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DIAMOND is the hardest substance known
DIAMOND is inert to water acid and alkali
DIAMOND is insoluble in all organic solvents
DIAMOND is CARBON and will burn to CO2
DIAMONDS are valued by CARAT (1C = 200mg)
DIAMONDS are valued by COLOUR and CLARITY
DIAMONDS increase in value according to CUT
DIAMONDS are for ever and never lose value !
DIAMONDS REALLY ARE A GIRLS BEST FRIEND
SO MAKE A RESOLVE IF A MAN GIVES YOU A
DIAMOND NEVER EVER RETURN IT IF YOU SPLIT UP!
Diamonds are not rare and can be manufactured synthetically for industrial use as cutting tools an abrasives. It is the large natural diamonds that are valuable particularly the coloured ones. Calculating the value of a CUT DIAMOND is more difficult than say the value of gold or silver. Precious metals sell by weight and purity with a DIAMOND - SIZE MATTERS ! Additionally colour - clarity - cut also affect the price. For cut diamonds of similar colour (white) and clarity the value (in US $) per CARAT (200mg) increases as the size increases:
0.46 to 0.49 C 2800 per carat
1.00 to 1.49 C 6600 per carat
2.00 to 2.49 C 10200 per carat
5,00 to 5.49 C 16700 per carat
I haven't given the complete list t it shows that a diamond OF FIVE CARATS even though it is only ten times the weight of a diamond of just under half a carat it is worth not just ten times as much but SIXTY TIMES as much - size does matter. So ladies - if your man offers you a diamond ask for a big one ! LIZ TAYLOR always did !
ELIZABETH TAYLOR WITH THE TAYLOR - BURTON
DIAMOND OF 70 CARATS. RICHARD BOUGHT IT FOR
MORE THAT $1 MILLION IN 197O. WHEN LIZ DIVORCED
SHE SOLD IT IN 1979 FOR $5 MILLION. IT IS NOW
WORTH IN EXCESS OF $100 MILLION !
COLOURED DIAMONDS are rarer than white ones and consequently - carat for carat - are more valuable. The most famous coloured diamond is a BLUE ONE called the HOPE DIAMOND it was mined in India in a about 1650. It is 45 carats and is in the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM in WASHINGTON DC which also houses the SHEPARD YELLOW DIAMOND (18.5 CARATS) and the MOUSSAIEFF RED DIAMOND (5.1 CARATS) which is the largest red diamond in the world. The exhibition is called "SPLENDOR OF DIAMONDS" and is one of the most visited exhibitions in the world. Everyone is fascinated by diamonds and wants to see them and feel their fire. I visited a Diamond Cutting Factory in Haifa Israel and it was nice to see "diamond cutting" in progress and to handle cut and uncut diamonds worth many thousands of pounds. Due to total internal reflection a cut diamond captures sunlight which gives a cut diamond its inner fire.
THE HOPE DIAMOND IS A BEAUTIFUL STEEL BLUE
COLOUR. IT IS VALUED AT $250 MILLION. IT IS SET
IN A WHITE DIAMOND NECKLACE IN THE EXHIBITION.
THE DEEP BLUE COLOUR IS DUE TO TRACES OF BORON.
THE SHEPARD YELLOW DIAMOND (18.5 CARATS) IS VALUED AT $10 MILLION IT WAS MINED IN SOUTH AFRICA. ITS COLOUR IS DUE TO NITROGEN ATOMS IN THE DIAMOND'S CARBON LATTICE
THE MOUSSAIEFF (5.1 C) IS THE LARGEST RED DIAMOND IN THE WORLD. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN BRAZIL IN 1990. IT IS VALUED AT $ 20 MILLION
THE CULLIAN I DIAMOND (530 CARATS) IN THE QUEEN'S
SCEPTRE IS THE LARGEST DIAMOND IN THE WORLD.
THE UNCUT LILLIAN WEIGHED 3106 CARATS AND WAS
CLEAVED INTO NINE SEPARATE STONES. CULLIAN I IS
KNOWN AS "THE STAR OF INDIA" AND IS VALUED AT
ABOUT $500 MILLION. IT CAN BE WORN AS A PENDANT
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