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Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by scythe on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:07PM (#35073358)
Wikipedia provides a nice overview:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell

Contra the diagram, I don't believe the diamonds in a real anvil are faceted.

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Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by crangos on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:28PM (#35074981)
According to the wikipedia article you link, they are usually faceted with 16 faces (under "Force Generating Device")
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