Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Cleaving the Vargas Diamond--The Vargas Diamond, third largest in history, was displayed in cleft sections today, and here Arian Grasselly, diamond cutter, shows how the job was done. Left, Grasselly holds the stone seated in a wooden cup filled with wax, with cutting marks showing. Upper right, how special chisel was placed in groove and struck. Lower right, the two main sections after cleaving and removal from cup; at extreme right, a finished portion previously cut off; smallest object is an unfinished piece.
Cleaving the Vargas Diamond--The Vargas Diamond, third largest in history, was displayed in cleft sections today, and here Arian Grasselly, diamond cutter, shows how the job was done. Left, Grasselly holds the stone seated in a wooden cup filled with wax, with cutting marks showing. Upper right, how special chisel was placed in groove and struck. Lower right, the two main sections after cleaving and removal from cup; at extreme right, a finished portion previously cut off; smallest object is an unfinished piece.
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Cleaving the Vargas Diamond--The Vargas Diamond, third largest in history, was displayed in cleft sections today, and here Arian Grasselly, diamond cutter, shows how the job was done. Left, Grasselly holds the stone seated in a wooden cup filled with wax, with cutting marks showing. Upper right, how special chisel was placed in groove and struck. Lower right, the two main sections after cleaving and removal from cup; at extreme right, a finished portion previously cut off; smallest object is an unfinished piece.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1941]

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