July 16th, 2010 K Malaviya
Diamonds are not expensive, but they are rare. Customers frequently ask why a diamond cost so much. some believe it’s all retail markup or DeBeers and the diamond producing nations are artificially inflating prices. After all, they argue,how can diamonds be so rare if millions of women wear them:
The fact remains that they are extremely rare. Even in rich mine, 100 tons of ore yields only 9 or 10 carats of diamonds. Of those diamonds, 40% are industrial ( diamonds too flawed for use in jewelry), while the remaining 60% weigh in at under a quarter carat.
Nearly half of a diamond’s weight is lost in the cutting process, so a 1 carat rough diamond rarely produces more than a half carat polished diamond-
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June 22nd, 2010 K Malaviya
Just in case you didn’t know here are the top 10 gemstones in order of Hardness
1. Diamond
2. Sapphire
3. Ruby
4. Emerald
5. Alexandrite
6. Topaz
7. Spinel
8. Zircon (CZ)
9. Garnet
10.Aquamarine
Diamond is the hardest natural element known to man. Even if we know harder materials, they are man made. The diamond is the hardest and the most durable gemstone of all.
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June 22nd, 2010 K Malaviya
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June 5th, 2010 admin
RUBY
The bold red gem of passion.The ancients thought its glowing red color was due to an inextinguishable inner fine, making it an appropriate gemstone to signify courage back then, and marital longevity today. Ruby is the suggested gemstone for 40th wedding anniversaries, and for babies born in the simmering heat of july.
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April 22nd, 2010 K Malaviya
Blue Diamonds
Fancy colored diamonds are far more rare than the normal color range of white diamonds. It is said that only about 2% of total rough diamond production is fancy colored. The odds continue to go lower for fashioned colored diamonds and even lower for diamonds with intense color. An intense colored diamond is said to be one in twenty-five thousand. The many different colors of diamonds are white, pink, red, orange, purple, green, yellow, brown, black, and blue. I am going to discuss with you blue diamonds and what makes them blue.
The blue diamond is a diamond generally have traces of boron. The more boron in the diamond the deeper the blue will show. The boron shows up in the diamond chemical composition. In the early 1990s there were diamond discovered by scientists that did not contain any boron. It is thought that these diamonds underwent natural radiation while they were still being formed in the Earth. There are rare cases of grayish blue color being caused by hydrogen and nickel. In Australia and South Africa the blue diamonds are formed by natural irradiation and contain traces of hydrogen and nickel.
The Hope Diamond is one of the most beautiful diamonds in the world. It is absolutely breathtaking. The Hope Diamond weighs in at 45.52 carats and has a quite a history. It is said to have had a curse on it, since it was stolen from India. It changed many hands and lost carat weight by being recut several times. This was a diamond that started out the size of approximately 112 carats. It was passed from a French Jeweler to French King Louis XIV. When King Louis XIV died he passed it on to his great-grandson King Louis XVI. The diamond was later said to be stolen after King Louis XVI and wife Marie Antoinette were beheaded. About twenty years later the Hope Diamond was said to be in the possession of London diamond merchant Daniel Eliason. Next it is said that King George acquired the diamond and later sold it to pay off his debt. The next known owner would be how the Hope Diamond received it’s name. Henry Philip Hope obtained the diamond. Following Henry’s death it was passed down through his family and last in the hands of Lord Francis Hope. Lord Francis Hope received permission to sell the diamond to pay off their debts. At this point, the diamond was purchased by Joseph Frankels and Sons in New York. They in turn needed money and sold the Hope to Selim Habib. Who not long after sold the diamond to C.H. Rosenau who quickly sold it to Pierre Cartier. The diamond was eventually shown to Evalyn Walsh McLean, who kept the stone for quite awhile until she passed away. Harry Winston Inc, then purchased the Hope Diamond and her entire jewelry collection. Finally the diamond was donated by Harry Winston to the Smithsonian Institute where is it key feature at the National Museum of Natural History.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Many are not interested in colored diamonds. Regardless of the color, the fact that the blue diamond are very rare and how they form make them very unique. It is not every day that you come across a blue diamond. But, if you do, try to appreciate the beauty of it.
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April 12th, 2010 K Malaviya
The Anti-Aging Effect of a Beautiful Ring
April 9, 2010
Many of us learned in high school science class that one can determine something of the age of a tree by inspecting and counting its rings. To vastly oversimplify the scientific principles of dendrochronology, the more rings, the older the tree. According to the April 2010 issue of Allure magazine, however, one can reduce the appearance of one’s age by adding a ring.
In the article “25 Ways to Look Younger – INSTANTLY,” author Amy Keller Laird includes this suggestion, Tip #16: “Wear nail polish or a ring-researchers have found that doing so makes your hands look younger.”
If wearing a ring makes one look younger, that’s a great reason to find the perfect right-hand ring to wear as a signature piece every day, or perhaps to expand one’s collection of rings so that there’s a ring to complement every ensemble in one’s wardrobe. Certainly wearing a ring gives one a more polished appearance than going without.
Moreover, as many a new fiancée has learned, acquiring a new ring may cause a woman to pay attention to her manicure as never before. Add polishing the nails to one’s beauty routine in addition to wearing the ring that precipitated the manicure, and voila! According to Tip #16, there are now two anti-aging factors at work.
If you are going to wear a ring, by all means wear one that makes you smile. Tip #11 suggests: “Smile a lot.” Three anti-aging factors! That’s a lot of youthfulness resulting from wearing one beautiful ring.
Food for thought.
