Diamond Cut, Necklaces, and Jewelry

Welcome to barskydiamondimporters.com. Our site is filled with information and tips about looking at diamonds, judging cut, clarity, color and carat, and buying diamond jewelry. Diamonds are a dazzling, powerful mineral found naturally occurring the beneath the surface of the Earth. They are also synthesized in laboratories using a variety of manufacturing processes designed to replicate the geologic pressures and heat applied to carbon that forms diamond crystals.

After graphite, a diamond is the second-most stable form of carbon and the hardest. Diamond is also known to be pure carbon. Any inclusions, faults or colors are the result of introducing other trace elements such as boron and nitrogen into the crystal during its formation.

The word ‘diamond’ is from the Greek ‘adamas’ meaning unbreakable, untamed. Africa has the highest number of Kimberlite formations and therefore produces the most diamonds of any other country. African paramilitary groups now use the mining and sale of African diamonds to finance large-scale drug, gun and other deals to finance bloody conflicts – hence the term ‘blood’ or ‘conflict’ diamond. Diamonds can be certified “conflict-free” but controversy surrounds the certification process, which remains unregulated.

Real diamons are actually imperfect. That is one way that you can tell real diamond rings or other diamond jewelry from fake jewelry. And, actually some diamond manufactures produce diamonds with imurities to fool a buyer. Be informed and educated when shopping.

Diamonds are also mined in Australia, Russia, India, Canada and the United States.

Scientifically speaking a diamond is a “transparent crystal of tetrahedrally bonded carbon atoms crystallized into the face centered cubic diamond lattice structure.” Used industrially for its hardness – industrial-grade diamonds are considered the perfect tool for cutting and grinding other tools.

Color – some blue diamonds are naturally semiconductors – most others make excellent electrical insulators. Color actually means there is an impurity. The presence of an impurity in the form of nitrogen makes the diamond yellow or brown, boron turns it grey or blue. Exposure to ionizing radiation is known to cause a green color and a physical deformation. Plastic deformation causes the mineral to turn yellow, and even pink and red. Black or Carbonado diamonds contain many dark inclusions that make it appear black.

Most diamonds are formed deep beneath the surface of the Earth under certain pressure and temperature conditions or from an impact event. Black natural diamonds might have been found in meteorite impact craters – meaning that they may have originated from some type of galactic matter and just crash-landed on Earth. There is no scientific proof of Carbonado originating out in space somewhere.

Typical gem-quality diamonds are found in a geological formation called kimberlite. Kimberlite can be described as vertically oriented tubes that originated beneath the mantle and were explosively sent up closer to the surface, where they are mined for diamonds. No one is really sure how long it takes for diamonds to form naturally – they do know that the Kimberlite explosion event would have had to be pretty fast otherwise, the carbon would have turned into graphite.

Synthetic diamonds are formed technologically as opposed to geologically. They are also referred to as manufactured, cultured, lab grown, lab created, CVD or HPHT. CVD and HPHT refer to specific manufacturing processes that create diamond crystals using technology. CVD stands for chemical vapor disposition and HPHT stands for high pressure-high temperature. HPHT is the process that most closely replicates the geological formation of diamonds.

One thing to remember, is that your sparkling diamonds can only look as good as the skin its up against. Nothing shows your new bling off better than glowing skin. Everyone is different, so find the skin care routine that works best for you.

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