Diamonds Harmony

Antique Diamond Aquamarine Engagement Ring

2010-03-12T07:27:00.000-08:00

Many examples of antique aquamarine engagement rings shown can be made in white gold, yellow gold, platinum, or palladium by special order.

If you search on Internet or around your town, You can find antique rings, antique engagement rings, antique wedding rings and other spectacular estate and vintage pieces from the 1800's to the present.

Antique jewelery warm our hearts and souls with its timeless beauty and style. It is something magical about this diamond jewelry from another era and with its own story to tell. These cherished pieces glow with a soft patina that only comes from being worn, cherished and loved.

Zales diamond engagement rings

2010-03-12T07:16:00.000-08:00

Zales jewelry from a store in 1924, six brands with over 1900 retail stores throughout North America and online at: zales and gordonsjewelers, Zale Corporation is sticking by his original vision: to provide customers with quality goods at price low potential. After decades of growth, we are more passionate than ever to being a jeweler people turn to for the perfect expression of love.
Historical Dates
1920
William Morris and Zale had a vision: to provide customers with high quality goods with the lowest price possible. Vision becomes reality with the first jewelry store Zales in Wichita Falls, Texas, on March 29, 1924. The inventory includes small appliances, cameras and cooking vessels, except in jewelry.
1925
At Zale brothers launched a revolutionary strategy with a marketing plan loan for "a penny down and a dollar a week, making jewelry and other goods available to the average working American.
1938
Success of credit policy, combined with friendly customer service, leading to a major period of expansion, about a new store every year for a total of 12 stores in Oklahoma and Texas by 1942. A purchasing cooperative system was created to centralize purchasing and distribution of goods to all stores, allowing larger quantities company to buy with low prices. Centralized purchasing concept marks the beginning of the Zales chain stores.
1941-1944
Zales jewelry meets the limited production of consumer goods during World War II, taking its current prices for jewelry, reducing costs and seeking opportunities for growth. Zales Corrigan won by Houston, his first "carriage trade" (fine jewelry) store in 1944 ultimately led to the start of Bailey Banks & Biddle brand.
1946
Zales jewelers moving its headquarters from Wichita Falls to Dallas.
1950
The company installs a computer system the first in the country and is one of the first major jewelry to begin training in governance.
1957
Zales jewelers expands its reach, opening its first store in the shopping center ─ a big change from its business only in downtown areas. In the same year, Zales announced the initial public offering of its stock (ZLC) and its shares began public trading on the American Stock Exchange next year.
1960
Following the discovery of synthetic diamond technology, diversified company, branching out into shoes, sporting goods, drug stores, furniture stores and catalog. Reflecting this diversity, company name became Zale Corporation.
1970
M.B. Zale retired as company chairman in 1970. Company sales tripled during the decade of the 1:04 billion U.S. dollars in 1980.
1984-1985
Zale Corporation presents buying 890-carat gold "Diamond peerless," the biggest diamond in the world perfect. In 1985, Zale moved its world headquarters of Irving, Texas.
1986-1989
Leveraged buy Zale Corporation Peoples Jewellers of Canada and Swarovski International of Austria is complete. Gordon jewelers, a 469-store chain, won in 1989.
1990 they
In 1992, Zale Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but next year, financially stronger company after restructuring its debt. Five years later, annual sales of over 1.3 billion dollars, showing a profit in four quarters for the first time since reconstruction.
1998
Zales Sofia corporation was started by 13 countries in contact centers across the country Prime Minister. Online shopping is set to zales.com.
1999-2000
Zale extended by two major acquisitions: Jewellers peoples of Canada and Piercing pagoda.
2007
Zale has expanded his business-www.gordonsjewelers.com start trading. Good to focus on their business base and increasing returns on equity, Zale divests Bailey Banks & Biddle brand.
2008
Zale Corporation creates a new management team led by CEO Neal Goldberg, Zale staff that includes veteran and new talent with significant retail experience. The JCK-Harrison Group Consumer Jewelry Study Zales ranked # 1 in self-consciously marks.
2009
Zale Corporation marks 85th anniversary of the opening of the first jewelry store Zales Board with a donation of one and the Zale Foundation, presented to Donald Zale, the son of company founder MB Zale.

Antique Blossom Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-03-12T06:53:00.000-08:00

Antique Blossom Diamond Engagement Rings, also known as antique orange blossom diamond engagement rings was made originally in the middle of the 20th century.

Beautiful old art Decca Edwardian engagement ring new of 14 karat white gold ring. Gives you an attractive 4.1 mm wide first round Brilliant cut Solitaire in a Raised gallery with average - set time detail.

Typical of the period of jewelry, this is a delicate ring. Shane Blum Engravings on the Schenk with highli Polished plain belt in the back. The beautiful Ornaments would make a perfect engagement or wedding ring.

Pink Diamond Thailand, Thailand Pink Diamonds Jewelery

2010-03-12T06:37:00.000-08:00

Thailand is an ideal place for the supply of diamonds of all shapes: oval cut diamonds, diamonds, diamonds, princess, emerald cut diamonds, marquise diamonds, and all shades of yellow diamonds, pink diamonds, diamonds Green Blue Diamonds, Red Diamonds, black diamonds and white diamonds.

