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I was looking through some of my stash of hone/honing info pdfs the other day and ran across this study/paper regarding diamond surfacing pads used on silicon wafers. This is a download of a PDF, so...

Yes, less pressure will help the diamonds last longer, although using less pressure to lap something hard like a very hard bond aluminum oxide synth hone or an Ark will get you nowhere fast unless...

The diamond plates are made by embedding the diamonds in nickel. The steel plates must be copper plated first, then nickel plated. I assume that they place the diamonds then nickel plate over them...

BTW, here is one of the first links from the Google search "can diamond be abraded" - which I advised you to do right from the start:

Brian Gavin The Diamond Cutter » DIAMOND REPAIR SERVICE

Are you conceding that some abrasion does occur? The linked blog post only further proves my point. Todd (an "internet" friend of mine, BTW - we've discussed this and several other of his blog posts...

Yep, they often cleave away the parts that are likely to break on their own or those that have large internal defects. Cleaving can also be used to roughly shape the stone before it's "cut" or...

To put it bluntly, you are wrong. Diamond is the hardest natural substance we know of. This doesn't make it invincible. Everything wears, including diamond. The wear mechanism differs, from small...