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lapidação

English translation: cutting

05:34 Aug 16, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Mining & Minerals / Gems
Portuguese term or phrase: lapidação
lapidaçã de pedras preciosas
Elena Whiter
English translation:cutting
Explanation:
Or cutting and polishing.
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Luiza M. Charles de Oliveira
Germany
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3cutting
Luiza M. Charles de Oliveira
5 +1faceting and/or cabbing
airmailrpl
4lapping
delveneto


  

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lapping


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapping

delveneto
United States
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cutting


Explanation:
Or cutting and polishing.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemstone#Cutting_and_polishing
Luiza M. Charles de Oliveira
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiza Modesto: Diamond cutting is the art, skill and, increasingly, science of changing a diamond from a rough stone into a faceted gem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_cutting
3 hrs
agree  Marlene Curtis: Absolutely!
5 hrs
agree  Vitals
14 hrs
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
faceting and/or cabbing


Explanation:
Gemstone Faceting and Cabbing Services Gemstone Faceting and Cabbing Services. For those of you who have a collection of rough gemstones, and would like to turn some of them into finished gems, ...
www.store.gemsevermore.com/faceting-cabbing-services.html -

International Lapidary Association Website! Oct 25, 2002 ... I do faceting and some cabbing. Not much here but cornfields. Nice scenery, but I get sooooooo lonely. LOL Let me know. (Bill) "William ...
www.gemcutters.org/Archives/IFA/2002/.../issue167.htm -

Facetting encyclopedia topics | Reference.com Sep 14, 2008 ... Facetting - 2 reference results. High Quality Gem Cutting Faceting & Cabbing to the standard of American & European Gem Cutters ...
www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Facetting

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 04:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 93

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
10 hrs
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