Diamond Trading in Thailand

Thailand has an active Diamond Bourse. Gem dealers and diamond traders buy and sell millions of dollars of gems each day. Companies in Bangkok's vast database provides a comprehensive list of diamond companies.

Diamond & Polishing in Thailand

On the outskirts of Bangkok in the neighborhood where the new airport, a number of security-conscious companies that specialize in cutting and polishing pearls. These stones are not only intended for domestic industry Fine Jewelry, but also for export abroad. When the new airport opened in September 2006 (hopefully) security firms Brinks transport, as travel times much shorter, have to deliver their precious cargo to the international mail service.

Jewelry Diamond Manufacturers in Thailand

Jewelry abundance of large and small factories in Thailand. Designers and specialized workshops gems in large factories with hundreds of pairs of nimble hands meeting medium and gemstone fine jewelry.

Diamond consists of carbon atoms in each case, strongly linked to four other carbon atoms in one cubic structure, the diamond's unique physical characteristics, chemical and optical properties

DIAMOND. The mere mention of the word fills the mind with a variety of concepts and images. Diamond is a mineral, a natural crystalline substance, the transparent form of pure carbon. The diamond is something superb, the peerless "king of gems" that glitters, dazzles, and symbolizes purity and strength. The diamond is to recruit and the 75th Wedding day, a commitment to the infinite love. Diamond is indomitable, the hardest surface known. Diamond is exotic, formed inside the earth and shot to the surface by extraordinary volcanoes. A diamond is probably the oldest thing you've ever been, probably 3 billion years, more than two-thirds of the age of the earth. Diamond is a material of high technology, super strong for our technological society.

Diamond market in USA

2010-03-07T05:35:00.000-08:00

In the last three years the USA diamond and jewelery market dropped from 61.6 billion dollars in 2007 to 59 billion dollars in 2009.
Until 2008, 400 diamond and jewelery stores was closing each year. In 2008 that number is 4.5 times bigger. In 2008 1800 jewelery stores was closed. In 2009 according to the JIRI (Jewelry Industry Research Institute), 750 to 1500 diamond jewelery stores were closed. In the new jewelery retail reality only Wall Mart is doing good with the biggest market share in the USA diamond and jewelery retail business.

Engagement Ring with 0.75 Carat Center Diamond

2010-02-12T11:34:00.000-08:00

This is Vintage Style Engagement Ring with 0.75 Carat Center Diamond 14KWG Diamond Ring with Pave and Bezel Set Diamonds 0.53.

Price: $2,774.75

For more info please visit diamondonnet

Madison Avenue Diamond Robbery

2010-02-08T03:57:00.000-08:00

NYPD is helpless and FBI joining the investigation about the notorious robbery of the jewelery store at Madison Avenue. In this violent robbery, thief shot the jewelery store employee and escape with diamond jewelery worth more than $1.200.000.

Masked thief in the middle of the day enter the jewelery store and demanded the diamond jewelery. He shot the elderly man and continued with the robbery.

Thief took near 700 gems and the loot was so heavy so he throw away the box with Faberge Egg.

The thief took a $105,000 diamond necklace, $75,000 ruby-and-diamond necklace and a $65,000 diamond necklace. Most of the jewelery is encrusted with rubies, diamonds and sapphires, and range in price from $15,000 to $35,000.

Diamond Deck Shoes

2010-02-08T03:44:00.000-08:00

First I had an idea that this shoes will be something with a diamonds on, but I was mislead. The brand Billionaire Boys Club, just released very simple rubber&canvas shoes that just bare a name Diamond Deck Shoes and have some draft design of the diamonds on the upper side of the shoes. So the bottom line is -no diamonds involved.

In this moment this Diamond Deck Shoes can be bought just in Tokyo in the Ice Cream Store.

I am not sorry that this Diamond Deck Shoes are not selling in USA.

It is time to buy a diamond

2010-02-04T06:50:00.000-08:00

Almost all business are hit by recession and the same is with a diamond jewelery industry. Before the recession diamonds and diamond jewelery was becoming more expensive. Every year the diamonds prices were highest than previous.

But not this year. The diamonds and diamond jewelery are with the same price tag as last year. The online diamond shops which are opening almost every day are with a better organization, they sell in the whole country with a broad customer base than the off line diamond shops and some of them even sell internationally. All this is influencing on the diamond and diamond jewelery prices in the good way. They becoming cheaper to buy.
Tips for best value:

- Choose a white gold instead platinum. It looks same but is cheaper.

- Choose diamond not bigger than 1 or 1,5 carats. It offers the best value for the price.

- Ask for a 30 day guarantee and GIA or other laboratory certificates.

Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff diamonds are not from same stone

2010-02-03T05:03:00.000-08:00

According to a group of scientists led by Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, The famed Hope Diamond and its chief rival, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond, were not cut from the same stone. The Hope is 45.52 carats and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is 31.06 carats.

They were some speculation over the past decades that Hope diamond and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond are from the same origin. The speculations were that this two famous and valuable diamonds are cut from the same rough diamond.

The speculations were based on the fact that both diamonds, Hope diamond and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond have the same physical conditions, same color and clarity, but not the same pattern.

Scientists who were examining this two diamonds are leave the posibility that both of them are originating from the same diamond field but definitely not form the same stone.

With more than 50 years out of the display, Wittelsbach-Graff diamond is the most famous diamond people have never seen. The last time Wittelsbach-Graff diamond was on the public display in 1958.

Botsvana - The new international diamond center

2010-01-31T16:11:00.000-08:00

Diamond trading Company Botswana (DTCB) in their effort to put Botswana on the map of the international diamond trading centers is launching the second annuallyShining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards.

Last year at the first Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards, 145 entrants were participating, but only five of them had a chance to emerge from the crowd. This five diamond jewelery designers submitted the diamond jewelery designs in fromt of the judges. The winner of the first Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards was Katja Nilsson with a jewelery design of the stunning 18 carat white and red gold necklace embeded with 674 round brilliant cut diamonds with total weight of 24.95 carats.

This year even more entrants will participate. The launch will be held at Thapong Visual Art Center said DTCB External Communications Manager, Tebogo Moribame-Setiko.

The opening will be folowed by a workshop in February and the deadline will be on First of March.

A number of sponsors will fund the wining diamond designs.

The wining pieces will be known as the Botswana collection and will go on the international road show together with Namibian Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards and South African Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards.

The whole project will allow Diamond trading Company Botswana to establish the chain which is starting at the Botswana diamond fields and diamond mines and will end in the design studios which will allow the highest profits for the country.

Handmade diamond ring - Video

2010-01-28T08:56:00.000-08:00

Interesting and educational video about handmade diamond ring making process. I was wondering how the diamonds are attached to the diamond rings and this video is giving the answer to my question. I just had to share with people who like to know more about the diamonds and diamond jewelery making process.

Cheap diamonds are comming

2010-01-28T08:45:00.000-08:00

Industry have an answer to the high prices of the diamonds. A new and improved technology and diamond making machines will made growing diamonds cost-competitive and even much cheaper than the real mined natural diamonds. The giant machines have a graphite-carbon core and a diamond seed at a pressure of 850,000 PSI for four days, recreating conditions similar to those 100 miles below the earth's surface.This diamonds which are grown at the laboratories are optically, chemically and physically identical to those coming from the diamond fields and diamond mines.

CHINA - Second Largest Diamond Market

2010-01-26T03:41:00.000-08:00

With a last year raise of the trading at Shanghai Diamond exchange of 16.4% and total of 1.5 billion dollars China took the second place from Japan as the second biggest diamond market in the world. With the high 8.7% growth of the economy, diamond jewelery demand continued to grow.

Until 2008, Japan was the second biggest market for diamonds and diamond jewelery, but China growing middle class is a huge potential market for diamonds and diamond jewelery. Although China diamond market is new (from mid 90's) the potential is great and all serious diamond traders are turning their eyes in this direction. The growing high and middle class in China is deeply influenced by the western style of living and their shopping and consumer habits are becoming similar to the consumer habits of their western counterparts.

Colored diamonds

2010-01-24T14:37:00.000-08:00

Colorless diamonds are rare and expensive, but colored diamonds can be more rare and expensive, because colored diamonds are so uncommon and beautiful. They are so atypical that it is extremely hard to find two or more, same colored diamonds. So every colored diamond is unique. Colored diamonds can be found as pink diamonds, green diamonds, yellow diamonds and blue diamonds. Also colored diamonds can be found as a mix or combination of two or more colors.Opposite white diamonds, clarity is not so important so the rule 4C, which is important for the white (colorless) diamonds here is not so important. So for a colored diamonds the rule is more like 3C+C. Colored diamonds are graded by intensity of the color and the color itself. Also the carat weight is important and also the cut. The intensity of the color makes diamond more expensive. According to Gemological Institute of America (GIA) there are 9 (nine) different grades for the intensity of the colored diamonds.

Colored diamonds intensity grading

1.Faint

2.Very Light

3.Light

4.Fancy Light

5.Fancy

6.Fancy Dark

7.Fancy Intense

8.Fancy Deep

9.Fancy Vivid

For example, a Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond is more expensive than Fancy Intense Blue Diamond with a identical cut and carat weight.

Rubies

2010-01-23T06:01:00.000-08:00

Rubies are considered as a precious stones, just like diamonds, emeralds and sapphires.

Rubies are pink or red gemstones or many variates between this two colors. The name ruby, comes from the Latin word for red. Rubies are red because there are presence of chromium. Rubies are variety of aluminum oxide or corundum. The price of rubies are mainly determined by color and then clarity, cut and carat size.

The most precious rubies are red or pigeon blood-red rubies. The biggest source of this first class premium pigeon's blood rubies is Burma, where most of the rubies are blood rubies. Burmese rubies and other game stones are banned by USA and EU, because the mining operations are in the hands of the brutal Burmese junta. Worker conditions in the Burmese rubies and game stones mines are shockingly bad. Child labor is common and also a diseases like AIDS.

