Grains

Grains play a vital role in manufacturing diamond in terms production and quality. If the diamonds are not polished in proper direction will impact the time taken to polish it and might lead to damage of diamond none tension

What are grains and its basic knowledge:

    Grains are arrangement of fibers in a material. Diamonds have grains like any other material. If you can crack open the knowledge of grains in diamond then you can be highly skilled polisher or planner. Before we understand grains in diamond lets understand grains in wood.

    Wood can be cut from any direction where few directions are easy and others are difficult(rarely impossible). It is very easy to cut the wood along the grains and very difficult cutting across grains. So when you are cutting wood using hand saw blade, you will first find the grains and then cut it along. Similarly, we need to know the grains before cutting or polishing the diamond. Below is a 3D image of diamond and published using poly google.

    Diamonds have 3 grains:

1. Grain 2
2. Grain 3
3. Grain 4

Every diamond will have all 3 grains. Every grain have a specific direction. We need to choose a direction before we can touch the diamond on the scaif. Directions are defined as per clock timings. Below are different clock directions for every grain.

      1. Grain 2:

    Grain 2 is oval in shape which have 2 corners as highlighted in yellow in the above picture. This direction is difficult to polish and need a skilled polisher. They have very limited directions which are 7'o clock and 11'o clock direction. The diamond will not be polished immediately and will take time. This will cause the temperature in diamond to raise and result in damaging the diamond.

      2. Grain 3:

    Grain 3 is triangle in shape which have 3 corners as highlighted in yellow in the above picture. This direction is most difficult to polish and need a high skilled polisher. They have very limited directions which are 12'o clock and 6'o clock direction. The diamond will not be polished immediately and will take time. This will cause the temperature in diamond to raise and result in damaging the diamond.

      3. Grain 4:

    Grain 4 is triangle in shape which have 4 corners as highlighted in yellow in the above picture. This direction is easy to polish and any polisher can do it. They have wide variety of directions and most common of them are 1:30'o clock and 4:30'o clock direction. The diamond will be polished immediately.

    Note: All above grains are for a guidance and no one can guarantee for damage of diamonds by choosing a direction.