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Ch. 10: Gem Cutting Engraving

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DIAMOND-CUTTING.
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As already mentioned, there is little doubt that the first diamonds to which value was attached were natural crystals, that is to say, octahedrons or
derived forms; and when the cutting of diamonds became known in the Indies, it was necessarily dia­monds of this class that had to be operated upon.
Accordingly, when we examine the figures of
ancient Indian diamonds given by Tavernier and
Bernier, we find that the primitive style of cutting
in India was to take an octahedron, replace one of
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