The Facts behind a Diamond

Diamond is just not a beautiful gem it has several other features too!



Someone who said that, “a true diamond never overshadows…” definitely know diamond very well. Diamond is the most alluring of the gems in the world, which attracts each every mankind.  It is commonly referred as women’s best friend but I am sure even man can’t take their eyes of a large chunk of diamond. That’s the beauty of a diamond. Being an owner of a diamond is always a symbol of pride and status. But I am sure, even you are an owner of a diamond necklace, diamond ring or a 14k gold bracelet with diamonds, that won’t stop you from buying more.

Online shopping has made shopping diamond much easier and hassle free. Furthermore unlike the older days buying diamonds are no more restricted to the elitist class only. Thanks to the new age diamond traders and jewellery designers they have made purchasing a diamond an affordable option, and also helped diamond to break out of a particular class of the society. But it is still surprising that diamond is still considered to be the sign of aristocracy. I personally think that this is due to the grandeur of the gem itself. 

Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon whereby the carbon atoms are arranged in different form of face-centred cubic crystal structure denoted as diamond lattice. It is interested to note that diamond is not just a beautiful gem but also known for the hardness and thermal conductivity features. These are the features that have established diamond as not only a gem but also several accepted industrial uses as diamond knives and diamond anvil cells. Diamonds are generally found in the earth’s mantle, and brought closer to the earth surface by any volcanic eruption carried along with the magma. 


Diamond are found to be colourless, however there are different colour diamonds too. You will be surprise to know that a coloured diamond is the result of some defect in that particular diamond. For example if a diamond is blue in colour then it has boron as impurity in it; if the diamond is  yellow and brown in colour then that particular diamond consists lattice defects and nitrogen impurity respectively.


I am sure this a surprising revelation for you, as the colour diamonds are the most sorted after, in comparison to a regular diamond. But does it matter? I am sure if someone gifts you a blue diamond or a 14k gold bracelet with diamonds that are coloured, the beauty of that diamond will make the thought of defects evaporate from your mind. 

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