Colorless Diamonds

For a considerable length of time, diamonds have enamored ladies and are perceived as images for status, love and allure. You likewise most likely caught wind of the truism “Diamonds are a young lady’s closest companion”. In private, I generally tell my companions (tongue in cheek) they are a person’s most noticeably awful adversary particularly …

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 …

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 …