Thread: Suehiro 20k lapping?

If you think it's the diamonds getting "worn" I'd like to understand how and why with evidence. Diamonds are the hardest material known to man and I really don't think rubbing them on a stone is wearing them one bit. Now the steel plate holding the diamonds might be wearing out, and losing its hold on the diamonds, but the diamonds themselves are not being "worn".

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Oops...diamonds., like any other physical substance is subject to wear and tear. They WILL flatten and become less effective in a grinding environment. The hardness of the material is no never mind.... Yes, they will resist wear longer than other materials, but they WILL eventually wear down.

“The diamonds likely aren't fracturing in the application of flattening stones, at least not after its been broken in. “

Of course, they wear, and pull out from the binder. They are hard, but not unbreakable.

They do fracture/wear, ask any good jeweler that looks at a lot of diamonds. People scratch glass with rings and fracture the edges and corners of Diamonds, all the time.

Most folks just don’t ever look at their rings with magnification to see how damaged they are.

Diamonds like any rock or gem are filled with inclusions, especially the lower clarity, use in industrial applications. Here is a quote from an article on Diamond Fracture Filling, a process used to drill out impurities/inclusions from Jewelry quality diamonds to improve clarity, so they can be sold for higher prices.

“Fractures are very common inside diamonds and are created during the diamond's creation in the earth's crust. As the rough diamond travels up from the earth's crust through volcanic pipes it comes under extreme stresses and pressures, and during this travel tiny fractures can form inside the diamond. If these fractures are visible and damaging to the beauty of the diamond, it will have much lower demand and won't be as salable to jewelers and the public, making them candidates for fracture filling and thus visually improve the appearance of the diamond.”

As many of us can attest, they do wear and an Ark, or other hard stones can trash a new Diamond plate in a hurry. So, call it micro fracturing or eroding, they do wear.

Diamonds and how we look and think of them, are in large part a result of an aggressive and successful marketing campaign. Diamonds are not as rare or indestructible as the De Beers, would have you think.

Originally Posted by Magpie

If water dripping off a roof edge can wear through a granite stone (so it took 100 years, so what!) then a solid material like a hone can certainly wear a diamond over time. Or are you going to argue that it was "really hard water"

Well, that's my point. They do erode, but no one will be around in 1 billion years to measure the .00000001 millimeter that goes missing....

New thread created here for those who want to discuss the life of diamonds:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...onds-wear.html

Originally Posted by onimaru55

New thread created here for those who want to discuss the life of diamonds:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...onds-wear.html

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