• Question: Is working with diamonds fun, do you get to take any home, do you get many thefts ? x

    Asked by oreo to Philip on 13 Jun 2011.
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      Philip Dolan answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Yeah, I guess it is pretty fun. We actually haven’t ever had a diamond stolen from our lab. They probably wouldn’t be worth the effort in all honest, as all of our diamonds are cut like bricks (pretty small bricks). This means that they just look like bits of glass that have absolutely no chips on them. Diamonds on rings however are cut into more complicated shapes, and polished a lot. This makes them look really shiny. I suppose the best thing about working with diamonds is that there is basically nothing I can do to break it. Which can’t be said about a lot of the equipment I use…

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