Diamonds - They are strong and hard but still require care

2010-01-21T14:25:00.000-08:00

It is best to live this job to professionals.
Take care for your diamonds by visiting the store where you buy the diamond jewelery or just go to the nearest diamond store.
The professionals will clean the diamond jewelery from any grease which can get on the diamond from your skin. The human skin have some natural oil and even the smallest touch can live some grease on the diamond jewelery. The ultrasonic cleaners are not a wise choice because can be bad for a diamond jewelery settings and even for the diamonds if there are some cracks. The professional jeweler will also check the settings and make any necessary repairs if needed.
The visits to the diamond professionals can be two or three times annually.
If diamonds get dirty and you just do not have a time to go to the diamond jewelery shop, mix some mild liquid detergent with water and clean the diamonds with a soft cloth. Some diamond jewelery shops are also providing a cleaning cloth for their clients. Avoid to wear diamonds if you just apply some body lotion or other body products.
Keep the diamonds separate because the diamond can be scratch only by other diamond. also the diamonds can scratch other jewelery. The worst case is to keep in the same jewelery box a diamonds jewelery and soft natural pearls.

Easy diamond deal

2010-01-21T02:19:00.000-08:00

It seams there is nothing easier than doing a diamonds robberies.

A white male in his 20s, casually dressed, enter a Tiffany jewelery shop and after 45 minutes of talking and examining some diamond jewelery pieces, grabbed a 5.76 carat diamond platinum ring and stormed out of the jewelery shop. This happened on the December 28 and the police is still in the dark. The diamond platinum ring was worth $186.000.

The robber entered the jewelery store and he start to talk with a salesman about anniversary present for his brother. He asked the salesmen to show him some diamond watches, diamond rings and other diamond jewelery pieces. After 45 minutes of conversation and watching around the shop, he just grabed the most expensive piece of diamond jewelery and stormed out of the shop.

Really BIG DIAMONDS

2010-01-20T04:56:00.000-08:00

Diamond big as icebergs, continents and Earth

Scientists come out with a most exciting hypotheses about the geological structure of the Solar System most strange planets like Neptune and Uranus. These remote planets which are gas giants can be covered with sea of melted diamond and with a chunks of hard diamonds big as icebergs.
Are the scientists just confirming the 40 year old prophecy of the Science Fiction writers like Arthur C. Clarke?
In one of his books he wrote that the core of Jupiter can be a solid diamond big as the whole planet Earth.

A new experiment made in the laboratory revealed some exciting data about this possible phenomena. Also this is one of the possible explanations about the Neptune’s magnetic field.

The experiment produce a liquid diamond using pressure and electricity similar to Neptune and Uranus pressures and electricity.

Diamonds marked the 2010 Golden Globes

2010-01-20T02:27:00.000-08:00

The best proof that diamonds are matching the red carpet was this year Golden Globe Awards. Many of the nominees and attendees wore diamonds and diamond jewelery at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards. The circus happened on Sunday in Los Angeles.

A many styles and diamond designers were shoved on the red carpet. Some of the diamond jewelery was placed on some most unexpected ways.

Marion Cotillard was wearing a 12 carat diamond hair-clips by Chopard, Nicole Kidman had a 19th century diamond bow brooch by Fred Leighton and Rose Burne wore a diamond flower brooch designed by Neil Lane. Mo'Nique wore 15 karat Everlon Diamond Knot pave diamond circle link bracelet and Everlon Diamond Knot drop earrings.

The most glamorous in the diamond way of speaking was Carey Mulligan with a 19th-century, pear-shaped, diamond crown ring, 20 carat - 19th-century, diamond riviere necklace in her hair, 3.5-carat, pear-shaped, old-mine-cut diamond drop earrings and a 19th-century, diamond swallow cuff bracelet, all of which were designed by Fred Leighton.

Diamond Jewelry Exhibit

2010-01-18T14:19:00.000-08:00

An interesting exhibition, but also an experiment which can reveal a new way of cooperation between diamond jewelery producers, diamond jewelery designers and the art community. The exhibition is suited in The Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum in Ramat Gan, Israel. The exhibition will be about designer diamond jewelery, designed and crafted by members of the Israel Community of Designers.

All jewelery designers (25 of them) were provided with diamonds in total weight of 3 carats for each diamond designer. This 3 carats of diamonds are worth $5000 and need to be used for making diamond earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants and rings. One piece need to be pendant and a piece of art. All involved in the exhibition at The Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum are expecting interesting results. Jewelery will be available for sale right after the conclusion of the exhibition.

Shop carefully for a Valentine's day

2010-01-18T13:55:00.000-08:00

Are you planing to suprice the loved one with some diamond jewelwry? The Valentine's day is just a month ahead and you can start to do your homework earlier this year. The diamond jewelery shoppers can never be to careful. Here are some tips on this year Valentine's day shopping for the diamonds:

1. Choose your Jeweler carefully because you can spend 2-3 salaries for your diamonds.

2. Get familiar with a diamond rule of 4C. 4C stand for Carat weight, Cut, Clarity and Color.

3. Be shore that your purchased diamond have a independent grading report.

4. Secure your purchase with appraisal and insurance. You can also ask your diamond to be laser inscribed with a serial number or some personal message. It it is stolen this can be a way to identify and proof that you are the owner.

5. Are you shore what your beloved realy dream of? If you are not so shore you can buy the loose diamond and get the ring later.

6. Ask for a 30 day guarantee and return policy. If you need you can return the diamond or the jewelery for cash. Do not forget and lost the receipt for the diamond or jewelery.

Diamond Thieves

2010-01-18T07:09:00.000-08:00

Sitting on the balcony of the upscale fish restaurant, observing the crowd below and slowly drinking light coctalie, listening the slow music mixed with the sound of the sea wawes. This can sound like perfect vacation in some exotic far away from home land.

