As the name implies synthetic diamonds look like real diamonds but do not have the same properties as real diamonds.  The ability to determine the differences between chemical compusosition, hardness, weight, a ...

An Emerald Cut diamond is a diamond that has been cut to a rectangular or square step cut with diagonally cut corners.  It usually has 2 to 4 rows of parallel facets to the center of the stone.  A very pop ...

The majority of the Champagne color diamonds are found in the Ragged Ranges in the Kimberley region of Australia.  In this remote corner of north west Australia is the largest diamond mine in the world the call ...

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 r ...

Apply around 58,000 atmospheres of pressure to pure carbon and then heat to about 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit and you will have a diamond.  For millions of years microscopic plants and animals lived and died in th ...

Because of the successful advertising campaigns in the United States, diamonds symbolize Eternal Love, A Diamond Is Forever, Continuing Affection, A Successful Relationship, Independence, and Wealth.  Diamonds ...

A natural diamond coming into contact with a radioactive source at some point during its lifetime causes some diamonds to develop a green coloration.  The time required may be as much as a million years or long ...

Black diamonds are also called carbonados diamonds.  The Portuguese in Brazil coined the term carbonados in the mid-18th century.  It derived from its visual similarity to porous charcoal. Black diamonds a ...

De Beers was founded in South Africa in 1888 and today is the largest producer and seller of diamonds.  Almost from the beginning the De Beers company has had a strangle hold on the diamond industry and a huge ...

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.& ...