"bortz" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boart [alternative], bort [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bortz (uncountable)
  1. Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bortz-en-noun-H7It-BLN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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    },
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        {
          "text": "1906 September, X-Rays and a Diamond Thief, Popular Mechanics, page 932,\nIt is also noticeable that the black diamond, No. 20, a dull and lusterless substance, is as transparent to the X-rays as the brilliants, while the diamond bortz, No. 6, is much less transparent than either, though more so than the imitation, No 19."
        },
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          "ref": "1939, Materials Engineering, volume 10, page 358:",
          "text": "These main categories of industrial diamonds, gem stones, bortz, and carbonados, are further subdivided into smaller classes. For instance, particularly fine bortz of a round form composed of crystals radiating from a common center are known as ballas.",
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          "ref": "1951, James Deans Cumming, Diamond Drill Handbook, page 482:",
          "text": "A large part of the production of the Belgian Congo is crushing bortz.",
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        }
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          "text": "1906 September, X-Rays and a Diamond Thief, Popular Mechanics, page 932,\nIt is also noticeable that the black diamond, No. 20, a dull and lusterless substance, is as transparent to the X-rays as the brilliants, while the diamond bortz, No. 6, is much less transparent than either, though more so than the imitation, No 19."
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