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Largest Diamonds
The largest faceted diamond in the world is the Golden
Jubilee, weighing 545.67 carats. It is a Fancy Brownish-Yellow color and
"fire rose cushion cut." It is unusual also because it has a certain
type of rare color banding.
The second largest faceted
diamond in the world is the Star of Africa, also known
as the Cullinan I. It weighs 530.20 carats and is a pear
shape with 74 facets. The third largest diamond in the
world is the Incomparable. It is a golden yellow-orange
color, pear shaped, and weighs 407 carats. The fourth
largest faceted diamond in the world is the Cullinan II.
It was cut from the same stone as the Star of Africa -
aka Cullinan I. It weighs 317.40 carats and is a cushion
cut...
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Famous Diamonds
The story of the Agra
Diamond begins in 1526 when Babur, the first Mogul
emperor (1483-1530) took possession of Agra after
defeating the Rajah of Gwailor in battle. Babur was the
son of Omar Sheik, King of Ferghana (now Turkestan),...
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Famous Diamond Mines
The oldest
and most famous diamond mine in North America is the
Crater of Diamonds which is just south of Murfreesboro,
Arkansas. In 1906, diamonds were found after John Wesley
Huddleston bought the land to farm. He noticed two
small stones in the bottom of the bucket of cattle feed.
The stones were sent to Little Rock jeweler who sent
them to Tiffany's in New York and,...
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Renowned Diamond Cutting Centers
Diamonds being easily transportable and being of high
value allows them to be moved to the most efficient and
economic locations for further processing. The several
factors that are considered in determining the location
of a diamond cutting facility...
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Diamonds in Literature and Poetry
Diamonds have taken an important space in our ideas and
dreams of celebration, enjoyment, expression of love and
happiness. There are famous and popular quotes about or
referencing diamonds. Some that you may have heard or
read and other that you may not have. Read and
enjoy......
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The Diamond Cartel
When a gang of thieves with a stolen bulldozer plowed into London's
Millennium Dome in November 2000 to steal a 203-carat diamond from a
display sponsored by De Beers, Nicky Oppenheimer, De Beers's chairman,
hailed the botched heist as wonderful publicity:
"If only we could do this once every six
months. We could do away with the advertising department altogether."
For more than 100 years, the name De Beers has evoked
all glamour and mystery radiated by a diamond. Through
shrewd marketing and careful manipulation of the market,
the South African company. Learn about the over 100
years of the Oppenheimer family's grip over diamond
trade of the entire world.....
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How to Take Care of your Diamonds
Diamond requires periodical cleaning to retain its beauty and luster to
last for a lifetime. Through day to day activities, diamonds get smudged
and soiled. Even when they are not worn, they collect dust. Lotions,
soaps and natural skin oils, can cause development of a film of grime
over the gem and inhibits their brilliance. Diamonds require regular
cleaning so that maximum light can be reflected and refracted giving out
fiery brilliance....
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Diamond Enhancements
Diamond enhancements are performed on natural as well as
synthetic diamonds to improve their gemological characteristics.
Enhancements are usually performed on the diamonds already cut and
polished. Enhancements include clarity treatments to remove inclusions,
such as laser drilling, application of sealants for filling cracks,
color treatments for improving a diamond’s color grade or treatments to
give fancy color to a white or off colored diamond......
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Diamond Fluorescence
Fluorescence is the emission of bluish light emitted by
about one third of gem-quality diamonds when exposed to long-wave
ultraviolet light. The intensity may vary from faint to very strong.
Under normal lighting conditions, this property of fluorescence is not
detectable. However, a naturally fluorescent diamond tends to emit a
soft colored glow when held under an ultraviolet lamp or “black light".
Fluorescence is not harmful to the diamond or to the wearer....
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Diamond Ring Settings
Diamond ring settings vary as much as the diamonds and
many innovative and new designs are created everyday to beat
competition. The ring setting type is as important as a diamond as it
would decide the final appearance of a diamond as a jewel. The variety
and quality of ring settings varies from jeweler to jeweler. If one
seeks the best or wants something different, he/she needs to search more
than one jeweler and also see the available variety on the online
jewelry websites. Wedding and engagement rings are available in....
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Diamonds in Bridal Jewelry
Choosing Wedding jewelry holds great importance in one’s
life, as it represents a lifelong relationship of love and commitment.
Diamonds are therefore the unmatched selection and the most popular
option for such an occasion. Diamond jewelry is available in myriad of
beautiful designs. The jewelers also specially designed jewelry for such
occasions and allocate the best quality diamonds for such jewelry. They
keep a good stock of wedding jewelry at all times and try that only
designs which match the latest trends along with all other styles is
available....
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Buying Jewelry from Online (Internet) Stores
Internet has made the world a small place. Beautiful
jewelry from many countries and much more variety and
beauty ever imagined is available on online stores. If
you can get very good quality jewelry at lower prices
with more variety in designs, then online jewelry stores
are always a better choice. And this is true with many
renowned online jewelry websites! Online jewelry
buying.....
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Beware of Mall Jewelry and Other Expensive Jewelry
Stores
Common sense should suggest that
the only way such stores can make high profits is to cover all high
costs (of the glitter, lighting, display, advertising and aggressive
salespeople paid with high commissions on your sale) in your prices. In
today's commerce with the rise of online shopping, these stores are
facing stiff competition from online stores that offer certified diamond
jewelry of quality at lower prices by keeping their operating costs down
and being able to turn over larger volume. Please take the time to
compare prices, quality and and take advantage of....
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their Price Gimmicks..
Read about Diamond History, Diamond Facts..
A symbol of innocence, justice,
faith and strength, the diamond was believed to make its wearers
courageous and victorious over their enemies. When set in gold and worn
on the left side, it held the power to drive away nightmares and soothe
savage beasts. Diamonds were even thought to be so powerful that they
could stop lechery. Diamonds have lured and fascinated us....
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