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Old 07-17-2008, 04:08 AM
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Default Most Beautiful Gemstone-"Diamond"

Hi every one !
I am sure that all of you have same opinion, that diamond is the most beautiful gemstone.
Diamonds
Diamond jewelries are one of the most expensive and beautiful jewelries available in the world. As we know, diamonds are not only used as symbol of fashion and beauty; but also embedded in crowns worn by kings and queens, in their engagement and wedding rings. Now a day’s diamonds are the best symbol for love.

Now we go through some interesting facts about diamonds-
1. “Diamond is simply carbon, just like charcoal or graphite”
2. Age of diamond=3.4 billion years old.
3. For producing single one-carat diamond, 250 tons of earth will be mined.
4. Diamond is the hardest substance on the planet. Hardness of diamond is 10 mohs scale.
5. Around 85% of world’s diamonds are not suitable to be used as jewelry.
6. Blue, pink are the rarest diamonds & brown, yellow are most common diamonds.

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Old 07-18-2008, 04:30 PM
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Hi every one !
I am sure that all of you have same opinion, that diamond is the most beautiful gemstone.
Diamonds
Diamond jewelries are one of the most expensive and beautiful jewelries available in the world. As we know, diamonds are not only used as symbol of fashion and beauty; but also embedded in crowns worn by kings and queens, in their engagement and wedding rings. Now a day’s diamonds are the best symbol for love.

Now we go through some interesting facts about diamonds-
1. “Diamond is simply carbon, just like charcoal or graphite”
2. Age of diamond=3.4 billion years old.
3. For producing single one-carat diamond, 250 tons of earth will be mined.
4. Diamond is the hardest substance on the planet. Hardness of diamond is 10 mohs scale.
5. Around 85% of world’s diamonds are not suitable to be used as jewelry.
6. Blue, pink are the rarest diamonds & brown, yellow are most common diamonds.

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85% of diamonds are sold on ebay...
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Old 07-18-2008, 09:07 PM
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85% of diamonds are sold on ebay...
Source for that stat??
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Old 07-18-2008, 09:49 PM
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That would have to include the 50% of ebay diamonds that look like frozen spit and end up in the back of a sock draw.
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Old 07-19-2008, 02:16 PM
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Source for that stat??
Well according to Jewelelegance 85% of the world's diamonds are not suitable for jewelry but these days you can really find a lot of junk obviously ugly looking diamonds sold on ebay by dishonest sellers.
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Old 07-19-2008, 11:26 PM
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Selling a 1ct diamond for %150 is not disshonest. It is just bottom feeding
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Old 07-20-2008, 03:22 PM
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Selling a 1ct diamond for %150 is not disshonest. It is just bottom feeding

I really don't like ugly diamonds no matter how cheap they being sold on ebay. Ugly diamonds with eye visible inclusions are unlucky and very insulting. You will never get compliments from them.
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Old 07-20-2008, 06:37 PM
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Wow.. I disagree totally.. Inclusions rock.. They are the fingerprint that makes each diamond unique from any other diamond.. Just like a snow flake.. I find IF/F diamonds totally boring..

Cool Gemstone Inclusions
http://jewelry-education.imagesjewel...inclusions.php
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Old 07-25-2008, 01:55 AM
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It is very beautiful and valuable for me, too.
But it take a long time to get it due to the price. *-*
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Old 08-12-2008, 01:57 AM
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It is very beautiful and valuable for me, too.
But it take a long time to get it due to the price. *-*
It took me a long time to get diamonds too but I was determined to go for diamonds rather than cubic zirconia (sorry to any cubic zirconia fans but it's not my thing). I was lucky that my engagement ring (and no I didn't get a choice since it was a family heirloom) was diamonds and emeralds. I do love diamonds and they happen to be my birthstone too!

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Old 09-25-2009, 09:31 AM
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That is a good quote
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yup diamond is the most beautiful gemstone . i m agree with u
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