A type of precious stone that is made up of clear and colorless crystalline pure form of carbon is commonly referred to as Diamonds. One thing that differentiate diamonds from other precious stones is that they are the hardest mot naturally occurring type of precious stones. Diamonds don’t just appear as they are originally from the earth’s crust where they are mined by professionals who have been trained with the necessary skills where they mine from locations all over the world some of which include, Botswana, Canada and Angola as well. Color of the diamond, the uncut weight, the cut?weight, the origin of the diamond that is where it was mined as well as the general description of the diamond are some of the few things that are considered?before a diamond is?given is named.
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Diamonds are measured in metrics where the unit of measurement is defined as carat. The cuts of diamonds range on depending on the size of the diamond as well as the type of diamond as they come in many shapes and size after being refined into diamond cuts.
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Before diamonds are sold into the market they are first refined and shaped into various different diamond shapes. A few of the world’s famous diamond cuts include the great star of Africa, the Orloff, the centenary diamond as well as the regent each with over one hundred carat worth of diamonds. purchasing diamonds can be very costly as they are rare and precious stones and are only sold by certified professionals where they are made available where are made accessible for public access. Diamonds are refined and shaped into various shapes and sizes using sharpening tools commonly referred to as diamond sharpening stones which are also known as water stones or whetstones that are used to sharpen the edges of diamonds into the desired shape and size of the diamond.
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Diamond sharpening tools have certain advantages when properly utilized by a professional diamond cutter some of which include, durability, easier labor, can be utilized both dry and wet as well. Diamond sharpening stones can be put to use for ten to twenty years?without needing a replacement as they are very?long-lasting as compared to using other methods of sharpening diamonds such as oil. It is common knowledge that it takes diamonds to sharpen diamonds and that is actually the main reason as to why diamond sharpening stones are studded with diamond chips which makes the actual diamond sharpening process much more easier on the labor. Another advantage of using diamond sharpening tools as opposed to using oil as they can be used both when wet and dry.