Some would say that it is no sweat to be able to find a piece of treasure in a public property which is littered with diamonds.
If you haven't heard about the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Ark., it is the only public diamond mine in the world. At least two diamonds are found each day at that park, according to park officials.
It's already 2 decades when Jeff Starr who happened to be a science teacher at Griffin Middle School had brought his students to the park but it seems nobody is lucky enough to find one.
Not until this year when one of Mr. Starr student a sixth-grade student named Maggie Rasgado while taking a break beside her shovel saw something which looked like a tooth (she even thought that to herself).
The diamond was actually 1.23 carat yellow-white diamond.
And being the first student to find one in the history Maggie thought that it's pretty neat to actually find one...
Diamond Fact: A Diamond 1.23-carat ‘Tooth’
Diamond Issue: Bartender dazzling in Diamond Rings
By the year 1863, there was once a man named Edward Hingston who walked in the Occidental Hotel that can be found in San Francisco, then he stepped into a bar.
There he performed holding a two mixing glasses and everything are blazing with diamonds. There was a jewelry display consist of clustered stickpin in his shirtfront, diamond cufflinks and with an array of diamond rings...
Whoala!! Then there was a great mixtures of crustas, smashes and daisies...
Diamond Issue: Philips 225 Carat Diamond-crusted Ambilight FlatTV
Philips has something new to offer again. This time a diamond-encrusted Ambilight Flat TV of 42-inch Ambilight LCD HDTV having a 225-carat.
A creation of Katrina Kaif in India. The only thing is that the TV is not available for commercial basis.
If you are wondering this flat TV consists of 2250 individual diamonds which was set into a stylish floral pattern around the edges of the frame.
Diamond Issue: Sparkling Halloween Diamond Pumpkin
As you can see in the picture a Sparkling Halloween diamond Pumpkin made specially this coming Halloween Season. Created by a British conceptual artist, Daimen Hirst.
The pumpkin is actually a silver-sprayed, diamond encrusted pumpkin. It is a L5o million diamond-encrusted human skull...
By the way I heard that Hirst is still looking for a person to stump up the 5o million smackers for this!
Diamond Fact: Ideal Cut Round Diamond
Anyone who said that I1 clarity graded diamonds is not possible to be perfect eye-clean was not able to witness the attractive beautiful GIA Certified 1.23 G I1 Round Ideal Cut diamond which was captured as shown above intentionally for customers.
Such a marvelous diamond... definitely mesmerizing. This claimed to be an expensive flawless diamond.
If you would want to have a diamond but with a limited budget it is advisable that you will be focusing your attention to an ideal cut round diamond which has a solid color grade of D-1 and that has a lower clarity grade
Diamond Issue: Apple iPhone in Diamonds
Its bezel was made to be available in steel, 18 carat white or yellow gold, with options of white, black or pink sapphires diamonds. This Apple iPhone has a one year free international custodian service creating it the ultimate gift for this coming Yuletide Season.
Diamond Fact: The First Synthetic Diamond
When scientist found out that there is more than diamonds being composed of carbon, people came up of an idea on how to make an artificial diamond on their own...
Sometime in the year 1894, there is a chemist named Henri Moissan who thought that he was able to manufacture diamonds, not until the year 1955 when an American company General Electric produced true synthetic diamonds through the process of heating carbon into a 2600 degrees Celsius at a pressure which exceeds 100,000 atmospheres.
Black is the usual color of the tiny artificial diamonds which are used in the industry. It is the time spent in producing transparent diamonds to be used in jewelry that makes those artificial diamonds to be more expensive than the natural ones but not as beautiful as it is.
Diamond Issue: Man finds 2.28-carat Diamond at Arkansas Park
Quite a lucky day for Bill Trythall, of Albuquerque for a New Mexico man to find a diamond in a park.... Read More!
Diamond Issue: Diamond Collar for your Dogs
Do you wonder what are these pictures are well these are made meant for your dogs... sweet isn't it = )
These are actually $1.8 million Amour Amour dog collar having a 52 carats which are designed by I Love Dogs Diamonds Jewelers. Why not try with your dogs, huh! (whistles)
Diamond Issue: Diamond Bling on Shoes
Diamond Information: Cleaning your Diamond Ring
1. You may soak your diamond ring in a luke warm solution of mild liquid detergent and water.
2. Soft brush may help in removing dirt.
3. You may also try swishing the ring around in the solution, and then rinse it thoroughly in warm water.
4. Use a lint-free cloth to dry it.
If your diamond and setting needs extra care, you may use a dental Water Pik to flush away small bits of grime.
Diamond Fact: Diamond Physical Education (P.E.)
