The Art Of Cutting And Polishing Diamonds

Diamond Cutting techniques, location and pricing of rough diamonds, what you need to know about polishing and the production of the popular round brilliant diamond.

To most laymen, diamond cutting is an art steeped in mystery. In fact, it is a skill to which many semi-professional and amateur coloured-stone faceters can aspire. This book incorporates the major changes currently taking place in the world diamond market.

Excerpt from A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones: Including Their History Natural and Commercial; To Which Is Added, Some Account of the Best Methods of Cutting and Polishing Them The object of the Author in the fol lowing pages, has been to present to the Amateur of Gems, and of other precious Stones, a popular, but at the same time a usefill History of these beautiful Substances. Accordingly, he has not only selected from the systematic Works of highest Authority, the most important technical Characters by which each Species is distinguished, but has added, from various sources, and part; ly from his own observation and experience, such other Particulars, relative to their commercial History, and to their employ ment in Jewellery, for the purpose of personal decoration, as he conceives to be generally interesting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subjects of gemology and crystallography. The titles in this range include "Gemstone Manufacturing" "The Optical Properties of Gemstones and Crystals" "The Thirty-Two Classes of Crystal Symmetry" and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Cutting and Polishing Gemstones" contains information on the methods and equipment of the gem cutter. Intended to illustrate the main aspects of cutting and polishing it is a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and to understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.