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Fast Facts On Diamonds



Do you know that the diamond is a very old gem already? It hasn't gone through decades or centuries but it has surpassed millennium! Unlike these manmade diamonds which are created in twenty four hours. Indeed, the charm of a diamond is irresistible and it becomes more charming with its untold antiquity! Basically, this trait is considered the most valuable characteristic of a diamond. It counts billions of years to be formed, yet the beauty it would show would last billion years as well.Fast fact, the diamond is the hardest material known in earth. Yes, it is not the fragile and breakable material you are thinking of. In Mohs scale of mineral hardness, it is rated 10 - hardest of all natural minerals present on earth. The hardness implies the resistance of the gem to scratches. Its hardness can actually cut glass cleanly. The only way to get a scratch on a diamond is by forcing it to scratch through friction with another diamond. Nonetheless, the damage would be taken by both sides. According to them, the color of a diamond is also valuable. This is because there are rarity levels on its various colors. The clear and crystal colored style of diamonds is the most common one. The rarest colors would be pink and purple.Just like all the gems present on earth, diamonds are also mined. The major building block of diamond, which is carbon, becomes crystallized because of high heat and high pressure deep down the earth. That is the natural formation of diamonds. Nevertheless, you would wait eons for this to be done. Well worry no more since modernization has allowed us gadgets which can now produce man made diamonds effortlessly. Materials called diamond simulants, minerals which appear to be diamonds but not, are used in these procedures. That is the process of making synthetics which is coming to the perfection of this art.This is misleading because cubic zirconia and Sona hybrid diamonds are lumped together in this category. Cubic zirconia is still the primary stone recognized as a simulated diamond. Hybrid diamonds actually have a real and measurable diamond layer fused into a precious gemstone core. In fact, lab created hybrid diamonds are in a category between cubic zirconia and natural diamond. The next category would be the artificial simulants. These are the laboratory produced gems. Examples of these would be silicon carbide which is widely used by many dealers. These are built in order to balance out the increasing demand for diamonds in the market.Simulated diamonds are far different from the fake diamonds. The experts say that artificial diamonds are also genuine ones. It is only unnatural. In fact, these gems have a lot of uses such as:Coatings for files, Abrasives for cutting and polishing, Engraving tools with good precision, Aesthetics such as designer diamond rings, Laser components for precision of optical equipment, Speaker domes for enhanced speaker performance. Research was already done with the various methods and alternative materials for lab crated diamonds. There are still companies like this which continues with research and have created new materials better than the two classic materials.