Bort

:For the fictional name, see Made-up words in The Simpsons.

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:For the town in France, see Bort-les-Orgues.

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Bort is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of gem-grade/quality diamonds. In the manufacturing and heavy industries, "bort" is used to describe dark, imperfectly formed/crystallized diamonds of varying levels of opacity.

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Small bort crystals are used in drill bits.

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The lowest grade, "crushing bort", is crushed by steel mortars and used to make industrial-grade abrasive grits.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo provides 75% of the world supply of crushing bort.

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France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Bort-les-Orgues: Bort-les-Orgues is a small town and commune of the Corr?ze d?partement, in the Limousin region of France. Population: 3,000....

Diamond: The mineral diamond is a crystalline form, or allotrope, of carbon (other allotropes of carbon include graphite, fullerene and ceraphite). It is one of the most known and most useful of more than 3,000 known minerals. Diamonds are renowned for their superlative physical qualities, especially their h...