Saturday, November 22, 2008

Who Else Wants Diamond Jewelry?

By Don Pedro

If you have ever seen a diamond before, will have a good idea why it is so expensive as a jewel. If you have touched one before, you never again want to let it go. If you have the money to afford a diamond ring, I know you'll want one on your finger.

Diamonds are unique, to say the least. Which makes them perfectly befitting for jewels. You couldn't find any other substance more beautiful and alluring, hard and flawless, unique and and perfect. Diamonds just do it the way no other substance can. So you know they will be expensive, don't you? Buying diamond jewelry for a loved one is a sure sign of how much you love and value that special someone.

There is no way you are using a diamond in a jewel in its rough form; you'd look more mad than majestic. You need to run the stone through a couple of cutting processes that will bring out the sparkle in it. By the time you are done, you want a precious stone that will do you proud and fatten your bank account.

Since the time it was discovered, the beauty of diamonds has been such that only the best of men could own it. They were originally only owned by lords or kings, nobles or men of wealth. It is like the purity of the piece calls for the purest of men, and indeed they respond. They did so then, as well they do now.

Economically, there are diamond jewelries that cost more than it would take you to build a home for yourself. However, you still want it, so bad you would forfeit your house for it. And why not? The jewel is that beautiful, and more.

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.

Volcanism brings substances from the bowels of the earth to the surface. It is how diamonds travel from where they are made, close to the earth's core for ages, up to where we can mine them, and convert them into the jewels that we cherish so much.

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.

There are all kinds of diamonds. You've got white, black, red, pink and blue. Black diamonds are called carbonados. Most people don't believe they come from earth, although how they got here then beats me. - 15359

About the Author: