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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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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