Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. . diamond-cutting establish-ment in the world. The art is still carried on atParis, however, and also in London, and in bothcities very successfully. Diamond-cutting has also been introduced intoAmerica, where it is carried on in the establishmentof Mr. Morse at Boston, and more recently at NewYork, by the diamond company under the directionof Mr. Hermann. Diamonds are sometimes met with in their natu-ral state in the form of well-defined crystals. Itwas no doubt these that first attracted mensattention, and for a long time they were t
Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. . diamond-cutting establish-ment in the world. The art is still carried on atParis, however, and also in London, and in bothcities very successfully. Diamond-cutting has also been introduced intoAmerica, where it is carried on in the establishmentof Mr. Morse at Boston, and more recently at NewYork, by the diamond company under the directionof Mr. Hermann. Diamonds are sometimes met with in their natu-ral state in the form of well-defined crystals. Itwas no doubt these that first attracted mensattention, and for a long time they were the onlyones to which any regard was paid. They areknown as native points. The primitive form of the crystallized diamond,the cube (Fig. 98), is extremely rare; it hardlyoccurs once among a thousand diamonds. The regular octahedron (Fig. 99) is a little morefrequent. The dodecahedron, either regular (Fig. 100), orwith curved edges (Fig. lOi), is a frequent form; butthe most common form of all is the octahedron,with a six-sided pyramid on each of its DIAMOND-CUTTING. 257 As already mentioned, there is little doubt thatthe first diamonds to which value was attachedwere natural crystals, that is to say, octahedrons or
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