Delicious Diamonds

A diamond is a piece of coal that managed to give its best under extreme pressure! For those that don’t understand the true significance of why the diamond is the most sought-after, cherished and popular gem world wide, the diamond is a small piece of crystallized carbon that is the hardest substance known to mankind, Right at the top of Moh's scale of hardness, the hardest substance in the world. As far as symbolism goes, the diamond is the perfect symbol for the everlasting love you promise when you get married. It can be past down from generation to generation and after having your great, great aunt spending years scratching in her potato patch, you inherit a diamond in perfect condition.

Before we started using diamonds to cut and polish the diamonds we mined, gem cutters would strike the stones with sharp blades to cleave pieces off, and thus “cut” them.

Once it was reserved for the sole use by kings but now we too can trundle off to our local jeweler to get one of our own. In the space of a year about a tip truck of diamond are mined on earth, of this only about a wheelbarrow are of a good enough quality to be cut and used in the jewellery trade.

In ancient times only when a diamond was freely given was it believed to bestow invulnerability on its wearer. The birth stone of April, it also symbolizes innocence, and when translated to Italian means “lover of God”. The Greek God of Erotic love “Ethos” used them on the tips of his arrows to get people to fall in love.

When purchasing a Diamond of any size larger than a quarter of a carat, please ensure that you are being supplied with a certificate for the particular stone. Not only does this give you a guarantee of the quality and size of stone you are purchasing, but it increases the value of the stone and ensures that you have a precise record of your particular diamond.

Us women have had stars in our eyes about diamonds since we first set our eyes on them, I guess it is the same sparkle we see in diamonds that intrigue us, and convinces us in no uncertain terms that they will bring us happiness.



Some of the most famous diamonds in the world include the Blue Hope diamond (45.52 carats),
the Great Star of Africa (530.20 Carats), the Centenary Diamond (273.85 Carats) and the Regent (140.50 Carats) but those are all stories in themselves, and belong on their very own blogpost.
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