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A to Z of Diamonds Glossary
Alphabetical list of main words and terms relating to diamond or diamonds, containing over 600 entries, with definitions, explanations and links to more detailed information.

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Water An archaic term used to describe the quality of diamonds, as in the phrase "of the first (or finest) water", probably alluding to a combination of good colour and clarity.
Water Clear A term sometimes used as a broad quality band in grading rough diamonds.
Wedding The diamond wedding anniversary is often stated as the seventy fifth (75th), but a diamond jubilee is generally recognised as the sixtieth (60th) anniversary.
Wedding Ring, Wedding Rings Wedding rings are often set with one or more diamonds, usually small.
Weight, Weights The weigh of any diamond is normally expressed in carats.
Wesselton South African diamond mine, also near obsolete name of a diamond colour.
West 47th Street West 47th Street is the central location of the diamond industry in New York and the USA.
Wettability Diamond is highly resistant to wetting by water. We will attempt to add a scientific explanation of this phenomenon at a later date.
WFDB, W.F.D.B., World Federation of Diamond Bourses See our Bourse page.
White When we rather lazily refer to diamonds as white, we actually mean colourless.
White Diamond The name of Werner Herzog's film about British engineer Graham Dorrington's air-ship expedition over Guyana.
White Diamonds White Diamonds is the name of a fragrance marketed under Elizabeth Taylor's name.
White Light Light containing a balanced full spectrum of colours, so that it appears colourless.
Window A small facet polished on a rough diamond, through its skin, to allow a diamanteer to observe and map any internal features of the diamond prior to cutting. Also an area of a gemstone which "leaks" light or colour usually due to poor, often shallow, cutting.
Winston, Harry Jeweller with a store on Rodeo Drive, Beverley Hills, who is known as the "Jeweler to the Stars".
Wisp An inclusion or clarity feature due to twinning, an irregularity in the crystal growth.
WDC, W.D.C., World Diamond Council Formed in July 2000 by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association at their Antwerp meeting.

There are currently over 600 entries in this table.
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Water	An archaic term used to describe the quality of diamonds, as in the phrase "of the first (or finest) water", probably alluding to a combination of good colour and clarity.
Water Clear	A term sometimes used as a broad quality band in grading rough diamonds.
Wedding	The diamond wedding anniversary is often stated as the seventy fifth (75th), but a diamond jubilee is generally recognised as the sixtieth (60th) anniversary.
Wedding Ring, Wedding Rings	Wedding rings are often set with one or more diamonds, usually small.
Weight, Weights	The weigh of any diamond is normally expressed in carats.
Wesselton	South African diamond mine, also near obsolete name of a diamond colour.
West 47th Street	West 47th Street is the central location of the diamond industry in New York and the USA.
Wettability	Diamond is highly resistant to wetting by water. We will attempt to add a scientific explanation of this phenomenon at a later date.
WFDB, W.F.D.B., World Federation of Diamond Bourses	See our Bourse page.
White	When we rather lazily refer to diamonds as white, we actually mean colourless.
White Diamond	The name of Werner Herzog's film about British engineer Graham Dorrington's air-ship expedition over Guyana.
White Diamonds	White Diamonds is the name of a fragrance marketed under Elizabeth Taylor's name.
White Light	Light containing a balanced full spectrum of colours, so that it appears colourless.
Window	A small facet polished on a rough diamond, through its skin, to allow a diamanteer to observe and map any internal features of the diamond prior to cutting. Also an area of a gemstone which "leaks" light or colour usually due to poor, often shallow, cutting.
Winston, Harry	Jeweller with a store on Rodeo Drive, Beverley Hills, who is known as the "Jeweler to the Stars".
Wisp	An inclusion or clarity feature due to twinning, an irregularity in the crystal growth.
WDC, W.D.C., World Diamond Council	Formed in July 2000 by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association at their Antwerp meeting.