But not for the Pink Panthers - the most notorious diamond thief criminal groups. They "work" around the world and they are coming back on a vacation and safe hideaway in their homeland Montenegro.

Pink Panthers are the biggest and most notorious crime organization specialized for a diamonds. In the last 10 years the Interpol believe that they stole diamonds worth more than $350 millions in a 26 countries of the world. The jewelery owners from Paris, London, Rome, but also an upscale places like Monaco, Saint Trope and Dubai are shivering with fear just on the mentioning the name of the Pink Panthers . They are organization with more than 200 members. They are former members of the paramilitary groups which were fighting in the former Yugoslavia.

The diamond robberies was always different without any recognizable pattern. Sometimes they were sophisticated operations with a months of planning, learning and becoming familiar with a security systems, jewelery store guards, employees in the jewelery stores and sometimes just a quick 20 second jobs of storming in the jewelery shop, breaking the display glass near the front door taking the diamond jewelery and disappearing into the crowd of people.

The only shore piece of information about the Pink Panthers was that they are all citizens of the former Yugoslavia and most of them are from Montenegro and Serbia and few are from Croatia.

Diamond trends in 2010 - colorfull and sparkling

2010-01-17T03:13:00.000-08:00

2010 is starting optimistic and diamonds trends and fashion will be all about color and abundance.

Today trends are showing that more than 80% of the diamond jewelery purchases are made by female clients. But although this percentage males are still the mail clients because they purchase more expensive items than female diamond jewelery consumers.

Today woman taste is colorful and bold. A multiple necklaces around the neck and a dozen of bracelets around the hand. The white and colored diamonds are mixed in all possible combination. White diamonds with blue diamonds for a official dinner, rose diamonds with yellow diamonds for a hot date and pink with green for any occasion where the style need to be in the first place.

In 2010 women is going to shop a jewelry with more small diamonds in the different colors and shapes. Round colorless brilliants will be encased in the same piece of jewelry right beside a blue yellow princess cut or yellow marquise. The diamonds will be accompanied with less expensive smaller colored gemstones. This trends will be a blessing for the diamond traders and jewelery shops which have a nose for the market and hear what customers are talking, but also a nightmare for the traditional diamond makers.

In 2010 diamonds are definitely in. Despite the high prices the demand is slowly rising with a healthy and natural trends. The rough diamonds jewelery will also be a choice for a more than a few clients. Pearls are back too, but the colored are in bigger demand than white.

Until 2020 demand for diamonds may double

2010-01-16T15:53:00.000-08:00

Steady demand by the old markets, secured by long term contacts and the new emerging markets in China and India can result by doubling of the diamond industry by 2020.

The anonymous source close to the Angola diamond industry reveal the information about "Future diamonds demand in the world," discussed by the managing board of Endiama a state run company from Luanda, Angola.

The meeting took place on the celebration of the 29 anniversary of Endiama.

The Angolan diamond industry leaders were also discussing about the place of the Angola diamond indystry and position on the diamond market in the next 10 years.

iPhone, most expencive diamond phone in the world

2010-01-16T06:22:00.000-08:00

So you have $3.15 millions but you really do not know what to do with this money? If that is the case you can spend this money on the absurd combination of cheap Made in China electronic covered in gold, platinum and diamonds.

That is exactly iPhone 3GS Supreme Rose, designed by Stuart Hughes. The iPhone casing is made from 18K rose gold with a platinum bezel. The bezel is adorned with 130 individual .75ct flawless diamonds.

The diference between Carat and Karat

2010-01-16T06:03:00.000-08:00

Carat and Karat are similar words, both used in the jewelery industry. Often they are making confusion for the ordinary people because this two words have completely different meaning.

Carat is a measure for measuring the weight of the diamonds. One Carat is weight of 200 milligrams.

Karat is measure for the purity of the gold or platinum. Gold is very soft metal and for practical applications need to be mixed with other harder metals. Because the mixed gold need to be marked for the % of other alloys there are many measures developed but Karat is most popular. 24 karats (kt.) is standing for 100% pure gold. 18kt. means stand for 18 parts of gold and 6 parts of other metals or alloys mainly copper, silver, nickel and etc... 14 kt. is 14 parts gold and 10 parts other alloys. 10 kt. stands for 10 parts of gold and 14 parts of other alloys. Anything less than 10 kt. can not legally be sold as gold. Some producers (like Italians), instead of Karats are using measure by thousands. One thousand or 1000 means pure gold. Because it is very hard to extract 100% pure gold sometimes instead of 1000, 999 is used to mark 100% pure gold.

$4.4 Million Blood Diamond in Germany

2010-01-16T05:19:00.000-08:00

German border authorities got lucky at the Frankfurt airport yesterday.They seized a huge 86.7 carat diamond from Angolan man who were passinger from Namibia. German authorities are suspicious about the origin of this 2.5 million euro ($4.4 million) worthy,uncut diamond .

The identity of the 38 year old male person is not revealed. He arrived at the Frankfurt airport with a forged visa, which was recognized by the airport officers, and that was the trigger for a carefull search by the custom. After finding the passenger claimed that the diamond was worth only $88.000 and was intended to use for buying cars in Portugal.

