Diamonds and Fine Jewelry

Just when you thought we ran out of facts about diamonds, we return to bring you even more! Check out some rare facts concerning diamonds.

• To produce a single one-carat diamond, 250 tons of earth will be mined.

• The first written notation of precious diamonds dates back to around 500 B.C.

• Australia accounts for producing the most diamonds in volume.

• The diamond is rock hard and virtually fireproof. In order for a diamond to burn, it must be heated to one-thousand, two-hundred, and ninety-two degrees Fahrenheit.

• Diamonds worn in ancient times were believed to promote strength, invincibility, and courage.

• A diamond is 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral on earth, corundum, from which rubies and sapphires are formed.

• If it is placed in an oven and the temperature is raised to about 763 degrees Celsius (1405 degrees Fahrenheit), it will simply vanish, without even ash remaining. Only a little carbon dioxide will have been released.

• The money made from diamonds in Botswana allows each child to receive a free education through age thirteen.