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Diamond Jewelry


Diamonds are wonderful presents due to their beauty, rarity, durability and glamour. Diamond gifts seem to be always appreciated. Diamonds stand for purity, eternal love and faith in most countries.
When purchasing expensive high quality diamonds, it is best to buy certified diamonds as they are guarenteed to be what the jeweler says they are. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is a non-profit organization that rates diamonds. If you are unsure of the quality of diamond you are buying, the safest way is to buy a GIA certified diamond.


Diamond Care, Treatments & Where

Colors
Diamonds are most commonly colorless. Rarely, black, blue, brown, gray, green, pink, red, and yellow diamonds are mined according to the impurities involved. Though Diamond has a hardness rating of 10, it is considered to be brittle and will shatter on sharp impact.


Care
Though diamonds are quite durable, they can chip and fracture when handled roughly. Store diamonds separately. Be aware that diamonds can scratch other jewelry as well as each other.

Misleading Terms

Trustworthy dealers avoid using the following misleading terms when talking about diamonds. To educate you, I am explaining them here:
"Alaska black diamond" is actually hematite.
"Alaska diamond", "Alencon diamond", "Arkansas diamond", "Bohemian diamond", "Bristol diamond", "Cornish diamond", "Irish diamond", "Isle of Wight diamonds", "Marmora diamond", "Mexican diamond" and "Vallum diamond" stand for rock crystal (quartz) and NOT real diamond.
"Ceylon diamond" and "mature diamond" is really colorless zircon.
"Jourado diamond" is just a colorless stone.
"Killiecrankie diamond" and "Saxony diamond" is another name for colorless topaz.
"Nevada diamond" and "Nevada black diamond" are nicknames for obsidian.
"Radium diamond" is actually smoky quartz.

Where Mined
Diamonds are mostly found in Australia, Ghana, Zaire, the former USSR, USA Arkansas, California, Colorado, and North Carolina), and Brazil.


Themed Books

Diamond Buying Guides:

Engagement and Wedding Rings: The Definitive Buying Guide for People in Love - by Antoinette Leonard Matlins, Antonio C. Bonanno (Contributor), and Jane Crystal A practical book for recognizing the quality of various diamonds. This book explains clearly how to spot a fake, how to use a loupe, more details on enhancements and the benefits of paricular cuts.
How to Buy a Diamond: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth - by Fred Cuellar Very educational book - really gets into the details. The knowledge in the book is great. However, he is a salesman wanting to sell his stones. Learn what you can, but then take your wallet elsewhere.


Birthstone Months with Diamond


Mystical Properties

Gemstone healers often use diamonds to improve their personal clarity and vision. It helps them be honest and direct with themselves and others. Theorectically, the higher quality the stone, the better it is helps strengthen these qualities.

Diamond Lore
The diamond is an emblem of courage and invincibility.
Around 800 B.C, the first river-bed (alluvial) diamonds were most likely discovered.
Diamond is known as the "King Gem". It symbolizes eternal love, purity and faith. (Pearl is often known as the "Queen Gem".)
The Hindus believed that a diamond containing flaws, spots or specks was such bad luck that it could even deprive the God Indra of his highest heaven.
Diamond is the US State Gemstone of Arkansas.
This gemstone is said to be the Winter Gemstone of the Season.

Poems

You Light Up My Life

Finding truth

Finding love

These diamonds sparkle

From lights above

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