Labels:text | human face | clothing | person | sunglasses | newspaper | letter OCR: FASHION one diamond against another to shape it-has remained largely un- changed since the beginning of the active diamond-cutting industry. "Diamonds are still primarily crafted by hand," says Charles West, general manager of Bang- kok Cut Diamond. "The principle of cutting is still the same as two to three hundred years ago, just with the addition of electricity. The best steps. Before any refining be- cut and quality is still in the hands gins, the shipment of rough has of the craftsman." Above : Semi- to be inspected and separated Because the circles of white for cutting based on the general manufacture of diamonds and shape, size and quality of the each diamond- black enamel stone. from the original play off each The first step in the refining rough to the fin- other in this process involves sawing (cutting ished product-is spectacular largely a manual bracelet against the facet of the crystal) process, cutting is Left: Diamondls or cleaving (a parallel cut to the add dazzle to facet). In the next step, polishing still a relatively this swirling and cutting, the diamond will slow, painstaking broochof gold, come to take the form that you endeavour that platin um and are accustomed to seeing in involves several green acrylic jewellery. However, with a fancy-
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