Diamonds - The Journey from ground to finger

In a nutshell I will describe the journey from the ground where the diamond is a piece of rock to that dazzling thing on your finger.

Diamond in greek is 'Adamas" and that means indestructible and thsi is very true because diamond is known to be the hardest material around.

That said the diamonds are usually found at 12-250 kms below the earth's surface. Of course they are not found in their good state and they are almost like rocks. These diamonds are formed by the carbon deposits and the deposits are known as Kimberlite Pipes or Blue Ground.

Also if you are interested in how to make jewelry then there are ways to do that but I do not think diamonds can be dome at home.

The diamonds takes million of years in making and they come out on various shapes as well as forms and some may even be very clean in a :Glassy" sort of look but those are rare.

Next comes the whole industry which is into polishing and cutting of those diamonds and the huge industry in Antwerp and Surat.

In my next post I will describe what are famous 4C's