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2. Diamond blade - Wikipedia

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   Normally, tens or hundreds of diamond gang saw blades are used together to saw raw stone blocks. A diamond band saw blade is a flexible closed steel band with diamonds fixed (often by electroplating) on one edge of the band. Diamond blades designed for specific uses include marble, granite, concrete, asphalt, masonry, and gem-cutting blades ...

3. Lapidary - Wikipedia

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   Lapidary tool kit from around 900 AD, Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The earliest known lapidary work likely occurred during the Stone Age. [1] [7] As people created tools from stone, they realized that some geological materials were harder than others. The next earliest documented examples of what could be considered lapidary arts ...

4. Diamond knife - Wikipedia

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   Diamond knife blade. A diamond knife is a very sharp knife in which the edge is made from diamond, invented by Humberto Fernández-Morán in 1955. [1] [2] Diamond knives are used for medical and scientific applications where an extremely sharp and long-lasting edge is essential. The knives are very expensive to purchase, depending on the ...

5. Stone carving - Wikipedia

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   Percussion tools for hitting - such as mallets, axes, adzes, bouchards and toothed hammers. Tools for rough shaping of stone, to form a block the size needed for the carving. These include feathers and wedges and pitching tools. Chisels for cutting - such as lettering chisels, points, pitching tools, and claw chisels. Chisels, in turn, may be ...

6. Great Mogul Diamond - Wikipedia

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   A Venetian lapidary named Ortensio Borgio was assigned to cut the stone. It is believed that the Great Mogul Diamond exhibited several inclusions. Rejecting the idea of cutting the diamond into several fine stones, Borgio decided to address the inclusion problem by grinding away at it until the unwanted flaws were gone.

7. Diamond tool - Wikipedia

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   A close-up of a segment of a diamond saw blade. A diamond tool is a cutting tool with diamond grains fixed on the functional parts of the tool via a bonding material or another method. As diamond is a superhard material, diamond tools have many advantages as compared with tools made with common abrasives such as corundum and silicon carbide.