Education | Diamond technology
By David Mark Baker, GG
Updated August 7, 2026
Forty-five years after his original article on laser sawing, David Mark Baker revisits the technology, equipment, research, and market behind modern diamond cutting.
Read the complete paper referenced in the Fall/Winter 2026 issue of Texas Jewelers Magazine.
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Inside the paper
- The evolution from early laser saws to water-jet-guided and ultrafast systems.
- Equipment used in natural- and laboratory-grown diamond manufacturing.
- Laser slicing and seed-crystal recovery for laboratory-grown diamonds.
- Recent research, industry developments, and a full reference list.
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