After contacting some diamond experts the customs realized the real price of the diamond. The diamond is now a property of the German state and the passenger is accused for couple of offenses including: smuggling and withholding $880.000 in import taxes and breaking international rules for stopping the trade of blood diamonds from conflict areas.
The passenger will remain in the custody untill the deportation in Angola.

16 carats of diamonds embeded in Nokia cell phone

2010-01-15T06:10:00.000-08:00

Even I do not like diamonds to be wasted on trivial items like cell phones, I must admit that Mr. Stuart Hughes did a good job with this model. The new Nokia Suprime is made with 83 grams of platinum and beautiful diamonds with total weight of 16 carats. 12.5 carats are pink diamonds and there is one 3.5 carat single cut flawless diamond in the centre. Some designers are comenting that pink doamonds are not the best choice for the platinum chasis.
The new diamond phone will be made only in three copies and will cost around 100.000 British pounds.

25.000 euro for a Diego Maradona diamond earring

2010-01-15T04:14:00.000-08:00

Diego Maradona is not just one of the best soccer players of all times but also a person with a taste for diamonds. He is also a man who owes more than 30 million euros to the Italian government in taxes. On the 14 of January, 2010 his diamond earring was sold for 25,000 euros ($36,220) at an auction organized by Italian financial police to recover money owed to the country’s tax agency.

The earring was bought by anonymous woman which imidietly after the purchasing of the Maradona diamond earring rushed out of the auction house. The auction was held in the city of Bolcano situated in the northern part of Italy.

The finance police took the diamond earring from Diego Maradona at the weight loss clinic in Italy on the September 18, 2009. The seizure of the diamond earring was a result of the 36 millions of euros unpaid taxes by the Diego Maradona. This 36 million euros are tax for his playing in the soccer club Naples from 1984 to 1991. Diego Maradona claims that the soccer club was responsible for paying his taxes but after the close investigation of his contract with Naples, Italian government decide to ask the tax money from Maradona himself.

On the picture: Happy new owner of the Diego Maradona diamond earring.

Naomi Campbell - does she have a blood diamond?

2010-01-15T03:49:00.000-08:00

War prosecutors from Hague, Netherlands on the trial of Charles Taylor are claiming that this war dictator and former president of Liberia, charmed Naomi Campbell with a blood diamond.
Charles Taylor is prosecuted for a murder, rape, amputation and using a child soldiers in his war operations against the neighboring Sierra Leone.
In the process the prosecutors are investigating his actions in trade of blood diamonds for weapons and military equipment.
Charles Taylor was buying arms from the South African arms manufactures and during one trip in South Africa he meet Naomi on the diner. The host of the dinner was South African president Nelson Mandela. Quincy Jones, Mia Farrow, Graca Machell (the wife of Nelson Mandela) and Naomi Campbell.
Naomi Campbell received the blood diamond right after the dinner and she informed Mia Farrow for this present.

On the picture - Naomi Campbell with a diamond jewelery.

What Are Blood Diamonds?

2010-01-15T03:02:00.000-08:00

Blood diamonds are also known as a war diamonds, conflict diamonds or hot diamonds. This blood diamonds are usually mined in the war inflicted countries or in the countries with a civil war most of them in Africa. They are repeatedly used by the warlords, dictators or other forces which had a control over the area rich with diamond fields or diamond mines.
The money secured by the trade of the blood diamonds usually is used to finance the conflict, for buying a weapons and ammunition, for paying the solgiers and militias and for a coruption. Sometimes the control over the diamond fields is becoming a sole purpoce of the conflict or civil war. Some of the countries in which blood diamonds are used for the above mentioned purpoces are: Angola Liberia, Cote d'Ivorie, The Democratic Republic of Congo - Zaire, The Republic of Congo and Zimbabve.

In 2006 movie "Blood Diamond" there is a storry which exactly describe how diamonds are mined, traded and used for financing the wars in Africa. Altough the names of the war fractions and places are invented there are striking similarity with a real wars, military fractions and powerty of the workers which are enslaved to work on the blood diamonds mining fields.

Shopping for a Diamonds

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Where to start?

Place.

If you are out on the market for a diamonds and you really like to have some good deal I will recommend to start with a place of buying. This is very important because the established brand name jewelery shops can go with crazy 200% overhead. So if you like to buy your next diamond jewelery in the most expensive city neighborhood and pay for the reception area, expensive carpets and nice receptionist be my guest. This can be a beautiful experience (and you can have it without buying;-)) if you can afford it and you are ready to spend a couple of thousand dollars more for the same product you can find on internet.
How to buy diamonds on Internet? Is it safe?

Quality of the Diamond

Diamonds quality is set bu the 4C rule.
Carat weight, Cut, Clarity and Color. If you like to brag around your neighborhood with the size of your diamond, you need to go with a carat weight as your main concern and not to worry about the other three properties of the diamond. This is very important for the wedding or engagement rings. The bigger the stone (or stones) the more happy your mother in law will be. Probably she is not a diamond expert and like 99.999% of the people in the world she can not tell the difference between colorless and near colorless diamond or know the difference between perfect cut and shallow cut.
If you like to invest in diamonds I recommend to buy smaller diamonds with smaller carat weight and take care for the color, clarity and cut.

One piece or more

One diamond of the let say 1 carat is much, much more expensive than 4 diamonds each with a weight of 0.25 carats. So you might like to consider a 3 of 4 smaller diamonds in your ring than one solitary with a same quality and carat weight.

