Thursday, November 20, 2008

Useful Tips On Diamond Jewelry

By Don Pedro

You know, ladies can't resist the lure of diamond. With the beauty of the thing it is a wonder there is even a single woman alive who doesn't have one. You know how ladies like beautiful things. Most would sooner have diamond jewelry than anything else.

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.

With a substance as beautiful as the diamond, certainly there have been countless attempts to reproduce it. All have failed, the closest being graphite, a substance that should not even be allowed in the same room as diamond. Evidence shows that sometimes diamonds form as deep as 670 km into the Earth. You can't reproduce that. You can only hope to pay for it.

The temperature required to form diamond ranges anywhere from 1000 to 1200C. The amount of pressure you need is also formidable. No wonder the stones are so flawless when they come. No wonder people even kill themselves to own a single stone.

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.

Even in its most impure form, diamond is purer than most all the substances on the earth. And when it is cleaned out, you could hardly believe your eyes, staring at its radiance. It shines, it glitters, and it clings to you. Once you lay your hands on it, you never want to let it go.

There are a number of places you could find diamonds. There are cratons, there are volcanic rocks, and they are waterbeds of streams that flow from volcanic sources. In some instances you find them also in sandstones and conglomerates. Whatever it takes, as long as you can lay your hands on earth's most priced precious stone.

The very cost of the diamond is evidence of man's lust for priceless beauty. Because the diamond is so captivating in its radiance, men would pay through their nostrils to have and hold on to it forever. And so, the price of the gem continues to rise.

There are some sedimentary rocks that have solidified presumably from former alluvial deposits. In them, you could find deposits of the hardest mineral in the world - diamond. Otherwise, you want to be looking in volcanic rocks, or cratons in various regions of the world.

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. - 15343

About the Author: