Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

fracture

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_8832

an irregular, curved, splintery chip or break on a diamond along a direction other than cleavage plane.

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