Type of setting

Most popular settings are settings made of platinum, yellow and white gold. Gold can be cheaper than platinum more than 60% so you can have more money to spend on the diamonds if you choose gold instead of platinum.

Shape of the diamonds

Shallow diamonds are bigger in diameter than diamonds with a normal cut. Also pear, marquises and oval diamonds appear bigger than diamonds with other designs.

I hope my thinking was helpful and you will be happy with your diamond shopping.

How Do You Know Fake or Real Diamond?

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Every time when we see a diamond ring, diamond necklace, diamond earrings
or some other diamond jewelery, our first question is:

Is it real?

Of course is it quite normal people to ask this question because diamonds are rare, expensive and not everybody can afford to have diamonds.
From the other side when there is some expensive goods on the market, there are an attempts to make a cheaper imitations or fake goods. In the history of the human kind there are numerous attempts and efforts for making fake diamonds or presenting some other crystals as diamonds.
One of the crystals which are very often misused as a fake diamonds are Cubic Zirconium.

Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. This is a sunthetic material (there is also a natural counterpart) which means that it is man made and can be produced in the huge quantities. The price of the cubic zirconia is very low and it is used widely by producers of cheap jewlery, but also in many other industries like optic, timepieces, etc...

The expert can tell the difference between the cubic zirconia and the diamonds by many diferences but easiest way is Index of Fraction, the weight, and hardness.

Diamonds have the highest Index od Fraction and cubic zirconium have higher dispersion of light so the trained eue can easy tell which of the crustals presented is diamond and which one is CZ. The second way to tell the difference is weight. Cubic zirconium is 1,7 times than weight of the real diamond of the same size. The hardness of both is also very different and diamonds are much harder than CZ but the first two ways are suficient for the experts to tell the difference.

World of Diamonds

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Diamond Market Recovers
The diamond market is waking up slowly but significantly. In the second half of 2009 the demand for the rough diamonds was rising and the diamond mining companies announced growth of operations in 2010.
Indian Diamond Merchants charged for Diamond smuggling
21 Indian Diamond Merchants arrested in the Chinese Shenzhen City on January 8th was charged for a diamond smuggling. Indian and Chinese professionals at Diamond business are predicting that this incident can hurt diamond trade between this two growing economies. The arrest is taking place in time when Chinese workers have a visa problems in India.
Illegal Diamond exports from Marange field in Eastern Zimbabwe continues
The human rights are violated at the eastern region of Zimbabwe where the Marange Diamond field is situated. The money from this blood diamonds are used for paying soldiers and youth militia in this region. The officials frequently are involved in this highly illegal and blood trade. The workers in the diamond fields are mistreated and without any human rights. The diamond trade in Zimbabwe is in the hands of present and former military officers.
Great Diamonds discovery in South Africa
Rockwell Diamonds, the company which is owner of the Saxendrift and Holpan mining operations in South Africa discovered a 52,4 ct clean light fancy yellow, a 60,52 ct light yellow octahedral, a 74,99c clean white irregular blocky stone, and a 54,23 ct light yellow broken macle stone.
This four exceptional diamonds are sent to the company evaluation facility for the further proccessing. Diamonds were mined in the basal gravel and Rooikoppie deposits and from paleochannel deposits.

Tiffany & Co. Diamond Cell Phone

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Do not hope for a breakfast at Tiffany & Co. but you can always buy your new diamond jewelry, but also a timepieces, china, silverware, stationery, fine crystal, flatware and believe or not a cell phone with more than 20 karats of diamonds. The phone is totaling a 400 small diamonds which total weight is a little more than 20 carats! This phone is one of the fifteen in the new cell phone line of Softbank Mobile. In early 2008 Softbank Mobile offered cooperation to Tiffany & Co on the project for a very expensive diamond encrusted and not much tasteful cell phone. Tiffany & Co did not hesitate to embrace the whole project. The price tag for this Tiffany Softbank cell phone was set to $94.000, but later the same year the new price tag of $130.000 was announced.

Only 10 Softbank 823SH Tiffany cell phones are made, each of them have 537 small diamonds with a total weight of 18.34 carats.

Is it safe to buy a Diamonds on the Internet

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For everybody who is out on the market for buying diamonds a simple question arise.

Is it safe to buy a diamonds on internet?

The simple answer on this simple question is DEFINITELY!

In the first days of the Internet there were many flaws in the web sites security, shopping, internet transactions and so on. But today the big online jewelry stores have the best technology to protect their clients from all online threats.

You can choose to buy your next diamond in the trusted neighborhood jewelry store where the sales person can have some conversation and few tips for you, but the big online diamond stores are cheaper so you are getting bigger bang for your buck. Also there are much more choices than in the stores near you.

These days there are a lot of reputable and trusted online jewelry stores on internet. My advice for you is when you buy your diamonds on internet you need to take care and select a reputable jeweler, choose a diamond with a GIA report, read carefully the return policy and make shore it works for you and find an independent appraiser who will verify that the diamond you just bought matches the certificate. Sometimes the appraisers are closely tied with diamond traders and there are cases where they will offer you to buy the diamond or diamond jewelry for you so they can get a commission for them. This is not necessary a bad thing if the appraisers are fair with you, but there are a lot of cases where appraisers have a conflicts of interest.

