Friday, February 26, 2010

How Diamonds Are Cut

In their most natural form, diamonds are well quite foul. They have no luster or shine, and actually, look like little more than damaged glass. A diamond must be cut, and then polished before it actually becomes a thing of beauty. Diamonds are cut with saws, into round shapes. From the arched shape, other shapes could be cut , for example heart shapes but the shape is less crucial than the standard of the cutting that's being done. If the diamond is poorly cut, it'll lose light, and it won't flicker and shine very well.

Each aspect of the diamond must be fastidiously cut into the geometrical shapes that permit the diamond to glint and shine, then the whole diamond is cut into a particular shape , for example an emerald cut or a princess cut diamond. Once the cut is done, the diamond is put into a dop, which seems like a cup with another diamond only a diamond is powerful enough to buff the edges of another diamond. Once the diamond has been cut and formed, and had the perimeters smoothed in the dop, it is polished on a scaif or a diamond polishing wheel.

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