How are diamonds cut into pieces?

Diamond

To bring out the brilliance in a diamond, many little sides, or facets, must be cut and polished on it with other diamonds.  Most diamonds look like dull pieces of glass when they are taking from the ground.  Before they are used as jewels, diamonds are cut and polished.

The cutting and the polishing has a great deal to do with how a diamond sparkles.  To bring out its full beauty, many little sides, or facets, must be cut and polished on the diamond.  Diamonds are found in many sizes and shapes.  Usually two or more gems are cut from a single stone.  People, called diamond cutters, can break a diamond in two with just one tap from a hammer.  Sometimes a diamond cutter uses a saw with an edge  made of diamond dust to saw a diamond in a half.

Next, he grinds off that diamond’s corners so that it is in shaped like a top.  The little faces, or facets, are then ground on the diamond by pressing it against a revolving iron dist coated with a past made from diamond dust and oil.  Upon entering a finished diamond facet, a light ray is refracted, or bent, and reflected back in a glittering rainbow of colors.  The fiery brilliance of the diamond has made it the world’s favorite jewel. – Dick Rogers

The Secret of Living

Good morning everyone. Ones again I’m greeting everyone a very Happy New Year. Start of the year 2010. I wish we should all start the year with a positive views in life. J. Carie Sexton gave his thoughts about the secret of living. Let me share you one article I read. This is good one.

The Secret of Living

To appreciate beauty and the gifts nature brings,
To discover the pleasure of life’s simplest things,
To remember the blessings we received every day,
To explore new horizons as we travel our way—
This is the Secret of Living

To find hope in each rainbow that appears in the sky,
To give comfort to strangers who may be passing by,
To keep smiling whenever there’s a task to be done,
To be gracious in losing and give thanks when we’ve won—
This is the Secret of Living.

To build meaningful values in this life that we live,
To be full of compassion and be willing to give,
To regards as a treasure every friendship we’ve made
And to find peace and love even time cannot fade—
This is the Secret of Living.