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Gemstones List

By Riz Lee on | From jewellery-spot.blogspot.com
A number of gemstones have gained fame, either because of their size and beauty or because of the people who owned or wore them. A list of famous gemstones follows. Aquamarines The Giant Aquamarine Diamonds The Allnatt Diamond, a large Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond The Amsterdam Diamond, a 33.74 carat (6.748 g) black diamond which sold for $352,000 in 2001 The Centenary Diamond, the world's largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond The Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond...Read Full Story

How Diamonds Are Weighed And Classified For Clarity

By For Publisher on | From forpublisher.com
Diamonds are measured in Carat Weight. One carat weighs 200 milligrams. If a diamond is referred to as four grains, this also means that it is a one carat diamond. The word Carat comes from the word carob. A carob is a bean that grows on a tree in the Mediterranean. In times past, if a diamond weighed the same as a carob bean, it was one carob, or one carat. However, in the far east, where Carob trees do not grow, rice was used to measure the weight of a diamond. If a diamond weighed as...Read Full Story

Some List Of Diamonds

By fhussain on | From itsallaboutdiamond.blogspot.com
LIST OF DIAMOND The Akbar Shah, an Indian diamond with a roughly pear-shaped outline and random faceting, including two Arabic inscriptions, the first reading "Shah Akbar, the Shah of the World, 1028 A.H." (the letters mean "After Hegira", the first year of the Muslim era, A.D. 622. The second inscription read "To the Lord of Two Worlds, 1039 A.H. Shah Jehan". The diamond was reportedly part of the original Peacock Throne. Purchased in 1886 in Constantinople by London merchant George Blogg...Read Full Story

Getting to know the Yellow Diamonds

By idealsilver on | From logsearch.com
Yellow diamonds were once thought to be inferior.  Paler yellows, such as canary yellow, are more common but are not as desirable as their darker counterparts.  Intense fancy yellow diamonds are the most rare and valuable of the yellow diamonds.  A tiny .25-carat yellow diamond can be priced as high as 10,000 dollars depending on its clarity and cut.  Several larger 6 carat Fancy Vivid Yellow diamonds have just recently been sold for $57.000 per carat. Yellow diamonds are colored because of...Read Full Story

The Diamond Simulants : "Looks-like" of the Real Diamonds

By cooluks on | From diamonds-jewelry-online.blogspot.com
Diamond simulant are the imitation and referring to any stone material that has the appearance of diamond but it does not posess the characteristics, atomic structure, chemical composition or physical properties of natural (true) diamond. Common simulants like Cubic Zirconia, Color less Synthetic Corundum (sapphire), Synthetic Spinel, Strontium Titanate, Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (YAG), Gadolinium Gallium Garnet (GGG), and Glass (Paste). Diamond Simulants Subcategories: 1. Gems - the stones...Read Full Story
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The Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone will be set for an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to published reports. The Beny Steinmetz Group, a privately held natural resources company, will issue its float in the later half of 2012 through a spinoff company called Octea, which serves as the ...  
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Diamond trade in Belgium flourishing
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Belgian diamond industry's turnover last year rose by 47 percent to reach 44.6 billion euros from 30.1 billion euros in 2010. The rise is due to the ...  
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Conflict Diamonds
On 5th December 2011 Global Witness announced its departure from the Kimberley Process , the international certification scheme established to stop the trade in blood diamonds.  
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South Korea diplomat suspended over diamond mine scandal
South Korea's foreign ministry has temporarily suspended a senior official over a suspected share-rigging case linked to a diamond mine in Cameroon, a spokesman said Wednesday.  
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Huge diamond mine found in China
Beijing, Jan 12 (IANS) A large diamond mine with a reserve of one million carat has been found in China's Liaoning province.  
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