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carbonado

carbonado

1 9.9
A dark, hard diamond that people use to make drill bits and tools
  • noun
  • /ˌkɑːrbəˈnɑːdoʊ/
  • Specialized
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  • But in addition to that, the carbonado is porous, so it's rather like a sponge.
  • black carbonados

Examples

  • A run on super-hard black diamonds, or carbonados, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries kept the region alive.

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  • But not a single carbonado has been recognized among them.

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  • But not a single carbonado has been found in any of those mines.

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  • The fact that the carbonado survived is indeed truly extraordinary.

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  • And that's the one place on Earth where carbonado is found.

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  • The second type is carbonado, which is not known apart from two localities on Earth, namely Bahia in Brazil and the Central African Republic.

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  • Carbonado consists of very fine crystals that are randomly oriented but glued together by diamond.

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  • The workers used cutting tools made from carbonado for drilling through tough materials.

  • Due to its toughness, carbonado is often preferred for industrial applications like polishing metal.

  • Many industries benefit from the durability of carbonado when manufacturing their products.

Synonyms

black diamond
vscarbonado
  • Specialized
6.7

A very hard dark stone used in industry for drilling and polishing, not for jewelry

is similar but described as usually lower in quality rather than outright inferior

Surface Forms

carbonado singular
carbonados plural

Etymology

Carbonado comes from Spanish and Portuguese carbón and the English carbon, meaning 'coal' or 'char'. So the name points to its black, carbon-made look and explains why this dark, tough diamond is used for industrial drilling and cutting.