cut open a rock?
You need to use a diamond saw (only to be used by trained professionals).
Top ten hardest minerals?
Diamond. Diamond is the only thing what can cut a diamond
Why is diamond used as an abrasive?
An abrasive is something used to cut and polish things. Since diamond is one of the hardest substances, with a 3-D network structure it's used as an abrasive.
Can you find a diamond on the ground?
Finding a diamond 'on the ground' logically means -- in populated areas -- that someone has lost a diamond. The found diamond will probably be cut and polished. If you are in an area where diamonds are mined, you could 'find a diamond on the ground'. The diamond in this case, however, belongs to the site holder or land owner, and you are obligated to delivery it to the owner. In this case, the diamond will be a raw stone, and unless your eyes are trained to recognize the stone as a raw diamond, you may not be motivated to pick it up.
What is formed by heat and pressure in metamorphic rock and is made up of carbon atoms and can separate the colors of the spectrum like a prism and is so hard it can cut glass?
Diamond (C), Mohs hardness--10.
What is the two cuts called that were in the largest diamond in Africa?
The Cullinan Diamond was cut into nine separate gemstones, as below.
What physical property of diamond makes it suitable to cut other gemstones?
Its extreme hardness.
How many dimensions does a diamonds have?
Diamond gemstones are graded according to each diamond's cut, colour, clarity and carat weight.
What is quality of diamond?
Diamond is the hardest mineral known. About 75% of diamonds mined are used by industry and only 25% qualify as gemstones. Gemstones are measured according to their clarity, colour, cut and carat weight.
What is a raw diamond?
A raw diamond is a mineral -- a stone -- mined from the earth from which cut and faceted gemstones (25%) and industrial diamonds (75%) are sourced.
Gems such as diamonds and emeralds?
Diamonds and emeralds are gemstones. These gems are mineral crystals or a piece of a metal. The stones are cut and polished and made into jewelry.
How does a diamond from being mined to being in a store?
Diamonds are mined, washed, sorted and sold to diamond cutters. Cutters plan the cut, cut the stone, polish it and sell it to people who use gemstones in diamond jewelery. You can read more detail about these steps, below.
What size carat is 7mm?
If a diamond is a round cut, the mm size at the girdle is about seven if the diamond weighs about 1.25 carats. Other gemstones have different weights relative to their mm measurements.
What are diamond chips worth?
Your answer depends on the chips. Some chips can only be used as abrasives to cut and polish other diamonds; other chips -- rather large chips -- can be cut and polished into smaller gemstones. Every diamond is valued individually by its cut, clarity, carat weight and colour.
What puns are there about gem stones eg pearls of wisdom diamond in the rough cut above the rest?
Puns about gemstones for example "pearls of wisdom", "diamond in the rough" and "cut above the rest" are used quite often in everyday life. Similar puns include "as rare as rubies" and "isn't she a diamond?".
Is a peridot diamond worth more than a diamond?
A peridot is a peridot; a diamond is a diamond. They are different gemstones. If 'peridot' is used as a word to modify the description of a diamond, one might deduce that the diamond had a slight lime-green colour. Any diamond's value is based not only on its colour, but its cut, carat weight and clarity.
How do they polish gemstones and were?
A place where they process rough gemstones into finished product is called a Lapidary. Most gemstones are minerals and a harder mineral will cut a softer mineral , the hardest mineral is Diamond , so in a lapidary they use finely graded Diamond powder to carefully polish the softer surface of the gemstone. A process is shown step by step at http://www.crescentgems.com/library-faceting.php Hope this helps Ahmed
