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The Splendor of Diamonds

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From: www.jewellerygalleria.com

The Diamonds in the Smithsonian’s Exhibit The Smithsonian’s Splendor of Diamonds was a display of seven of the rarest diamonds in the world. The diamonds ranged in size from 5.11 carats to 203.04 carats. The exhibit ran from June 27, 2003 to September 15, 2003. The seven diamonds displayed were the Allnatt, the Millennium Star, the Ocean Dream, the Moussaieff Red, the Heart of Eternity, the Steinmetz Pink, and the Pumpkin Diamond. The Allnatt is a cushion-cut, Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond, as rated by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA.) It is currently owned by the SIBA Corporation and has a mass of 101.29 ... Read Full Story

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The 4c’s of Diamond Grading

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From: www.jewellerygalleria.com

A certificate is not the same thing as an appraisal. A certificate describes the quality of a diamond, but it does not place a monetary value on the gem. An appraisal places a monetary value on your diamond, but does not certify the quality of the diamond. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the American Gem Society (AGS), and the International Gemological Institute (IGI) are the three most widely known and respected diamond grading laboratories in the world. Each of the grading laboratories have developed a very similar nomenclature for identifying the 4 C’s of diamonds. The 4 C’s stand for Carat, Color, ... Read Full Story

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Some List Of Diamonds

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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, who recut it from 116 carats to a pear-shape of 71.70 carats, thus destroying the historic inscriptions. Blogg was the last known owner ... Read Full Story

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How to Select a Beautiful Diamond

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From: special-sarfunshafi.blogspot.com

How to Select a Beautiful Diamond The first basic "four C's" of Carat, Clarity, Colour and Cut will be enough to prepare you to shop for diamonds. Jewellery junkies and physicists might like to do the full tutorial. You see, this tutorial is all about the way diamonds look. A diamonds appearance is mostly a result of the way it has been cut. I am known world over as the "Cut Nut" and I work tirelessly with leading researchers, diamond cutters and the heads of diamond grading labs, to improve a diamonds appearance. When I first opened Precious Metals, in 1976, I was a ... Read Full Story

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

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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 that are natural with the same appearance like of the diamond. Examples of this stones are sapphire, topaz, beryl, quartz, zircon; all of these gemstones in their colorless forms. 2. Natural Synthetics - These are were ... Read Full Story

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