Macle
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Macle is a term used in crystallography. It is a crystalline form, twin-crystal or double crystal. It is crystallographic twin according to the spinel twin law and is seen in octahedral crystals or mi
Macle formed by the merger of three pyrite crystals.
Diamond cut
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A diamond cut is a style or design guide used when shaping a diamond for polishing such as the brilliant cut. Cut refers to shape, and also the symmetry, proportioning and polish of a diamond. The cut
Indian gold necklace with pearls, rubies, emeralds, and conservatively cut diamonds mounted in traditional bezel settings.
17th-century gold ring set with seven octahedral polished diamonds found in Tåsinge, Denmark
A light brown natural diamond crystal sawed in half, reflected on glass
A diamond cutter apprentice cleaving a diamond prior to cutting it; using a steel wedge-like blade and a small club, supervised by a senior cutter in the Netherlands 1946.