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Helpful things to know when buying diamonds

Basic Diamond facts

Every diamond is immensely old, formed long before dinosaurs roamed the earth. The youngest diamond is 900 million years old and the oldest is 3.2 billion years old.

Every diamond is unique; no two are alike.

The word 'diamond' comes from the Greek term adamas meaning unconquerable.

Diamonds exist in many colors, the rarest of all is red.

Diamonds were first mined in India more than 2800 years ago.

Each stone loses, on average, more than half its original weight during cutting and polishing.

The word"carat" comes from the carob tree whose seed was used as the standard of weighing precious stones.

Les than 5% of all the diamonds made into jewelry are larger than one carat.



4 C's Of Diamonds
Various characteristics of diamonds are graded and categorized by the diamond industry. Learning about diamonds is first learning about the "four Cs" of diamonds which are considered the most important grades and categories:

Cut Clarity Color Carat weight These are the criteria jewelers use when grading diamonds, and they're the ones you'll need to understand to buy the right diamond for you.


Glossary of useful diamond terms

About the Color and Clarity of Diamonds

About the cuts of diamonds
About the cuts of diamonds


 

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