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Black Diamond Jewelry @ Jewel Info 4 U
By: Madhubanti Rudra
Modern women and Black Diamonds;
The Statement of the Exceptional
Over the last few centuries, the
role and status of women in the
society have transformed
dramatically, not only in the
western countries, but in the
developing nations as well. In this
newly acquired position, the women
today are much more confident and
they know themselves better than
ever before. This confidence and
self assurance, in a large way are
the attributes of modern women's
fashion consciousness. Beauty indeed
is a gift of God. But looking
beautiful lies with none other than
yourself and the tricks behind it is
as simple as the cultivation of the
recent fashion trends. Truly
fashionable ladies always keep
themselves updated about what is hot
and happening in the international
fashion circuit. However, looking
fashionable does not at all mean
investing your fortune on the
designer clothes or expensive
jewelleries. Even junk Jewellery have
the immense capacity of creating
ultimate fashion statement, if
accessorized properly and
intelligently. In this jet-set age,
when women have an incessant
exposure to the outer world replete
with innumerable social interaction,
the motto has become the exploration
of the possibilities of innovative
mix and matching. Keeping with this
trend, the importance of colored
gemstones is getting hugely
recognized all over the world and
their popularity graph illustrates
an ever increasing rise.
Under this backdrop of increasing
popularity of unconventional
gemstones, the demand for black and
white colored stones is highest. The
reasons are obvious; black and white
being the basic colors, have a
universal appeal to the human tastes
which defies the barriers of age or
ethnic identities. Secondly, with
black and white, the scope of
combination -making are immense. If
viewed in this context, the craze
for black diamonds seems to be quite
justified. When the grandeur of
diamond is added to the dignity of
black, the effect it produces is
unparallel, and the beauty it
radiates is quite irresistible.
Facts about Black Diamonds
But do not get swayed over by this
black beauty. Before investing on
one of its kind, first get
acquainted with the overview of a
black diamond.
The origin
 Throughout the human history Diamond
always remained a symbol of power
and economic prosperity of its
owner. The hardest of all gemstones,
diamond's values are determined
depending on four factors, namely,
the cut, clarity, color and carat
weight.
Most commonly, diamond are Colorless
and white, usually lightly tinged
with yellow, orange or brown. Red,
blue and green diamonds are rare to
be found and availability of deep
red, blue, green, or purple diamonds
are even rarer. But it is the black
diamonds that are the rarest among
the entire carbon family.
From the geological point of view, a
black diamond, or carbonado
originated on earth 3.5 billion
years ago. Infernal heat and
pressure, under the earth's surface
transformed the carbon atoms into
crystals. Through the repeated
volcanic eruptions they were able to
reach the earth's surface around one
million years ago.
Characteristic Features
These black Diamonds are opaque
having a specific gravity of 3.1 -
3.3. They are virtually without
cleavages. Just like color less
diamonds, they are of great hardness
that amounts to 10 in the Mohs's
scale of hardness. They are full of
criss-crossing scratch marks
containing black deposits of
Sulfides which are responsible for
their opaque texture.
The major source of this black
variety of diamond is Brazil.
Naturally they occur in irregular
and rounded carbonado fragments. In
their crudest form, their physical
properties vary from compact to
porous. Among them, some crystals
are denser having the lesser
intensity of flaws. These crystals
are rare and produce higher quality
black diamonds after a good amount
of polishing.
Sometimes a few black diamonds are
found with comparatively less
inclusions so that they look
translucent or semitransparent.
These varieties are very rare and
naturally they command a very high
price.
However, as a general rule, black
diamonds come with a heavily flawed
surface and a uniform presence of
black is not something very common.
Most part of the black diamond is
actually covered by grey and dark
grey elements.
So far as the black diamonds are
concerned, cut is of utmost
importance, because the final look
of the stone depends on the fashion
of the cut of this stone. Black
diamonds are often pitted and pose
great difficulties in cutting. But
once given a reasonable cutting,
they become quite unparallel in
beauty and elegance.
Black diamond jewelry Value
Diamonds that naturally occur with
shades of color are referred to as
"Fancy". Fancy colored diamonds are
valued by the intensity of their
color concentration. All colored
diamonds belong to the carbon
family. The difference of the color
is the result of the different
molecular structures of the
crystals. A diamond being black
means it is in a transitional stage
between graphite and pure diamond.
However, sometimes, the black
diamonds are confused with white
diamonds with Black inclusions.
These inclusions are the natural
substances, included during the
crystal formation. These diamonds
are much less valuable than the
black diamonds.
Perhaps Black Diamonds are the most
appropriate example of the
'corporatization' of fashion. Much of
the hype surrounding this stone is
the result of aggressive marketing
strategies of some of the leading
jewellery companies. The high price
of this stone can also be attributed
to the fact, that the supply of this
stone has been controlled by these
companies in a large way.
Mystic Value
Since antiquity, myth and mysteries
surround this stone. In ancient
Indian mythology, this stone that
appear like the eyes of serpent was
believed to be dedicated to Yama,
the God of death. On the contrary,
in ancient Italy, a black diamond
was regarded as the stone of
reconciliation. It was believed that
touch of black diamond has the power
of patching up all misunderstandings
between the warring couples.
Famous Black Diamonds
There are several world famous black
diamonds that never ceased to
enthrall the connoisseurs of the
gemstones around the world. There is
the Pear Shaped Amsterdam Diamond
that weighs
55.85 carats and was so named in the
occasion of Amsterdam's 700
anniversary.
The Black Diamond of Bahia which was
discovered in Brazil is equally
famous. This 350 carats stone is
famous for its unpolished rugged
look. It was so hard it could not be
polished.
Probably the most famous Black
Diamond is Black Star of Africa. It
is also regarded to be the largest
colored-diamond in the world. It
weighed 202 carat and was valued at
1.2 million US dollars.
Design Options
But leaving apart all the myths and
folklores, the modern craze for this
stone can be traced back to its
unusual beauty which can complement
the dazzles of gold and platinum
with equal 'elan'. They also
accentuate the beauty of jewelleries
manifold while teamed with the other
colored gemstones or the white
diamond itself.
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