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Diamond paste

A variety of paste made of very fine lead glass, ground, fused, cooled and polished, and used to imitate colourless gemstones, especially the diamond.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson