Let's chat Diamonds!

Unlike my usual first day of the week, today's Sunday plan was to stay at home. After lunch, me and my mom decided to chill in her room in which I found my self wandering around her closet. While I was on my quest to just look for nothing in particular, I stumble upon my mom's engagement ring. I got distracted on the way it's colors fizzled with the light. The ring then became the start of our whole discussion about diamonds.

Many say that diamonds are every woman's best friend so it should be a pretty intersting topic to blog about right? ;) To be honest, I am not too familiar with diamonds except that I know that it's too special that it has to come with a certificate (I kinda think of it as a college degree....hehehe!). So to gain more knowledge, I consulted the modern day Encyclopedia.....Google! ;) Here are some of the facts that I found...



The Gemological Institute of America developed the 4C's of determinng diamond quality; color, clarity, cut and carat weight. Here's a little video that they prepare.

Color

http://www.thediamondspecialistsinc.com/diamond-color.php

Clarity

http://www.thediamondspecialistsinc.com/diamond-clarity.php

Cut

http://www.exceldiamonds.com/diamond-tips/2007/03/establish_a_budget_one_of.html

Carat Weight

http://www.thediamondspecialistsinc.com/diamond-carat.php

Now, remember I said that diamonds come with it's own certificate. The certificate is where all this information are located. Here's an example...

I actually had no idea that it can be these much information about diamonds. I hope you had fun as much as I did learning about it with this little crash course that I put together ;) Ciao!

Love Lots,

PinkBlush

Disclaimer: These information are results of my little Google research. Please feel free to comment or correct me for any inaccuracy.