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MELANGE:
Term for mixed diamond sizes weighing more than carat.
See also: Carat total weight (ct. tw.) Carat
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MELANGE. Diamonds of mixed sizes.
MELEE. Small diamonds.
METALLURGY. The art of separating metals from their ores or from impurities; smelting, reducing, refining, amalgamating, alloying, parting, brazing, plating, etc.
Melange: A collection or parcel of unmounted small diamonds of mixed qualities and sizes. Melange parcels have stones that are larger than melee. Melee: A collection of unmounted diamonds that range in size from 0.005 to 0.15 ct.
They first appeared at the French Court, which, though magnificent, was by legend inclined towards a very rich melange of odours. Its efficacy proven, the pot pourri thereafter spread through fashionable Europe.
 See also: Shape, Stone, Rough, Size, Diamond cut
  
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