Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Useful Tips On 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.

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.

The best things in life are free, some say. And in a sense they are, until one man gets to it and puts a price upon it. Diamonds are free for whoever finds them first, and then they cost a fortune, prize for the highest bidder.

Conditions that are ideal for diamond formation cannot be reenacted by humans. Much as they have tried, they have always failed. And so the diamond retains its uniqueness in brilliance and beauty. Little wonder it is so expensive as a jewel.

Silver can be melted down, gold can be diluted, but diamond diamond is forever. No matter how much you have to pay to have it, you know it is worth every penny and it will never blemish. Twenty - no, a hundred years to come, the diamond will retain its brilliance.

Diamond jewelry possesses a brilliance that arises from its index of refraction. This is determined by the angle at which light is bent as it crosses the boundary between the air and the stone upon entry and upon exit. The higher this value, the higher the brilliance of the mineral, and thus, the more it will cost you, if you desire to own it.

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.

Pure diamond has a density that is close to 3.52 g/cm3, which is much denser than other crystals that are composed of elements of similar weight to carbon. This is so because carbon atoms in diamond are packed tightly together, more so than all the others. So you know that it does weigh something, when it comes that hard packed! - 15359

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