SEDA DIAMONDS

DIAMOND SLICE

Thsi is a natural untreated diamond that has been sliced and well polished both sides.They look stunning when set in bezel jewelery or as  a interesting collectors specimen.

Natural inclusions

Weight 0.0.810 cts [note below 1 carate]

Size 10 x 6 x 1 mm app

In mineralogy, diamond (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas "unbreakable") is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic  crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stablegraphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions. Diamond is renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities, most of which originate from the strong covalent bonding between its atoms. In particular, diamond has the highest hardness  and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. Those properties determine the major industrial application of diamond in cutting and polishing tools. 

Diamond has remarkable optical characteristics. Because of its extremely rigid lattice, it can be contaminated by very few types of impurities, such as boron and nitrogen. Combined with wide transparency, this results in the clear, colorless appearance of most natural diamonds. Small amounts of defects or impurities (about one per million of lattice atoms) color diamond blue (boron), yellow (nitrogen), brown (lattice defects), green (radiation exposure), purple, pink, orange or red. Diamond also has relatively high optical dispersion (ability to disperse light of different colors), which results in its characteristic luster. Excellent optical and mechanical properties, combined with efficient marketing, make diamond the most popular gemstone.