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Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A rough diamond crystal containing inclusions visible to the naked eye.

CONT

Sawables are well formed and high quality octahedrons and dodecahedrons that can be sawn or cleaved into two stones before being polished and have a yield of 45-70 percent. This class is sub-divided into spotted which are sawables of lower quality and a yield of 40-65 percent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Catégorie de brut présentant des inclusions visibles à l'œil nu.

CONT

[...] les sciables sont des octaèdres et des dodécaèdres bien formés et de haute qualité qu'on peut scier ou cliver en deux pierres avant de les polir; leur rendement est de 45 à 70 %. Cette catégorie est subdivisée en tachetés, des sciables de qualité inférieure dont le rendement se situe entre 40 et 65 %.

Spanish

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