Thursday, November 20, 2008

What Everyone Ought To Know About Diamond Jewelry

By Don Pedro

I don't know anyone on this planet who can resist the lure of diamond, least of all a woman. All you need to do is let her see a jewel glittering with the stone from heaven and she is as good as yours. Ladies, no offense; even guys get caught in that web too.

Jewels are beautiful, but they are never the real thing unless they are made of diamonds. Earth's most unique substance will look good on any finger, and make it's wearer an instant celebrity. That's why we all want it.

There are jewels and then there are diamond jewels. Jewels are dear to most women, but no woman alive can boast of not wanting a diamond piece in her collection. It's more than just the rock hardness of the stone; it's the fact that it is so so beautiful. You can't just take your eye off of it.

One bar is the pressure that the atmosphere exerts at sea level. To form those perfect jewels of yours, the earth needs to summon about 50,000 times that. It's just crazy: everything that goes into the formation of a diamond.

You don't want to be left alone in a room with a diamond; the temptation is too strong and unfair. You could be all pure and holy, but at the very least you would desire to touch the flawless stone. And from that moment, you might never want to rest until you own it - legally or no.

Would you believe this? Some diamonds are actually thought to have an extraterrestrial origin. They are the black variety of the priceless stones, known as carbonados. I suppose they are called diamond because they have certain similar characteristics, but I doubt they are so much used as gems.

There is something about looking into a diamond that both excites and appeases you. It is not just its beauty and radiance, it is a property known as its fire. Diamond refracts light, diffusing it over a wide range. It is called fire, and once it catches your soul, you won't stop until you owned the piece.

The stones that made the mountains were not always solid. At one time, they were molten, known as magma, made so by the extreme pressures and heat in the earth's heart; the same pressures and heat that formed diamonds over eons of processing. So when the magma came up, so did the diamonds with it. Today, we mine them and wear them, and we bask in the glory of the diamond jewelry.

The properties of diamond vary from stone to stone, and even within each individual stone. Take brilliance, for instance. The more light is returned to your eyes by the stone, the higher its brilliance. And the higher the brilliance of a stone, the higher, naturally, its price in the jewel market.

Wind and glaciers can transport diamonds from where they originate on the surface of the earth to distances extremely far away. Some miners and diamond hunters don't mind how far they have to go to get the gem, though. A single stone, sold in the jewel market, could be the end to all their life's financial problems.

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