{"id":46811,"date":"2022-10-06T02:06:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T00:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamant-strass-dmc.com\/diamond-painting-what-are-ab-diamonds\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T02:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T00:06:03","slug":"diamond-painting-what-are-ab-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diamant-strass-dmc.com\/en\/diamond-painting-what-are-ab-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond painting: what are AB diamonds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of our DMC colours are also available in AB diamonds<\/strong> and Crystal AB<\/strong> diamonds.<\/p>\n

Diamond colors and shapes are added gradually.
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“AB” means “Aurora Borealis” (or “aurora borealis” in English),<\/strong> in reference to the sky with multiple colors that can be observed when this luminous phenomenon occurs. AB diamonds are special rhinestones<\/strong> whose facets have important reflections to give movement to the embroidery. And for good reason: these reflections change according to the light and when you move in front of the canvas.<\/p>\n

Our AB diamonds are made of resin<\/strong> and not acrylic (superior quality). Their size is exactly the same<\/strong> as standard diamonds. Only the packaging is a little different: our AB diamonds are packaged in sachets of 300 diamonds<\/strong> (and not 200 like standard diamonds).<\/p>\n

What is the difference between AB diamonds and Crystal AB?<\/h2>\n

There are two types of AB diamonds<\/strong> :<\/p>\n