Diamonds

Question: What is a diamond?

Answer: A diamond is a composition of crystallized carbon that formed well below the earth's surface by very hot temperatures and extreme pressure.

Question: What does the word diamond mean?

Answer: In ancient Greece, diamonds were called adamas which meant invincible or unconquerable because they were the hardest of all known substances at that time.

Question: Are all diamonds formed alike?

Answer: Diamonds come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and there are differences in characteristics and quality.

Question: Are diamonds the most precious of all gemstones?

Answer: That depends on who is doing the talking. Diamonds are the hardest and the most optically fascinating of all gemstones, but there are those who like emeralds, sapphires, rubies and other gems better.

Question: When were the first diamonds known to be used?

Answer: Diamonds have been used since ancient times, most notably in the area around Golconda, India, but it is not known where the first diamonds came from or who were the first to use them.

Question: Are all diamonds used to make jewelry?

Answer: Diamonds have many uses other than for jewelry. Most diamonds are used for drilling crowns, milling machines and for other industrial purposes.

Question: What country produces the most diamonds?

Answer: Diamonds are mined all around the world but most are found in South Africa, Congo, Namibia, Angola, Brazil, Australia, Russia, China, the United States, and Canada.

Diamonds accentuate any piece of jewelry that it adorns, especially wedding rings, necklaces, earrings, and brooches.

When adorned on gold or silver or any other precious metal, diamonds tantalize the senses and create an aura of beauty and well being.

Diamonds look great when mated with other precious stones, such as rubies, sapphires, emeralds and they match very nicely with pearls, too.

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