Monday, May 23, 2011

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

Posted by Rae at 6:00 AM



A song from Marilyn Monroe, been so so famous and now, diamond represent status, everlasting love, beauty and purity, ofcoz, its also a girl's best friend!

Guys, blame Marilyn Monroe :)

I am 100% normal girl, who love diamond like everyone else, been visiting lots of diamond center, factory and museum recently, those shiny sparkling is driving me crazy!!

look!! isn't it stunning??

now im regret that why im not a diamond expert wtf! i should just learn and become a diamond cutter! so i can live with lots of diamonds around me and i dont care it belong to me or not =="

haha kidding, i'll never wanna become a diamond cutter :P

Saw the world largest diamond, The Great Star of Africa and The Lesser Star of Africa in the Tower of London, well, its so close yet so far, right in front of me but will never be able to get any closer, was holding my breath and just look at those huge stone on the Crown Jewel..

Next, got a chance to visit the famous diamond factory in Amsterdam, Coster Diamond, who get the invitation to re-cut and polished the Koh-I-Noor diamond from the UK crown jewel.

Lastly, a visit to Antwerp Belgium, the city of diamond. Visit a diamond museum here, and lots of diamond reseller like diamond land.

Too many information about diamond to absorb in such a short trip, its kind of... EXCITED!

well, the history part does not interest me at all, the important part about diamond we need to know is just some basic, like... diamond has the highest hardness, thats why it represent love, and it contain carbon and carbon only, so it represent purity.

Most important thing to know is, The 4 C

Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut

Carat

The weight of a diamond is expressed in carats. 1ct = 0,2 gram

0.15 0.20 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.00 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.50 3.00 4.00 5.00 7.00
0.15 Carat0.20 Carat0.25Carat0.50 Carat0.75 Carat1 Carat1.50 Carat1.75 Carat2.00 Carat2.50 Carat3.00 Carat4.00 Carat5.00 Carat7.00 Carat

Depending on your screen settings, indicated sizes are not always exact. Please verify that your screen is set to 1020 pixels.

Color

Colour is graded by comparison to masterstones under standardized artificial light, equivalent to northern daylight. Indicated colours are only meant to show the difference in shades.

DEFGHIJKLMN-OP-RS-Z
DEFGHIJKLMNOP

Clarity

A diamond is ”loupe clean or internally flawless” if, after examination by an experienced grader with a loupe 10 x under normal light conditions, it has been found free of internal characteristics. The other clarity grades are determined by the size, position, brightness and number of internal characteristics.

External characteristics and structure phenomena can be mentioned under ”identification marks” or ”comments”. The lowest clarity grades on the scale (indicated by p for piqué) refer to inclusions that can be seen by an experienced grader with the naked eye.

LC/IFVVS1VVS2VS1VS2SI1SI2P1P2P3
LC/IFVVS1VVS2VS1VS2SI1SI2P1P2P3

Cut

The most common diamond shapes are:

BrilliantOvalMarquisePearHeartPrincessEmerald
BrilliantOvalMarquisePearHeartPrincessEmerald


As diamond is very expensive, choosing a diamond become very important. I dont think its funny when you found out that you bought a diamond that you dont really like, not like you can keep the old diamond in the closet and buy another one :(

So if you are planning to buy a diamond, dont rush, study more about it and compare few different reseller, make sure you are satisfy with the final stone before you bring it home!

Okay girls who love diamond like me, this post is for you ^^ hope you'll received a beautiful diamond from the special one soon!! Good Luck!

 

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