Back to high-school chemistry class: did you know that diamonds are composed entirely of just one element?
As the great philosopher Confucius once said: better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. As it turns out, Confucius was probably even more
How are Diamonds Graded? Usually when diamond officials talk about color, they are not referring to blues, greens, or pinks. (Such diamonds do exist, but they are referred to as collectively as “fancy” diamonds.) Rather, diamond “color” is used to refer to how pure the shading of a diamond is. The color of a diamond is typically graded on the following scale: D-F Colorless – Diamonds graded letters D to F are considered to be colorless diamonds. This is the purest color grade, and diamonds of this type are very rare. It is recommended that these diamonds only are set ...
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Did you know that mining a single one carat diamonds requires over 250 tons of earth to be mined?
How you ever wondered about the amazing journey that a diamond makes in order to arrive on a ring, necklace, or other piece of jewelry?
As you may know, the first ornamental use of diamonds occurred in ancient India, where diamonds were considered to be of great religious and spiritual value.
Humans have treasured diamonds for thousands of years and over that course of time, many legends and superstitions regarding diamonds have developed.
Diamonds are almost exclusively made of carbon. When a diamond is contaminated by trace amounts of other elements, it produces some of the most breathtaking colored diamonds found in nature.
Diamonds that are created in a lab are structurally identical to those that are formed in nature. It takes a very trained eye, lots of testing tools
The worlds love affair with diamonds started in India where people gathered the stones from bodies of water and traded them at market as early as fourth century BC.