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To: STARWISE

"Finally, new shapes have been fabricated with the blocks of the CVD single crystals."

New shapes? They're "growing" diamonds that are faceted already? Or am I misunderstanding something here?


14 posted on 05/16/2005 3:38:03 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: RegulatorCountry

I think that means creating them in rectangles, cushion cuts,
marquise, pear, etc.


29 posted on 05/16/2005 4:08:54 PM PDT by STARWISE (Is your voice being heard in Washington? You get the govt. you deserve.U.S. CONGRESS: 1-877-762-8762)
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To: RegulatorCountry

New shapes? They're "growing" diamonds that are faceted already? Or am I misunderstanding something here?

The grown diamond grows in the same shape as the 'seed diamond'. You're not misunderstanding.

This photograph shows a synthetic brilliant cut single-crystal diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition, CVD. About 2.5 mm high, this crystal was grown in about 1 day at Carnegie. The very bottom (table) of the crystal is a type 1b seed: hence the yellow tint which is due to internal reflection (the CVD diamond is transparent...

More info here: Link

35 posted on 05/16/2005 4:16:01 PM PDT by elli1
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