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Itacolumite :: Itacolumite (n.) A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found..

Rose-cut :: Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n..

Ace :: Ace (n.) A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds..

Rough :: Rough (n.) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond..

Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..

Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous..

Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..

Culasse :: Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

Infield :: Infield (n.) The diamond; -- opposed to outfield. See Diamond, n., 5..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.

Skive :: Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

Diamonded :: Diamonded (a.) Adorned with diamonds; diamondized.

Corundum :: Corundum (n.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond..

Carbon :: Carbon (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or t

Water :: Water (n.) The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence..

Dice :: Dice (v. i.) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A glazier's diamond.

Diamond :: Diamond (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles..

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