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Diamonds are sparkling, beautiful gems that are valued by people from many different cultures and nations. These stones are used as decorations for fancy balls and as the symbol of a promise of marriage. Blue diamonds are especially valuable because these gems are harder to find than diamonds of other colors.

There are some very famous blue diamonds that fascinate those who understand the true value of these magnificent stones. Some of these blue diamonds have become very famous because of their unique color and their weight. Famous people have owned some of the most treasured of the blue diamonds.

The blue diamonds are known by their names to many who understand the true value of these gems. One of the famous blue diamonds is called “Queen of Holland” and another is known as “Blue Empress”. They come in different shapes including pear shaped and octagon shaped, and the some of famous blue diamonds weigh as much as 140 carats! Read the rest of this entry »

What you need to know before you even touch your wallet. Are You Looking for the Truth About Diamonds? I was too many years back, and at that time, there was no Internet – so information was limited. But there was also no Ebay – so fake sales were also few! I love stones and collect them from all places – from pebbles on the beach to meteorites from outer sky. To me diamonds fall in the middle of the spectrum, even though their market price per gram is sometimes the highest!

Diamonds have a mystique about them; they are stunning to look at, they are cut beautifully to enhance any piece of jewelry, and when the sun catches them, they flash like miniature suns. However, if you are planning a diamond purchase, you need to know the truth about diamonds. All TV ads that portray diamonds as the ultimate gift of love, and magazine ads that tell us that a diamond is the only gem that is the perfect gift can mislead us. The truth about diamonds is a little more complicated than this image – and this note is to help you get more clarity. Read the rest of this entry »

Conflict Diamonds: Diamonds mined in rebel-held areas in Cote d’Ivoire, a West African country in the midst of a volatile conflict, are reaching the international diamond market. Conflict diamonds from Liberia are also being smuggled into neighboring countries and exported as part of the legitimate diamond trade.

Diamond Structure: Diamonds having a perfect carbon crystal lattice without defects or substitutions are colorless. Such diamond has a large band gap–meaning that the energy required to free an electron so it can move through the diamond lattice is high–and therefore is an excellent electrical insulator. Diamonds of all colors of the rainbow can be found here at Crater of Diamonds, but the three most common colors unearthed by park visitors are white, brown and yellow. Diamonds could mean frictionless medical replacement joints. Or coatings — perhaps for cars — that never scratch or wear out. Cut refers not only to the shape of the diamond, but its proportions and finish, factors that influence the final cost of the diamond. Diamonds deliver the most intense flashes and variety of colors to the eye when properly cut of any of gemstones. Cut is omitted and all diamonds are assumed to be of a good cut. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that Red diamonds are among the rarest stones in the world? Because of this extreme rarity, red diamonds are very sought after by diamond collectors like me from all over the world. Gemstone collectors will fight hard to add a rare red diamonds in their collection – and so the prices of these stones have gone very high in the past few years. For the past 20 years or so, there were very few red diamonds that went on sale all over the world and all of these stone fetched very high prices. In fact, most of these red diamonds were sold at over $1 million dollars each.

Here are some interesting notes:
The Moussaieff Red Diamond is considered as one of the largest fancy red diamonds in world. This piece of precious stone was first discovered by a Brazilian farmer sometime in the middle of the 1990s and was first purchased by the William Goldberg Diamond Corporation. When it was first cut, this diamond was named as the Red Shield but when this piece of precocious stone was later own bought by Moussaieff Jewelers Ltd, the company gave named it the Moussaieff Red. Read the rest of this entry »