Diamond

While the industry’s primary concern was the transformation of brownish diamonds into colorless stones, a number of yellow, yellow-green, and greenish-yellow High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) treated diamonds were also introduced. These stones sparked less of a furor because their color was distinctive enough to raise questions, and could be readily identified by a major …

How do i start to look for when i need to buy a diamond for my future wife within my certain budget? Diamond is so complex and can be easily misled. Most of us may not have a clue about diamonds at all. Most people may start by asking how much per carat? I used …

If you’ve never sold a diamond ring before — or you’ve never actually sold any of your jewelry before — you might be wondering why anyone would ever sell a diamond ring. After all, aren’t diamonds precious, brilliant stones that have a lot of worth and significance? The truth is that a lot of people …

Although selling a diamond ring may seem like a very quick and easy way to earn some money, like any other businesses, in order to be lucrative you will need to become more educated in the field. Unlike gold, diamonds do not have a quantifiable melt value, and diamond resale prices have no single objective …

An irradiated diamond is a natural diamond that has been exposed to a radiation treatment in order to turn the stone into a different color. Irradiated diamonds can be found in many different colors including, blue, green, pink, yellow and orange. Colored diamonds do occur naturally, however, they are more rare than white diamonds. This …

If you’ve looked into purchasing diamonds for yourself, you might have come across the term ‘conflict diamonds’ — also known as ‘blood diamonds’ — and if you have come across either of those terms, you might be wondering what exactly are conflict/blood diamonds, why they are bad, and how likely it is to come across …

Diamond scores #10 on the Mohs scale, and good is to excellent in toughness. Sources are South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Botswana, China, Canada, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, India, Namibia, Sierra Leon, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States, Venezuela.  India was the world’s only major source until the 18th century. Then Brazil’s alluvial deposits were discovered …