Whats the difference between natural and synthetic diamond, and whats better for me?
There are tools made of very small particles of synthetic diamond, sintered together, called PCD (“poly crystalline diamond”). Some people call this PCD: synthetic diamond.\PCD only can be used for diametering or rough cutting, because the cutting edge of such a tool cannot grinded sharper than the grain size of the PCD. When we mention synthetic diamond, we are talking about single crystal synthetic diamond. Natural diamond has grown in the inside of the earth, and due to it’s environs, changes in temperature and pressure, they become diamonds with more or less inclusions, different colours and more or less disturbed crystal structure. A synthetic diamond has grown in a vessel, under the same circumstances (temperature and pressure) as natural diamond. These circumstances can be controlled, even other elements can be added. Therefor the quality can be more consistent than natural diamond. The synthetic diamond, used for cutting tools, mostly is yellow. This colour, caused by the “buil
