Diamonds From the Mine to Engagement Rings
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A extremely well-liked query we get asked by our customers is "How and exactly where are Diamonds Shaped". Customers buying engagement rings with us like to know the origins of the diamond prior to it is set in their ring.

Diamonds are shaped roughly one hundred ten to two hundred kilometers beneath the earths surface area. The 1st diamonds had been shaped more than two.four billion many years ago. These diamonds are shaped beneath extremely higher temperature ranges and pressure, diamonds are produced up of carbon, this carbon is shaped by the melting of rocks in the earths higher mantle exactly where there is a powerful focus of carbon in the rock. Temperature modifications then convert this carbon into a crystal rock with the influence of extremely higher pressure. For the diamonds to type from these crystals, you need extremely particular temperature ranges and pressure, so you will discover that not all crystals shaped will flip into diamonds.



Diamonds are then introduced to the earths surface area in rocks by eruptions or little volcanoes from the earths mantle, these rocks are known as Kimberlite, called following a little city in Kimberley, South Africa, exactly where the 1st diamonds had been found in the late 1870's.

Diamonds these days are mined in approx twenty -thirty nations. The 1st diamonds had been found in India in the 4th century BC. In the 1700's there had been discoveries in Brazil and then the significant discoveries occurred in South Africa in the 1870's. This is when diamond provide rose considerably. Other substantial mining nations these days are, Russia, Australia and Canada. Africa is nonetheless the biggest producer accounting for approx. forty five% of todays production. Diamonds mined these days are then shipped to the large diamond reducing facilities in the globe, the greatest becoming India exactly where approx. eighty% of the worlds diamonds are reduce, this is due primarily to aggressive labour prices. Nevertheless, other nations are now in the procedure of creating diamond reducing experience, Botswana becoming 1 that is creating their diamond reducing abilities considerably.

Reduce / Polished diamonds are then transported to the significant diamond facilities about the globe exactly where they are licensed and traded. The big diamond facilities are Antwerp, Dubai, New York and Israel and perhaps 1 day Dublin Eire!!!