Investing in Diamonds

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Diamonds are some of the most beautiful and extremely rare substance available in the world today and there is no recession on the business with diamonds. Diamonds today use is growing in an unexpecting ways so they can be found on the places where nobody expect or even thing just a decade ago.

For example, the diamonds even find their place on the somehow very new technology like cell phones. There are dozens of cell phones from different producers which are fashioned with diamonds and other valuable and precious stones.
Some of the most valuable gemstones are colored diamonds. They price is determined by the 4C rule, but color of the diamond also have a role. Even the trades with a diamonds have strict rules; the auctions where high valued diamonds are selling can be very unexpected and exciting events.
The price for the exceptionally fine gemstones like colored diamonds is almost impossible to predict. The true value is determined by the wish and cash of the potential buyer. These moments are making diamond business and diamond investments not only a business but exciting lifestyle for everybody which can afford to play this game.
Investors in diamonds are no short time players because diamonds are long term business (that is the try meaning of the song: Diamonds are forever:-)).
Just for example, 20 years ago a first class pink diamond could be bought for $70.000 per carat. Today the same diamond can be sold for over $0.5 million per carat.
The highest price paid for a diamond per carat was in 2008, at the Christies Auction House. The 3.73 carat Fancy Vivid Blue (on the picture) was sold for a $4.95 million, which is $1.3 million per carat!

Most common diamond designs.

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Most common diamond designs are round diamonds, square or princess cut diamonds which are second most common diamond designs (24% of the people are choosing this design). Third most common design is the pear design. The pear diamond design is very modern this days and the number of people choosing this design is growing.

Today, most of the diamond jewelry shops are offering only diamond jewelry with a preset diamonds but there are plenty of shops which are offering a lose diamonds which can be bought separately from the rings, earrings or other pieces of jewelry. Also there are rings without diamonds so the clients can design their dream diamond jewelry by simply buying a diamond and the jewelry separated. This way you can your own one of a kind piece. It is a smart way to contact a Diamond jewelry shop and make an appointment so they can devote a jewelry designer who will help you to design your piece.

Millennium Star Diamond - The most expencive diamond in the world

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The most valuable diamond in the world “The Millennium Star” is exhibited at the Millennium Dome in London. This D-color, 203.4 karat diamond is flawless pear shaped without any internal or external flawless.

The Millennium Star value can not be precisely set, but only the insurance is 100 millions sterling pounds. It is believed that this sum is only a fraction of the real worth.
The uncut weight of the Millennium Star diamond was 777 carat (155.4g) and was found in Mbuji-Mayi district of Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1990. The diamond was found by De Beers Corporation and cutting of the diamond in the pear shape was handed to Steinmetz Diamond Group. It took three years to get to the final shape by using the most modern laser equipment for diamond cutting. First show up of the diamond was in the De Beers Millennium diamond collection at 1999. On November 7, 2000 there was an attempt to steal a collection.

Great Diamond video by GIA Diamond Grading Guide: How to Buy a Diamond

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GIA Diamond Grading Guide: How to Buy a Diamond
Great educational and informational video from Gemological Institute of America. In a simple and understanding way explains all about 4C (Color, Clarity, Cut and Carat weight). I enjoyed this great video about diamonds and I warmly recommend to all who are purchasing diamonds in the near future.

What I need to know before buying diamonds or diamond jewelry

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The rule of the 4C’s.

There are four variables for everybody who likes to buy diamonds or diamonds jewelry and watches: Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut. COST is determined by these four variables.

Be careful where you are buying your diamonds. Diamonds can be a simple present for the dearest ones in your family, but also can be a sound and long term investment. When you buy diamonds to ask for a certified diamonds is a MUST. Uncertified diamonds can not be that worthy or the quality can be lower. The name and reputation of the laboratory which is certifying the diamonds is also important. The most famous and most reputable certification laboratory for the diamonds is GIA. GIA stand for Gemological Institute of America. GIA is running the business in terms of providing a methodology how to compare and to classify diamonds but also suppliers, dealers and jewelers. So GIA is not only a laboratory but also is the world biggest authority for diamonds and other precious gems. Appraisal by G.G. is different than GIA GTL which is just a report by the graduate of the GIA School.

The other thing you need to know is a Rap Sheet, which is Standard report of Diamond prices. This is a price list of the wholesale diamonds on the market. Of course there are market fluctuations so the Rap Sheet is not that important if you shop single diamond or a piece of diamond jewelry. The best way to shop for a decent diamond is to buy a certified diamond. Do not shop for brand names. Just check the 4C and buy the certified diamond with a highest 4C.

Diamonds - the harmony of substance.

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Diamonds...
A magic of the substance and light.

Even the word diamond have a magic spell on the listener. When you say diamond - everybody open their eyes to see this magical substance.
The word Diamond is from the Greek origin and means unbreakable. Diamonds are the most beautiful and stronger allotrope modification of the carbon.
In diamonds the carbon atoms are connected in the strongest bond which is called diamond lattice.Diamonds are the most rear game stones and also the most beautiful.

Diamonds can be found in a lot of categories and the most expensive are diamonds with the best clarity.
Today diamonds are used in the industry, science, but there are no man or women on the planet which do not know diamonds as jewelry.