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Frou Frou (/ ˈ f r uː f r uː /) are an English electronic duo composed of musician Imogen Heap and producer/songwriter Guy Sigsworth.They released their only album, Details, in 2002.
A diamond cut is a style or design guide used when shaping a diamond for polishing such as the brilliant cut. Cut refers to shape (pear, oval), and also the symmetry, proportioning and polish of a diamond. The cut of a diamond greatly affects a diamond's brilliance—a poorly-cut diamond is less luminous.
Diamond cutting, as well as overall processing, is concentrated in a few cities around the world. The main diamond trading centers are Antwerp, Tel Aviv, and Dubai from where roughs are sent to the main processing centers of India and China. [3] Diamonds are cut and polished in Surat, India and the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen. [4]
A brilliant is a diamond or other gemstone cut in a particular form with 57-58 facets so as to have exceptional brilliance. The word 'brilliant' is also used for a diamond cut in this fashion. The underside is conical, a shape that provides maximal light return through the top of
Every natural diamond crystal contains impurities and typical intrinsic or "self-defects": vacancies, dislocations, and interstitial atoms. The most common impurity in diamond is nitrogen, which can comprise up to 1% of a diamond by mass. Nitrogen as a diamond impurity was first identified in 1959 by Kaiser and Bond of Bell Telephone. [1]
Since its founding in the 1980s, Austrian manufacturer Diamond Aircraft Industries had concentrated on building an extensive product line. During the late 1990s, company founder and chief executive officer Christian Dries approached the design team with a concept for a twin-engined aircraft, which became the company's first multi-engined aircraft, and became the next step beyond the Diamond ...
The diamond was found in the south lobe of Canadian company Lucara Diamond's Karowe Mine about 500 km (310 mi) north of Gaborone in Botswana. [ 4 ] [ 12 ] The mine is located in the Letlhakane region, where three other diamond-producing kimberlite fields have mines named Orapa , Letlhakane and Damtshaa , operated by the Debswana Diamond Company ...
In 2013, Diamond Youth released their third EP titled Orange on Topshelf Records. [6] [2] [7] In March, they embarked on a two-week tour with Turnover and PJ Bond. [8] In November and December, the band went on tour with Citizen, Polar Bear Club and Sainthood Reps. [9] In February 2014, Diamond Youth released their fourth EP titled Shake on ...