- The mineral is brittle and will easily break with a mild strike
of a hammer. Even though it is the hardest of all naturally occurring
minerals and is assigned a hardness of 10 on the Mohs scale and
nearly 8,000 kg/mm2 on the Knoop scale.
- Diamond is used in
jewelry and has a variety of industrial uses.
- Diamond’s hardness varies in different crystallographic directions.
- When compared
to graphite, diamond is twice as dense because of the close packing
of atoms.
Diamond Information: Diamonds and Cremains
Cremains are the remains after the corpse had been cremated. Nowadays more people keep these ashes for the memory of their dearest love one. The most common way is that cremains are being turned into diamonds.
Knowingly diamonds are made of carbon. These ashes is being treated in the laboratory with chemicals then cut it the same way diamonds are being cut.
There is only about 35-40 grams of ash, hair and nails needed to make a high quality diamonds, approximately 1 carat weight. Then it will be mounted to jewelries such as earrings, necklace, ring and may it be on bracelets to hold on with memories.
Diamond Issue: The Queen of Diamonds
We will be focusing with the queen of diamonds card did you know that this actually is Rachel the second wife but favorite wife of Jacob and a mother to Benjamin and Joseph in the bible?!
This had been always a subject of
represent can not easily be identified.
The name Rachel means 'innocence and
gentility of a rose', maybe this explains
why the queen in the card holds a flower.
Diamond Issue: Diamond Casing for your Gadgets
Having problems with your gadgets getting scratches? Well Nokia just have the right solution for that. With their new diamond-like material for cellphones.
Yup! this can be really easy to read but before actually getting the finish product they had to fed it through coal graphite to make it electric current material, does creating plasma. It is directed to a plastic casing by high-voltage electrodes. Now the coal ions penetrate the surface and bond to form an amorphous, this is a diamond-like coating less than 100 nanometres thick. This is made in a room temperature.
The material is made to be conductive and anti-static making it dust free. This also comes in environment friendly.
Diamond Fact: Learning the Anatomy of Diamonds
Table
It is the largest facet at the very top of the diamond. Diamonds with the most brilliance, look on the diamond certificate for a table measurement between 50.5% to 64.5% of the total diamond width.
Crown
This top section of the diamond that extends from the girdle to the table. Make sure that your diamond has a good crown by looking for a high grade of symmetry and a table percentage within the acceptable range.
Girdle
It is considered as the widest edge of the diamond with which it is the most commonly grasped by prongs in a setting. A faceted girdle is one that has been polished to flat surfaces around the edge of the diamond, rather than left unpolished. If left unpolished, this will appear as a very thin waxy line which will be encircling the diamond. The thickness of the girdle is documented as a range, such as "very thin to medium thick." Avoid diamonds which a girdle ranging from extremely thin to extremely thick. The different thicknesses cause the diamond to look disproportionate, and edges that are extremely thin could be vulnerable to chipping.
It is the cone at the bottom of the diamond, below the girdle. This pavilion reflects light entering the diamond back out through the table and crown.
Culet
It is the very tip of the pavilion, at the very bottom of the diamond. If the culet is visible, it appears as a hole, or a black dot in the bottom of your diamond. Avoid diamonds with a culet rating of large or very-large, as culets of this size may be visible to the unaided eye.
Diamond Information: Italian Gold and Roman Coins
Italy had made structures, clasps, jewelries such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings and even pendants which can be filled with perfumes.
While with Romans, had used 18 and 24 carat gold. Almost 2000 years ago the Romans were able to use sapphires from Sri Lanka, cloudy emeralds, garnets, amber and even Indian diamond crystals.
Diamond Information: Apollo and its quest to Diamonds
In Boston, Apollo Diamonds produces almost clear single crystal diamond wafers and crystals for the optoelectronics, nanotechnology, and consumer gem markets. This company ahd pioneered chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the production of gem-sized cultured diamond crystals, leading to several U.S. patents on the process. They also advertises colorless gems, in contrast to the presence of synthetic diamonds which are generally colored.
By the month of April, 2007, the company claims in its website to be offering rare diamonds by appointment only. They had also claimed that Apollo will begin selling synthetic diamond jewelry sometime by the year of 2006.
Diamond Issue: Laura Herring and Her Diamond Shoes
Wondering what shoes to wear for your dress? Why not try wearing a diamond shoes just like what Laura Herring did during the popular 2007 Oscar Awards Night...
Along with her elegant dress she was able to pair it up with a $1,000,000.00 worth of diamond shoes...
hmmm, have you pictured yourself along the red carpet wearing those?
Diamond Fact: Abbreviate those Diamond Carat
ct= describes the weight of a single diamond
ct TW= carat total weight, it expresses the total weight of multiple diamonds which is being used in a piece of jewelry