joe..you still don't get it...did you even bother to look at the text of diamond the sutra?... did you bother to read the cup story sureth sent?
who profits when the one becomes many?... profit? what economics? strange term to use? merle Merle, I don't fathom what all the diamond nonsense is about here, lately; the last I'll say about it is as follows: "Cleavage" concerns more than female human physiology. Any Iron tool can cleave a crystal along a Primary Plane, although usually hardened Tool-Steel is used, so the cleavage tool will not need re-surfacing too often. But the tool-steel must not be too hardened, else it will be brittle, so a certain Rockwell hardness is settled upon, and standard (I won't reveal trade-secrets). Diamond can be cleaved by such an iron (steel) tool, and correct technique: a sharp blow along the line of the Primary Plane. That plane is found by methodology I will not divulge. The "cutting" you refer to is grinding, altogether a droll and un-magical process. It is the "faceting" of gem faces. Yes, faceting is what gives the jewel it's charm and fascination in the eyes of most. The ground faces are then polished with a compound, but polishing, too, involves mere abrasion, at a finer and finer level. Faceting is entirely arbitrary and *ARTIFICIAL*, and has nothing to do with Nature. The chief property and feature of closest identification with the nature of crystal is ...Cleavage. Cleavage is seldom -- if ever -- done, upon diamonds. A stone is usually left as large as it is, as found. It's an economic issue. No one will profit from cleaving a large stone into tiny ones. Issue closed, for me. Now, I ask you a Zen question: "WHO profits when the One becomes the Many?" --Joe > Merle Lester wrote: > > lovely joe so why were you so busy analysing and sifting the diamond like you >could cut it... when you well know only diamond cuts diamond?
