Diamonds tutorial

What is Diamond? - Diamond is carbon in its most concentrated form. Except for trace impurities like boron and nitrogen, diamond is...

Origins - Most diamonds consist of primeval carbon from Earth's mantle, but those from eclogites probably contain carbon recycled from the ocean crust by...

History - Today diamond symbolizes wealth, durability, status, and peerless quality. Across time and cultures, diamond has also been...

Mining and Distribution - Today diamonds are mined in about 25 countries, on every continent but Europe and Antarctica. However, only a few diamond deposits were known until the 20th century, when...

Mining and Distribution - Part two...

Industry and Technology - Eighty percent of the diamonds mined annually are used in industry; 4 times that production is grown synthetically for industry - that's a total of over 500 million carats or 100 metric tons. Diamond is a fundamental industrial material that affects our daily lives. Because diamond is the hardest substance, it is used to...

Jewelry and Gems - Part of the Aurora Collection of 260 naturally colored diamonds from worldwide sources representing the variety of fancy colors in diamonds...

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