Diamond Inclusions – Limited Edition Hardcover By Nizam Peters

$135.00

Diamond Inclusions is the first book ever published that is devoted entirely to inclusions; their size, position, quantity, type, color and how they affect the finished diamond. It covers not only external and internal characteristics but documents and tracks diamond inclusions from the rough crystal to the fully faceted gem product. Five rough gem diamonds ranging in size from 4.72cts to 17.58cts are documented in this manner. Additionally, diamond inclusions are further examined in a separate section on how they are affected during the sawing, bruting and polishing processes. It discusses how heat, pressure, friction, diamond powder and other mechanical areas that may affect certain types of diamond inclusions.

The book is a 8 ½” x 11″ hardcover with 208 pages. 308 Photographs: 278 full color, 30 black and white, and 12 diagrams.

Diamond Inclusions the book is a resource for the gemologist, diamond grader, diamond dealer, retail jeweler and anyone that is related to the diamond industry.

The author Mr. Nizam Peters has spent over four years primarily photographing and documenting the varieties of diamond inclusions in this current work. He is the current author of several other books and the director of the American Institute of Diamond Cutting, Inc. An internationally recognized school dedicated to teaching the art of diamond cutting and rough diamond grading.

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EXTERNAL FEATURES
External features can be divided into four general groups in which they occur in many different varieties and form.

1. Features that are primarily natural in origin (Chapters one thru four)
2. Features resulting from the manufacturing process (Chapter five and six)
3. Features resulting from wear and tear (Chapter seven)
4. Features that are both external and internal (Chapter eight)

CHAPTER ONE
Naturals,growth markings and radiation stains.

CHAPTER TWO
External grainings, twinning lines and knots.

CHAPTER THREE
Cavity, pits and nicks.

CHAPTER FOUR
Surface hairline feathers, cleavage and fracture breaks close to the surface.

CHAPTER FIVE
Scratches, wheel marks, cutting lines (polishing lines) and extra facets.

CHAPTER SIX
Bearded girdle, rough girdle and abrasions.

CHAPTER SEVEN
Burnt facets, burn marks, slight percussion marks or bruises.

CHAPTER EIGHT
Cleavage and fracture breaks on the surface.

INTERNAL FEATURES
Internal features can occur in many different varieties and shapes. They can be classified into four general categories.

1. Features resulting from mineral type inclusions (crystalline and solid) imbedded in the body of the diamond (Chapter nine)
2. Features resulting from impurities that existed within and around the formation of the crystal (Chapter 10)
3. Features resulting from structural defects during and after the process of crystallization (Chapter eleven and twelve)
4. Features resulting from the manufacturing process and excessive wear and tear (Chapter thirteen)

CHAPTER NINE
Included crystals, internal knots, twinning lines, internal graining and swirl lines.

CHAPTER TEN
Carbon inclusions, pinpoints inclusions, carbon pinpoints and clouds.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Fracture and cleavage feathers, internal hairline feathers and colored feather inclusions.

CHAPTER TWELVE
Color banding, color zoning, stress and strain.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Bearded girdle (feathered girdle), rough girdle, excessive percussion marks or bruises.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Internal inclusions – from rough crystal to polished diamond.
5.15ct. Rough Diamond
4.72ct. Rough Diamond
7.61ct. Rough Diamond
17.58ct. Rough Diamond
5.32ct. Rough Diamond

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
1. The diamond manufacturing process and its relation to inclusions.
2. Planning the rough in relation to shape and inclusions.
3. Sawing the rough with consideration to inclusions.
4. Bruting the rough in relation to inclusions.
5. Cutting and polishing the rough with regard to inclusions.

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