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The Polishing Wheel: Preparation and Material For the Perfect Diamond
Preparation materials To polish a diamond well prepared, a few parts are needed. These parts are: the polishing wheel, diamond powder or “board”, olive oil and a pumice stone. The...
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Top 10 Biggest Diamond Mines
1. Aikhal – Russia Aikhal (means ‘fame’) is the biggest diamond mine in the world. It is located in Yakutia, in the far east of Russia. The owner of this...
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Fabergé: From Eggs from the Tsar to Precious Jewelry
The Tsar’s Egg A Fabergé Egg is a jeweled egg, created by the House of Fabergé in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia. It all started in the 18th century with Tsar...
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What is a Tension Ring?
What is a tension ring? A tension ring is a ring that contains one diamond or one gemstone. Usually, a diamond is kept in place by prongs or a bezel...
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All About Diamond Polishing Loss
What is polishing loss? Polishing loss is exactly what it sounds like. A rough diamond has the shape of an octahedron. This looks like two pyramids with the bottoms to...
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What is an Alliance Ring and Which Different Types are There?
What is an alliance ring? An alliance ring is a band with a row of diamonds on it. This can be a row of five stones. Or a row that...
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The Creation of the Empress Collection
Royal jewelry Royalty often used diamonds to express their wealth. It was a symbol of refinement and class. It is no secret Empress Sisi (1837 – 1898) too adored diamonds...
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What is a Trilogy Ring?
What is a trilogy ring? A trilogy ring – also often called trinity – is a ring with three stones next to each other. These three stones are usually diamonds....
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The best Combinations of Diamonds and Gemstones
Classic combinations of diamonds and precious gemstones The combination of diamonds and gemstones is an all-time favorite. Besides diamonds, there are only three precious gemstones: sapphires, rubies and emeralds. Some...
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What Makes a Diamond Shine?
Reflection of light To start off right: a diamond itself does not shine, it reflects light which gives them their beautiful sparkle. This has three main causes: internal reflection, refraction,...
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Are diamonds unbreakable?
Adamas To cut right to the chase: diamonds are not indestructible. However, they are the hardest mineral on earth. The word diamond comes from the Greek word “adamas”, which means...
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Why are diamonds so rare?
What are diamonds To understand whether or not diamonds are rare, first we have to determine what they actually are. Diamonds are about 99.95 percent carbon. They are the only...
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The Legends and Myths behind Diamonds
Historic legends and myths of diamonds Due to their long history, diamonds have different meanings to different civilizations. They symbolize love, spirit, wealth and magical powers. But back in the...
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The Banjarmasin Diamond: Gem With a Questionable History
About Banjarmasin During the Golden Age, the Dutch government had various colonies. One of these colony regions was Borneo, what later would become Indonesia. In Borneo was a well-known island...
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Type of Diamond Inclusions
What are diamond inclusions? Diamonds are formed deep in the earth under great heat and pressure. This formation process takes a very long time. During this formation, most diamonds develop...
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Mm to carat
How to determine the size of a diamond? Though the 4 C’s already cover a lot about the information about different diamonds, they do not tell us everything. Especially if...
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Different Types of Solitaire Diamond Engagement Rings
In general, there are three different solitaire diamond engagement ring settings. These settings are: prongs bezel tension settings Within these three, you also have different options, which I...
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The diamond loupe
How to use a loupe to evaluate diamonds? To accurately view and evaluate a diamond, you first need to learn how to look properly through a magnifying glass. This trick...
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The Marquise Cut Diamond
The marquise cut is a popular diamond shape. One of the reasons is because of its ability to make the fingers look more slender. It is an oval shaped cut...
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The Journey from Diamond Mine to Diamond Ring
Diamond mine A diamond’s journey starts millions of years ago, kilometers deep under the surface of the earth. All over the world,...