Can A Diamond Be Broken By A Hammer?

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Can You Break A Diamond?

Naturally diamonds are the hardest mineral found on our planet earth. A mineral that is not scratched is the harder substance. Whereas, the hardness of a metal cannot be measured by how hard is it to break. But the hardness is measured by rubbing one mineral against the other. You may get confused with the hardness. While diamonds are the hardest in the highest rank, as it is unable to be scratched by any other metal rather than diamond itself.


The toughness of a diamond is due to its atomic structure. As the atoms of the diamond is so closely linked together that it doesn’t have any room to absorb impact or move. This creates the cleavages planes which are the zones within a diamond where the bonds gets slightly weaker than others. Which means, a diamond either may break or remain unchanged.


As diamonds are the hardest material but can be break a diamond with the things that are lying around the house.


Can A Polished Diamonds Break?

If a diamond is unbreakable, just imagine if anything couldn’t scratch a diamond then how come a diamond gets to its finished state. A cleave line is the weak spot of a diamond. As this weakness are presented in polished diamonds. There is always a risk to chipping of a stone, as it doesn’t needs to be high impact or even hard surface whereas, clipping the diamond at exact angle could split it in two.


Can A Broken Diamond Could Repaired?

Honestly, we are very sad to say this, if your diamond is chipped or broken it can’t be repaired. Whereas you have other choices, either you can replace the damaged stone or you can continue with it. Depending on the size of the diamond and the location of the chip, a diamond can be re-cut. If you have insured your diamond jewelry including loss and damaged then you can get relaxed a little bit. As you can get a new diamond instead of replacing it.


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    How To Keep A Diamond Safe?

    You don’t have to worry too much while wearing a diamond jewelry. Whereas, you just need to apply your common sense on it, that what determines whether your diamond can survive for a lifetime or not. As you just need to be a bit careful about your jewelry.

  • Here are few tips that will make your diamond jewelry life longer.


    • • Choose the right settings:

    Diamonds on jewelry are always secured by the settings. You need to make sure to get the right settings that covers the points of a diamond for example, bezel settings, partial bezel settings and V-shaped prong settings.


    • • Examine the setting regularly:

    You need to examine the settings of your diamond jewelry regularly, as diamonds are damaged or lost if the settings of the jewelry are bent or broken. As the settings are for holding the diamonds securely to its place. The only cause of losing a diamond from jewelry may be the only reason you have hit your jewelry against a corner or something. You should take a look and examine your jewelry if you hit it with something.


    • • Tension settings must be avoided:

    As tension settings are bit risky, as it is named for. This settings holds tightly on the edges of the diamond. As a pressure is already created on the two opposite sides of the diamond. And could easily break the edges if the edges of the diamond is thin.


    • • DO NOT SMASH YOUR DIAMOND WITH A HAMMER IT WILL SURELY BREAK OFF.

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