2007-03-27 11:10:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The term hardness means how resistant to scratch is the mineral, not how strong it is. You can destroy a diamond with an iron hammer but you can not scratch it. To cut a diamond, powdered diamonds are glued to a carbide blade and then this blade can cut raw diamonds. Laser beams are also used.
2007-03-27 14:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by klomtrix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a diamond is the hardest substance on earth, they go get the hardest substance on MARS!!!
No, I was just trying to be funny there, they use diamond to cut diamond. Hope this helps.
2007-03-27 13:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they usually "cut" diamonds by fracturing them. That is, they have a sharp edge, and hit the diamond so that it cracks just like a piece of glass. However to get it into a more evened shape, they use a fine diamond chipped surface "kinda like sandpaper"
That wears the surface down smooth. It takes a lot of time and patience to put all the facets or "sides" onto a diamond. One wrong move, and it can go from being worth hundreds of thousands, to just a couple thousand, or even not much at all.
2007-03-27 11:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by sportsman72901 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your question is incorrect. Diamonds are the hardest naturally occurring substance. Man has created at least two (that I know of) that are harder than diamond.
2007-03-28 10:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are used to cut diamonds.
2007-03-27 11:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by juljulabie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another diamond
2007-03-27 11:40:11 · answer #6 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds get reduce by technique of diamonds. because no longer some thing else will reduce it, they ought to apply a diamond to cau a diamond.each and each of the little left over chips that are reduce of get positioned onto a paper(like sanding paper, exept it isn't sand that's diamond airborne dirt and dust) they use this to pollish the diamonds till eventually they're proper. i wish this solutions your question.
2016-12-02 22:08:34 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"diamond dust" small pieces of diamond affixed to a saw or other cutting device
2007-03-27 11:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by bookgrl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Laser beam technology. First, extract it from the rock it's in, then use a laser to cut it. Especially when shaping into a piece for jewelry.
2007-03-27 11:22:17 · answer #9 · answered by ChaosDuchess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is another diamond.
2007-03-27 11:14:15 · answer #10 · answered by ellie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