Diamond is an outdated name for diamond, it is its absolute synonym. The words diamond and adamant have the same meaning. The diamond has two variants of origin: from French and German. The second meaning of the word is the name of the size of the small print, the size of which is 4 points.
What is a diamond: historical aspect
In order to appreciate the value of a diamond over 500 years since its discovery, you need to know: products from it were appreciated by people such as Catherine the Great, Napoleon, Charles VII. Everyone wants to have this solid indestructible mineral, to have it in their collection.
The first diamonds appeared in India a few millennia ago. The Indians themselves were the first to cut the rough diamond, and later its brilliance reached Europe. It was much later, in the V – VI century BC, and in the XV century the first model was created. The Duke of Burgundy Karl the Bold was struck by the brilliance of diamonds and became the first person to put it in his armor to blind enemies in battle.
Description
The diamond, the jewelry of which fascinates people, can be of different colors. Most often, diamonds in nature are found colorless or with a yellowish tinge, but there are also blue, red, pink-purple, bright yellow and even black. The latter are the rarest and from this the most expensive.
The attractiveness of jewelry lies in the fact that a diamond can reflect light both outside and inside its shape.
Also unique is the fact that diamond is the only gemstone that consists of only one chemical element - carbon, which makes the white diamond seem to be invisible when immersed in water, because it looks like ordinary glass without any impurities inside .
Diamond application
What is a diamond for people who know how to make practical use? This is, first of all, non-waste production, even diamond dust, for example, after cutting can be put into business. Oddly enough, but the use of such an expensive mineral in certain industries greatly reduces costs.
Diamond wheels - devices designed for cutting the world's hardest metals, are actively used in the processing of tools, machine parts, drilling wells in hard and abrasive rocks, dressing grinding wheels and in many other areas.
The main advantage of the mineral in industry is the ability to process hard alloys using diamond wheels. Most of the technical diamonds are involved in this type of activity.