Archive for the 'Diamonds' Category

The Centenary Diamond – Mystery Prevails

The diamond Jubilee of De Beers Consolidated Mines passed off quietly in 1948, the massive post-WWII growth and expansion of the diamond industry had barely begun, while several important sources of diamonds, including the Premier Mine, were still closed, while others remained to be discovered. Forty years later the annual output of diamonds exceeded 100 [...]

Nur-Ul-Ain Diamond

Nur-Ul-Ain is the most important whitish pink diamond of the crown made for Empress Farah’s wedding ceremony to the Shah of Iran; Moahammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1958 is planned by Harry Winston and mined at Golconda in Hyderabad, India. It is one of the biggest pink diamonds present in the world today, of course [...]

Strange Powers of the Nizam Diamond

There are a small amount of grand secrets kept from the acquaintance of the contemporary historian, who writes down the events of the time for the newspaper Press. An expensive stone of more than normal significance sees the light to-day, and to-morrow its beginning is very well known to the entire world. After that due [...]

The Hope Diamond

The Hope Diamond is a large (45.52 carat), deep blue diamond, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The diamond is legendary for the curse it supposedly puts on whoever possesses it. The Hope Diamond appears a brilliant blue to the naked eye because of trace amounts of boron within the diamond. The Hope [...]

Kohinoor: The Diamond is unfortunate for the Queen

Kohinoor, which is the costliest diamond of the world, has a history of passing luck or ill luck to its entire list of possessors. The history goes like this…
The most important metropolitan of Delhi was primarily recognized as Hastinapur, formed towards south where Qutab Minar was built up. It was established around 1000 BC to [...]

Diamond Making Videos

Diamonds are forever, ever wondered how they make these pieces of stones worthy of their price? Here is an interesting video that shows it all..
Share your thoughts on the different kinds of exquisite gems available on this planet besides “diamonds“…

Conflict Diamonds

Diamonds are usually believed to be the symbols of emotions like love, union, association, feelings and many more but conflict diamonds are something very dissimilar to these notions. They foster all the negative feelings such as hatred, anger, crisis, bloodshed, terror and much more. These conflict diamonds can be avoided while dealing with legitimate groups.
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The Rage of Champagne Diamonds

A lot of couples today wish to pick up the most unique engagement ring and champagne diamond rings are one of the rarest kinds and present in the most intriguing colors. A number of couples compliment their wedding with a custom champagne drink, and champagne diamonds can bring that representation into the liaison every passing [...]

Mokume Gane Diamond Rings

Mokume gane, the very old Japanese fine art of layering and mixing precious metals for complicated models, is quickly turning out to be exceedingly admired for exclusive engagement rings. Mokume Gane rings are known for its exquisiteness and a designer named Peggie Robinson has been formulating this kind of jewelry for over more than 30 [...]

Black Diamonds Identity

Some time ago they were thought-out as blemished and insignificant, black diamonds are at this moment swiftly becoming one of the most preferred gems because of their discriminating inimitability. However, all of the black diamonds are not identical; therefore all concerned buyers must learn the individualities of the diamonds to assure they make a valued [...]