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Record 1 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

A diamond can be sawn in any one of nine directions: - parallel to one of the three cube faces, - parallel to one of the six dodecahedral faces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Le sciage consiste à couper le diamant en deux, en l'usant selon un plan (destiné à devenir la table du future diamant taillé) perpendiculaire à un axe de symétrie d'ordre 2 (c'est-à-dire parallèlement à une face du cube, ou à une face du dodécahèdre).

Spanish

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