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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 diam ...

The first wave of gem-quality manufactured diamonds hit the market late in 2003.  Man-made diamonds is nothing new and the technology has been available since the mid 19th century.  Small diamond crystals ...

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 ...

Rough diamonds are still in their natural form and have not been cut or polished.  Natural diamonds are found in Octhahedra, Cubic, Macle, and Dodecahedron crystal shapes.  Unless you have done some resear ...

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 ...