Macles.— Twinned crystals in which the junction is not distinct.
Mahabharata.— Hindu epic.
Mangelin.— Hindu weight equal to i^j carat.
Melange.— Mixed sizes.
Melee.— Small diamonds.
Muddy.— Lacking internal brilliancy.
Naats.— Thin fiat crystals.
Naifes.— Hindu name for shapely uncut diamonds.
Nyf.— Outer part or skin of the diamond crystal.
Off-color.— Having a tint of undesirable color. Old-mine.— Old-cut diamonds of good color.
Pagoda.— Hindu money worth eight shillings British. Pavilion.— Under part of brilliant-cut diamond. Premiers.— Diamonds from the Premier Mine; as commonly used, diamonds having an oily luster or false color.
Rati.— Hindu weight, variable in quantity of mass according to use, time and place.
Reef.— Strata of earth surrounding diamond chimneys.
Rejections.— Diamonds thrown out of the mixed lots as undesirable.
Rivers.— Diamonds from the rivers or wet diggings of Africa.
Rough.— Uncut crystals.
Round-stones.— Diamond crystals with curved facets, and roundish or water-worn crystals.
Secundina.— A clay schist which usually overlays the diamond-iferous deposits of western Minas Geraes, Brazil.
Sharps.— Thin, knife-edge pieces of diamond crystal.
Sight.— Opportunity afforded buyers by the Diamond Syndicate to view the original parcels of rough.
Silver-capes.— White diamonds with a slight tint of yellow.
Specific gravity.— Relative weight of bulk as compared with distilled water at 60° F.
Splints.— Sharp-pointed diamond splinters, or cleavages less than one carat.
Spread.— Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.
