Which term describes the act of dividing a diamond along a cleavage plane?

Which term describes the act of dividing a diamond along a cleavage plane?

• A. CVD
• B. Cleavage plane
• C. Cleaver
• D. Cleaving

Answer: (D)

Cleaving describes the act of dividing a diamond along a cleavage plane. The cleavage plane is the crystallographic surface along which the diamond is most likely to split, so the action is cleaving—using a tool called a cleaver to apply a precise force along that plane. A cleaver is the instrument, not the action, and CVD refers to chemical vapor deposition, a growth process rather than a method of splitting. So the term for the act itself is cleaving.

Cleaving describes the act of dividing a diamond along a cleavage plane. The cleavage plane is the crystallographic surface along which the diamond is most likely to split, so the action is cleaving—using a tool called a cleaver to apply a precise force along that plane. A cleaver is the instrument, not the action, and CVD refers to chemical vapor deposition, a growth process rather than a method of splitting. So the term for the act itself is cleaving.