FACTS ABOUT DIAMONDS

There are some interesting and less known facts about diamond. These facts will enhance your knowledge about your and world’s favourite gem stone.

• Diamond is the hardest substance on earth still can be broken as they have grain.
  
• From all the diamonds mined only one fourth of them are used in jewelry and the rest for industrial purposes.
• The diamond retains only about 40% to 50% of its rough weight even if cut most efficiently.
• Diamond is the symbol of 60^th and 70^th anniversaries.
• Diamond popularly known as April is included in all modern birthstone.
• As per Bottom Line Personal magazine, only two categories of collectibles have stayed ahead of inflation in last twenty years: Stamp at an average of 9.1% and diamonds at 7.9% per year.
• One out of every 3 diamonds sold in USA is laser-drilled and one out of 20 diamond sold is fracture-filled.
• Two out of every 3 diamonds have fluorescence causing the diamond to look oily and milky in sunlight.
• Three out of every five diamonds are weighed wrongly to increase the profit of the jeweler.
• The average diamond sold in USA is tinted yellow and mostly will not appreciate. Again it has cracks, breaks or carbon that can be seen with naked eye.
• A good diamond is defined as big, white and sparkly and will appreciate over time. Less than 2.5% of the diamonds sold in USA classify into this definition.
• The Greek root word for diamond means unconquerable.
• Henry Morse opened the first US diamond cutting factory in Boston in 1860. His cutting design came to be known as American Ideal Cut or Brilliant Cut.
• Diamond is the best conductor of heat and has the highest melting point of any natural substance.
• Diamond was prized because of its unique properties to resist destructive forces and as the ideal gem for betrothal.
• Diamonds have been found in India for at least 3000 years.
• India was the only known source of diamonds for over 2000 years and before 6^th century until the mid-eighteenth century.
• A law in the 13^th century in France declared that only kings could wear diamonds.
• Each copper wire you see in computer, television etc. is made with a die. Die is a device used to squeeze wire to the desired diameter. This die is made from diamond.
• Only a diamond cuts another diamond.
• Diamond is the hardest known mineral measuring 10 on Moh’s Scale.
• Microscopic diamonds are somewhat common in space. They may be because of exploding stars and supernovas.
• A diamond has touched 5 continents and involved skills of many craftsmen to make it truly international gem before it is placed on a woman’s hand.
• Diamond is received by 75% of all the first time brides and 70% of all brides. 50% of couples choose diamond ring together.
• To produce one carat of diamond, 250 tons of earth is mined.
• Only 1 polished diamond out of 1000 weighs more than one carat.
• Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is the world’s only diamond mine open to public. It is a dig-for-free operation for tourists and rock hounds. More than 70,000 diamonds have been discovered in this mine including “Uncle Sam Diamond” weighing 40.23 carats the largest of its kind.
• The age of most diamonds found in nature is between 1 to 3 billion years.
• Cullinan weighing 3106 carats is the largest diamond ever found.
• Revenues from diamonds give around 5 million people an access to appropriate healthcare globally and help every child in Botswana to get free education up to the age of 13.
• Conflict diamonds have been reduced from 4% to 1% since the implementation of the Kimberley Process in 2003. In Kimberley Process rough diamonds can be imported and exported only if there is a certificate from the exporting country.
• 74 countries and legitimate diamond industry are committed to eradicate conflict diamonds.
• Around 10 million people globally are supported by diamond industry directly or indirectly.
• Over 40% of Namibia’s annual export earning is generated through diamond industry.
• Sierra Leone is now at peace and exported around $ 125 million diamonds in 2006.
• Around 1 million people are employed by the diamond industry in India.
• Diamonds worth around $ 8.5 billion that is around 65% of world’s diamonds a year come from African countries.
• Revenue from diamonds is instrumental in the fight against HIV/ AIDS.
• Around 1 million people work in informal alluvial diamond digging sector.
• Diamonds were formed billions of years ago some 100 miles below the earth’s surface. The process of tremendous pressure and temperatures of 2000- 3000 degrees Fahrenheit and volcanic activity that brought crystals closer to the earth’s surface.
• The first written record about the precious diamonds dates back to 500 BC.
• Diamonds have variety of colors. Blue and pink are the rarest and yellow and brown the most common.
• US contributes for less than 1% of total global gemstone productions buy buys more than 50% of the world’s total gem quality diamonds. It is the world’s highest diamond market.
• Australia contributes for production of most diamonds in volume.
• Mary of Burgundy was the first known lady to receive a diamond engagement ring from Maximilian I.
• Arabic diamonds are said to attract iron even better than magnet.
• Graphite in the pencil is made of same material as diamonds.
• 3 to 5 million tons of rocks is blasted every year to find diamonds.
• Diamond resists attack of acids or bases.
• Diamond has very high melting point of 3820 K [3547 C/ 6420 F] and a boiling point of 5100 K [4827 C/ 8720 F]
• Antwerp in Belgium is the centre of diamond industry.

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