Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Are You Looking For Diamond Jewelry?

By Don Pedro

Diamond is earth's hardest natural mineral. Because it does not get destroyed very easily, it is useful as a gem; a precious stone. However more than its hardness, radiant beauty is sight to behold from anywhere you choose to behold it. Even the tiniest diamonds still glow with radiant beauty anytime.

Carbon is about the most common substance in the earth. Diamond is one of the forms in which carbon manifests. Thinking this, one might say carbon is the most valuable substance in the earth as well. Just imagine the cost of a diamond ring. So, yes, it's expensive but very valuable.

There are all kinds of diamonds. You've got white, black, red, pink and blue. Black diamonds are called carbonados. Most people don't believe they come from earth, although how they got here then beats me.

Diamonds take numberless years to form at the very debts of the earth. They are organic matter that have decomposed and reformed to form perfect pieces. This perfection, in jewel form, is what we all pay great monies to own because it is so beautiful.

There are some diamond types that are not sold as trinkets such as ballas, bort, and carbonado. Instead they are used for cutting, tough-coating, and all other kinds of industrial processes. If you come across some of these, you might not even recognize them as diamonds unless you are told.

Where the diamond is found, there are all kinds of stones and rocks that are totally worthless. Whereas the diamond dwells among them and shines still. And so it is in every facet of life. It remains beautiful through all the imperfections of the world around it.

The volcanic rocks, amongst which we find diamonds in their raw form, are much younger than the diamonds themselves. But as they journey forcefully upward, being expelled by the earth, they bring with them these priceless gifts from the bowels - diamonds. So are born the greatest jewels in the world.

Sometimes you feel a kinship with mother earth when you wear diamond jewelry on your person. Knowing that on your body lies a piece of this world that is as old, perhaps as the world itself, it makes you feel like a king. And perhaps you are, if not you will not have that stone on you.

Would you believe this? Some diamonds are actually thought to have an extraterrestrial origin. They are the black variety of the priceless stones, known as carbonados. I suppose they are called diamond because they have certain similar characteristics, but I doubt they are so much used as gems. - 16069

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