subject: Discover More About Diamonds [print this page] Just imagine that a paradise of jewellery is at your fingertips and where you can go to purchase endlessly fascinating pieces of intricate and exquisite jewellery? With everything from hot diamonds to huge pink sapphire and diamond rings and more, as well as sensuous platinum and 18ct gold rings, you can find a jewellery paradise. It is all there at the click of a mouse and a journey of delightful discovery awaits you.
Natural diamonds are mined from the ground and they are in their natural, rough form at this stage. Hot diamonds are no exception. When they are in rough form they are like fragments and resemble shards of shattered glass. However, this is where the expertise and skill of professional diamond cutters comes into play. A craftsperson who knows about diamonds will transform these fragments from unattractive bits of stone to magnificent gems which are ready to be set into jewellery.
To be a diamond cutter is not just the trade of anyone who can pick up a tool and cut metal. To cut diamond properly, even hot diamonds, it requires skill, scientific knowledge and experience.
Its final goal is to produce a faceted jewel where the specific angles between the facets optimise the diamond lustre whilst the number and area of facets determine the weight of the final product. The diamond cutter has to cut with absolute precision in shape and facets, and in so doing he also has to decide which flaws are to be removed by the cutting process and which can be. This is known as optimising the appearance of the diamond whilst at the same time retaining as much of the starting diamond weight as possible. A diamond could lose up to 50% of its starting weight during the cutting from its rough form to the final, polished diamond. This is usually dependent on the actual shape of the starting rough diamond.
Diamonds make a fabulous gift to present to any friend or special person in your life and will almost certainly be welcomed by everyone. Only a tiny proportion of mined diamonds are of gem quality as it happens. It may surprise to know that the vast majority are sold for industrial use such as for drill parts. This is due to the durability of the diamond. The main diamond cutting and trading centres of the world are located in Antwerp (Belgium), New York (USA) and Tel Aviv (Israel).
