Diamond Information

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The diamond has long been known for its beauty and strengh, and has worked its way up the ranks in gemstones. Still to this day, diamonds are the most famous, popular, and the hardest of all the stones. Ancient Greeks believed that whoever wore this gem would be filled with joy, love, and purity. Ancient Romands thought that whoeve wore a diamond on his/her left arm would become more brave and daring. Diamonds symbolize devotion and putity, and this may be why they are are most popular pick for wedding bands. During the Middle Ages Queen Elizabeth I was encouraged to wear a diamond in order to fend off the Plague, unfortunately for her, this didnt work.

With advances in science and the developement of the microscope, jewelers have been able to point out many flaws with diamonds. Usually chunks were taken out of them to remove thesed flaws, but a lot of the diamond was lost this way. To conserve more of the diamond, nowadays we have access to high-powered lasers to easily cut out these impurities. The passages left by the lasers are then easily filled in with a clear glass-like resine. This whole process makes the diamond much.

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