Research & Medical Tourette Association Annual Scientific Meeting The Tourette Association of America will convene its annual scientific meeting on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at the Bethesda North...
Bort-like heavily twinned diamond from Congo. Bort or boart is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of non-gem-grade/quality diamonds. In the manufacturing and heavy industries, bort is used to describe dark, imperfectly formed/crystallized diamonds of varying levels of opacity.
The quality of diamonds can be split broadly into gem, near gem, industrial and boart categories. In rare cases 90% of diamonds in a deposit are of gem quality; but most economic deposits contain 20 to 40% gem quality diamonds.utting and polishing of a rough diamond may start with 'cleaving' (splitting) a diamond along its grain (weaker crystal planes) to divide it into smaller pieces or remove flaws and impurities. Very thin circular metal blades impregnated with diamond dust or lasers are used to saw across the grain of diamond.