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Are Diamonds Actually Uncommon?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:09 +0000

Whenever you march into a jewelry store and take a look at the diamonds, with whatever settings they may have for sale, it is hard to understand that diamonds are in fact uncommon. The majority of people don’t even take a minute to think how those diamonds were laid upon the jewlerer’s suitcase….

There is plenty of work that is made before a diamond is offered for sale to the general public. For every 1,000,000 diamonds that are taken out of the mines just one will be located whose quality is of one caret diamond. In order to locate a 2 caret diamond nearly 5,000,000 diamonds have be mined!

At least 200 tons of ore have to be mined to locate one little diamond. But that’s not enough: less than 20% of the diamonds that are mined are good for jewelry use.

For every one million diamonds that are

mined, only one will be found that is a quality

one caret diamond. In order to find a two

caret diamond, about five million diamonds

must be mined. More than two hundred tons

of ore must be mined to find one small

diamond, and even then, more than 80%

of the diamonds that are mined are only

good for industrial use, such as diamond

drill bits

Hence, the next time you enter your local jewelry store request your seller to see the one carat diamonds. I hope you will consider these diamonds with greater appreciation, since it is really one of a million.

Everything You Need To Know About The Clarity Of Diamonds

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:59:49 +0000

One of the most imporatnt aspects of a real diamond is its clarity. It is important to understand how to mark a real diamond’s clarity, just before you purchase such a diamond.

Understanding how to mark the clarity of a diamond doesn’t involve much effort. Fundementally there are two issues you must comprehend: Diamonds that have visual inclusions & blemishes, and diamonds that are “eye clean” and don’t have inclusions or blemishes that a human eye can notice.

Starting of that point the clarity of a diamond can be defined by several subcategories. Many of those who are interested in diamonds incorrectly think that a diamond clarity regards to how clear the diamond is. But that’s not how it is.

In reality clarity regards the internal & external defects of a diamond. The most excellent diamonds are marked with a grade of FL or IF, Flawless or Internally Flawless, saying that the diamond is perfect. A mark of of I-1, I-2 or I-3 signifies that the diamond is imperfect, and a mark of I-3 signifies the worst.

Additional marks are VVS1 and VVS2, which signifies that the diamond is very, very slightly imperfect; VS1 and VS2, which state the diamond is very slightly imperfect. And last but not least: SI-1 & SI-2, which signifies that the diamond is somewhat imperfect.