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April 7th, 2010 K Malaviya
The gemstone for April is diamond – truly the “King of Gems”. Also representing a 60th anniversary, diamond is given as the birthstone for April.
Gemmology Matters: With a chemical composition of C, diamond is simply a transparent crystal of the element Carbon. The very strong network of tetrahedrally bonded carbon atoms is the reason for the hardness of diamond. Measuring 10 on the Moh Scale, diamond is the hardest naturally occuring substance and is ideally suited to jewellery, particularly when worn everyday.
Diamond is an excellent gemstone with with a wide range of colour (white or colourless being most popular), excellent lustre and high refractive index meaning a well-cut diamond will show great fire and brilliance. Having said that, diamond is not invincible and can be damaged. Diamond has perfect cleavage and so is vulnerable to splitting along a cleavage plane if hit in the right spot. Good cutters will orientate the crystal to minimise the chance of this happening.
Diamonds are predominantly mined in Africa although other countries also have significant deposits. Australia is also a major producer with the main area being the Kimberly region of northern Australia – the Argyle Mine being most famous for its unique natural colour pink diamonds.
Diamonds are valued according to a grading system based on the 4 C’s – Colour, Cut, Clarity and Carat (or weight). There are many resources on the internet describing this system and many expensive diamonds will be sold with a grading certificate as price is largely determined by the grading results.
Mythology and Lore: The name diamond derives from the Greek work “adamas” meaning invinvible. Many ancient cultures have sought to explain diamond’s superlative properties through divine or mystical affiliations. Perhaps the earliest symbolic use of diamond was as the eyes of Hindu devotional statues – these diamonds were cherished as gifts from the gods. It is not known when diamonds were associated with divinity but early texts indicate that it was recognized in India since at least 400 BCE. It is said the Greeks believed diamonds were tears of the gods while the Romans believed they were splinters of fallen stars.
Western cultures have used diamonds to symbolise fearlessness and virtue although they are also associated with power and wealth due to their high value. Today, diamonds are used to symbolize eternity and love – accordingly, they are a popular choice for engagement rings. The popularity of this modern tradition can be traced directly to the marketing campaigns of De Beers, starting in 1938. Prior to the De Beers marketing campaign, engagement rings had no one particular (or colourless zirconia is the most commonly used (not to be confused with zircon which is a natural gemstone). Moissanite is a newer synthetic used in place of diamond.
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March 30th, 2010 K Malaviya
amazing charms from Pandora. New selection for Easter, mother’s day.
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February 5th, 2010 K Malaviya
On 14 February we celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day, usually by the way of exchanging cards, sweets, lingerie, flowers or Tacori Jewelry.
But, what exactly are we celebrating, is it just a holiday the retail stores invented to get our money? One could think so, but no, we are actually celebrating a Christian Holiday, Saint Valentine’s.
We are following a Christian and ancient Roman tradition. By now the Catholic Church recognizes three Saints by the name of Valentine, or Valentinus.
The first legend to the background of the celebration of Valentine’s Day is this:
During the 3rd century a priest by the name of Valentine, under Claudius II in Rome, secretly disobeyed the law.
Claudius had come to believe that a single soldier was a better soldier than a married young man and so decided to outlaw marriage in order to have plenty young strong men with no wives at his disposal.
Valentine, the priest, did not obey this law and continued to celebrate the holy bond of marriage for young couples in secrecy.
Of course, the way it always works with secret clauses, he was caught and sent to his death.
The second legend believes that Valentine was a prisoner who fell in love with a young woman, who came to see him often. It is believed that she was his jailors daughter. Before his untimely death he wrote her a love letter, signed with ‘Your Valentine’. There fore the phrase ‘Be my Valentine’.
Some believe he was beheaded, others thought that he died of sickness.
No one is even sure if 14 February was the day of his birth or his death or if it had indeed anything to do with Saint Valentine at all. The only thing that is for sure, is that the Romans had a tradition in the middle of February, which would mark the 14th, called the Love Lottery. It was believed that spring and with it the renewal of life came along in the middle of February, therefore the love lottery was held, coupling young men and women for one year, often leading to marriage.
Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the USA, Canada, Mexico, France, Australia and the United Kingdom.
The oldest known Valentine’s card can be viewed in the British museum.
Valentine’s day became an official Catholic Holiday in the year 496 or 498 AD. Pope Gelasius declared the 14 February to be Saint Valentine’s Day.
The oldest known and remembered Valentine’s poem is from Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife, in 1415, while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. It is part of a manuscript collection of the British Library in London.
Years later King Henry V is supposed to have hired the writer John Lydgate to compose a Valentine’s letter to Catherine of Kalois.
In Great Britain it was around the 17th century that Valentine’s Day became a celebrated Holiday. By the middle of the 18th century it was common for all social classes to exchange small gifts or handwritten notes with lovers, loved ones and friends.
By the end of the 18th century printed Valentine’s cards were available.
In the United States people started celebrating Valentine’s Day in the early 1700’s by exchanging Valentine’s notes.
The Greeting Card Association announced that Valentine’s Day is the second best selling card-sending day with one billion cards sold per year. The leader in the card industry is with 2.6 billion, Christmas.
In the year 1835 Pope Gregory XVI was so impressed by the Irish Priest Father John Spratt that he gave him the black and golden casket, which is believed to house the remains of Saint Valentine. This gift from Rome, the black and golden casket, can actually be viewed on Valentine’s Day every year at Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin, Ireland.
We hope that you did enjoy this little background on Valentine’s Day and we wish you a very happy Valentine’s Day, with lots of lasting love and Friendship!
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December 24th, 2009 admin
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