Everything You Need to Know About Diamonds

Diamonds have been the most sought-after gemstone for generations due to their color and beautiful sparkle when light hits them.

A "real" diamond comes from compressed carbon that has been beneath the Earth's surface for millions of years, and due to the pressure, it has transformed into what is also called a rough diamond.

Actually, there isn't much to the diamond that is excavated from the ground, as it hasn't been cut yet and doesn't have its facets.

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When diamond stones are excavated, they can come in many different colors and shapes. As seen in the picture above of a ring with rough diamonds, they can be almost completely black, like these with a rough surface.

This type of diamond is usually not cut, as they will never be able to achieve the beautiful sparkle seen in traditional diamonds due to their color being completely off. That’s why these diamonds also don’t cost a fraction of a "real" diamond.

Many tiny diamonds are also excavated that are so poor in quality that they cannot be used for jewelry, and instead, they are used for tools in the industry. The hardness of diamonds makes them incredibly durable and able to cut or bore through almost anything.

Once you have your rough diamond and it has passed through the eye of the needle in terms of size and clarity, it needs to be cut. Most diamonds are cut using the well-known brilliant cut, which gives it 58 facets in just the right way, allowing sunlight to shine through and reflect beautifully.

Diamonds have always been cut to bring out their beauty. However, there were far fewer facets in the old days, as they did not have the same technology that we have today. This cut is also referred to as the old cut.

Sometimes we have customers who come in with diamond rings featuring that type of stone, and it has its own charm, as you know it is a ring that has been cared for and has a history that goes back a long way.

The best-known cut for diamonds, and of course also for many other gemstones, is the brilliant cut, but there are also many other methods for cutting a diamond to showcase it in the best possible way. Many mistakenly believe that a brilliant is always a diamond, but that is not the case at all.

A brilliant is a type of cut, which means that you can actually cut anything in the brilliant style without it being a diamond. My father always laughed at the customers who came to him and happily told him that they had the biggest and most beautiful brilliant...

Once a diamond has been unearthed and seen the light of day, a long process begins in which the diamond is evaluated based on the 3 Cs - Clarity, Cut, and Carat.

Therefore, the diamond's color is taken into account, with the clearest ones being the most exclusive, along with naturally colored diamonds like pink and light blue. They will, of course, also be weighed to determine the carat.

Finally, the best cut for the diamond will be assessed. It should be noted that this only applies to larger diamonds.

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