the wearing off of a part of the earth’s surface by moving water, ice, gravity, waves, or wind. Often diamonds are tumbled or rubbed with other fragments in river or in the sea.
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(2009). abrasion. In: Manutchehr-Danai, M. (eds) Dictionary of Gems and Gemology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_48
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