Diamonds make excellent wedding rings and gifts. Even if you're not getting married, a diamond ring can be given in so many different situations. From a special friend or for your mother on a special occasion.
Diamonds are more affordable these days and come in all shapes, sizes and even colors! Depending on your budget you'll need to know a few things before going out into the wild and making a purchase.
Diamond Photos
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- Learn everything there is to know about the worlds favorite gemstone.
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Books About Diamonds From Amazon
Diamond Handbook: A Practical Guide to Diamond Evaluation (Newman Gem & Jewelry Series)
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Diamond Ring Buying Guide: How to Evaluate, Identify, and Select Diamonds & Diamond Jewelry (Newman Gem & Jewelry Series)
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Top 10 Diamond Facts
Fact 1: Most diamonds are over three billion years old and the youngest being around 100 million years old.Fact 2: In ancient times diamonds were thought to have special powers like invincibility, strength and courage.
Fact 3: Most of the earth's diamonds were formed really deep in the earth, like 100-400 miles deep.
Fact 4: Diamonds come in many different colors such as yellow, brown and the rare pink and blue colors.
Fact 5: A thirteenth century law in France decreed that only the king could wear the precious stone.
Fact 6: Every copper wire in your home electronics is made with a die which is made from diamonds.
Fact 7: America buys up more than half of the worlds supply which makes it the biggest diamond market in the world.
Fact 8: The largest diamond ever found was 3,106 carats and located in Africa. Part of that diamond resides in the British Royal Scepter which is located in London.
Fact 9: Since diamonds can withstand extremely high temperatures and hardcore conditions, they are used in windows for deep space travel on spacecraft.
Fact 10: Australia is the worlds largest producer of diamond in volume
Dreaming About Diamonds
In the modern world, diamonds have become a household name. This is mainly because of their use in creative advertising campaigns. Because of the exposure of diamonds in mass media, it seems that it s the ultimate status symbol to own diamond jewelry. Diamonds have even been ingrained in tradition such as marriage.
Every girl dreams of her diamond engagement ring and every guy learns about the four Cs of diamonds, namely carat, clarity, color and cut, when buying that perfect ring. It might be contrary that a diamond being precious can be part of a wedding or engagement ring that is worn every day. But that is the beauty of a diamond.
Diamonds are typically colorless or yellow, but have also been known to be grayish or brown. Less often, they can be colored blue, green, black, pink, violet, red, orange and translucent white. Most of these are sourced from central and southern Africa, and other mines have been discovered in Canada, Russia, Australia, India and Brazil.
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