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Ring met tafelgeslepen diamant

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Date: c. 1580 - c. 1620
Medium: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)
Culture: Netherlands
Institution: Rijksmuseum

Diamonds are octahedral crystals with a regular eightsided shape. In the early 16th century it was discovered how to cleave a crystal on its broadest side, which resulted in two joined pyramids. The shape most | commonly used in jewellery was the table-cut stone. This is an octahedron of which a little less than half of the top pyramid is sawn off.

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