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You're asking about a raw diamond, one that has not been cut or polished.

In context, sometimes a raw diamond's "... eight corners are truncated by the eight faces of the octahedron." This is one description of a diamond's raw, crystalline form.

You can read more about the geometric descriptions of raw diamonds, below.

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