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P: 3/15/2009 7:42:16 AM
Daisi2112 Cut Rock Total Posts: 319 Last Post: 11/15/2009 Member Since: 1/5/2009	I was just reading some posts on diamond chipping. Are there some shapes that are least likely to chip?
Posted: 3/15/2009 7:42:16 AM

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P: 3/15/2009 7:53:47 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,254 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Date: 3/15/2009 7:42:16 AM Author:Daisi2112 I was just reading some posts on diamond chipping. Are there some shapes that are least likely to chip? Any diamond can chip due to bad luck, cleavage planes, rarely vulnerabilities due to inclusions, extremely thin girdles. Rounds are considered pretty safe, although these can and do chip, diamonds with distinct edges such as Princess may be more prone to chipping. But the bottom line is there are no guarantees. Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be... - Stephanie M Thorn
Posted: 3/15/2009 7:53:47 AM

P: 3/15/2009 9:03:44 AM
oldmancoyote Ideal Rock Total Posts: 754 Last Post: 6/26/2009 Member Since: 8/22/2008	More than edges, it's sharp corners. Princesses, French cuts, squares, ... are easier to chip.
Posted: 3/15/2009 9:03:44 AM

P: 3/15/2009 9:13:53 AM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Higher more exposed solitaire settings are vulnerable. Watch that squares and rectangles and pointed ends of pears and marq's have their corners protected. Wearing rings where the diamonds constantly come into direct contact with each other is risky. Wear a plain ring between or solder together. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/15/2009 9:13:53 AM

P: 3/15/2009 9:15:39 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,254 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Date: 3/15/2009 9:03:44 AM Author: oldmancoyote More than edges, it's sharp corners. Princesses, French cuts, squares, ... are easier to chip. Yes that is what I meant, I probably didn't explain it well. We also have a case of a Princess where it appears part of the top faceting has sheared off on the actual surface of the diamond, so it isn't just corners which are at risk. But the bottom line is no diamond is exempt from chipping regardless of shape. Daisi, if you do a search for chip/ diamond chipping etc, there is a lot of info in the archives concerning this and some peoples' unfortunate experiences. Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be... - Stephanie M Thorn
Posted: 3/15/2009 9:15:39 AM

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