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Is diamond a polished rock

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

About 20% of all diamonds mined can be cut and polished into gemstones -- and in that case, you could call one a 'polished rock'.

'Polished rock' is not considered a natural state for a raw diamond, however.

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