Celebrating Valentine's Day With Diamonds

What can be a better way to express your feelings with the help of a present majority of girls are dreaming about – this is nothing else than diamonds. Taking into account the upcoming holiday with everything heart-shaped around, it doesn't necessarily mean that only heart-cut diamonds and those of red color will be in high demand. This is not the case with such gems as diamonds and Indian's leading brands of diamond jewelry adhere to the same point of view.

Many diamond jewelry brands of India including Asmi, Ddamas, Sangini, Sagaee and some others can boast a tempting offer now – 20% off during the period from 25th January to 26th February on purchasing any of a diamond piece. They call it a “Season of Love” giving an opportunity to each man to show his 'solid' intentions and everlasting love to his sweetheart by presenting the suitable gem. The creators of the collection specially crafted each piece for the occasion and believe it will be the best present to reveal the feelings. However, sometimes discount can't be enough to make a thing affordable, so what to do next?

You can opt for man made diamonds in this case. Less expensive and of any color you like, they are very appealing and made to liven up the look of every wearer. With so many posts devoted to man made diamonds properties, it can be hard to resist the urge to buy one or two. You can either choose a loose stone and use a DIY approach to creating the design of a jewel, or you can look through the collection of diamond jewelry and pick up what caught your eye be it a pendant or a pair or studs. In any case diamonds are a win-win gift, the object of envy and affection.

In addition, with man made diamonds you can indulge the caprices of your loved one by choosing colored gem, what can be very tricky (better to say very expensive) with natural diamonds. Girls do pay attention to what this or that color may symbolize, so you can give some sense to your present if you opt for a certain color. By any means, you risk to be hailed by praise for your precious present, are you ready for this?

Diamonds Shine at Golden Globes

With all Golden Globes bestowed it's a nice time to summarize the even. But as far as this blog concerns diamonds, let's focus on them rather than on long-awaited prizes.

As always the celebrities was top models on the Red carpet showcasing their alluring dresses, bright smiles and non less bright diamond jewelry. It's only January and it means celebrities are setting trends for the rest of the year. Let's see what to expect in regard to diamond jewelry.
Beyonce stack to classic styles by wearing platinum and diamond necklace and diamond cushion-cut earrings. The set was designed by Lorraine Schwartz.

Kate Beckinsale has always had a good taste and this year was no different. She was lovely in her pale dress but those who think is wasn't too flashy would be fully dazzled by the impressive size of her diamond earrings and three! platinum and diamond cuffs.

36-year old actress Angelina Jolie was as usual amazing. Like Beyonce, she opted for Lorraine Schwartz set of jewelry consisting of platinum and diamond stud earrings and a huge 12-carat diamond ring. But Natalie Portman took a large set: drop earrings, pear-shaped diamond ring and three platinum & diamond bracelets by Schwartz.

Undoubtedly, Lorraine Schwartz was a popular option, however you could also see the jewelry designed by Tiffany & Co (on Jessica Biel), Bulgari (on Jessica Alba, Jodie Foster) and Van Cleef and Arpels (on Zooey Deschannel).

Apparently diamonds are popular as they've always been, what has changed is the setting: this year this is platinum. Fancy colored diamonds were overshadowed by (it may sound strange but still) colorless diamonds, by the amount of them. Cuffs are trendy this year, any of them from simple band to pretentiously shaped, but all covered with diamonds. It seems today's trends can hardly satisfy most people's valets, if can't there is always more affordable alternative.

Large Diamond Deposits Found in China

A small province in the east part of China made a huge stir all around the world – a large deposit of diamond has been found there. According to the latest estimates, there are more than 200 kilograms of diamonds under the Earth mantle. Of course, the experts give positive prognosis concerning even larger deposits that can be discovered during mining, but even of its initial size this is an unexpected discovery for more than last 30 years and this is the same term this mine can be mined for. Though India and South Africa have been always undisputed leaders for their largest diamond resources on the planet, however this is China that surpassed them both revealing the largest diamond deposit for the last ten years.

Though this discovery seems to enlarge the production of diamonds and thus to increase the variety of diamond jewelry, but according to prognosis it won't help to decrease the price for this stone in the country. Even if you decide to try your luck and dig the diamond by yourself, you won't succeed: the diamonds are the part of national resource of the country that can't be exploit by individuals. As it's seen, the diamonds are going to keep on their status of the most precious and inaccessible gems. What is left is to find solace in diamonds in a stamp.

Diamond Encrusted Stamp?

Those familiar with any compulsive collector know that a rare item that can be a great addition to the collection is a longed-for and most desired thing. So 6 February is going to be an important day for devoted philatelists and a chance to get one of unique stamps which are sparse in number – the stamp created by Jersey Post in honor of 60th anniversary of Queen's accession to the throne. But this-year anniversary is a special one, it's better to say diamond one.

All Diamond Jubilee stamps, and the number is limited to 600 items, will feature real diamonds decorating the Queen's crown. Each diamond measures 1.25mm and is carefully mounted in the diadem. As far as these are real diamonds, even though so tiny, the price tag corresponds to the jewel – one stamp will cost you 125 pounds or about 190 dollars.

Eternal Memorial Placed in the Eternal Gem

After Tammy McCalla's father died, she could not imagine her life without him. Arnold Gunderson was her best friend and every time she recalls him her eyes are getting wet. No wonder, Tammy was looking for the ways if not to prolong dad's life than to have a tangible reminder of him. And lucky she was to find it, or better say to create it - Arnold Gunderson who died in 2009 is still close with his daughter being turned into a stunning blue diamond mounted in a ring.

Strange as it may sound, but creating diamonds from human ashes is no longer a myth. As you might know, diamond is pure carbon and cremated ashes of humans mainly consist of carbon. In this case, the laboratories offering such diamonds take an exact carbon source in order to make a timeless memorial to a person whom you loved and lost. So, when Tammy McCalla heard about such man-made diamonds from a television program, she got very excited about this idea.

LifeGem is the company known for manufacturing memorial diamonds. It wasn't that tricky to contact them and make a deal. As a result the young lady now has a nice blue diamond mounted into a ring which she wears every day not simply as a pretty jewelry but as a dearest relic.

Some information about the stone:
Price - $8,000
Setting – Holy Trinity design, white gold
Time needed to grow the diamond – 6-9 months

What do you think about such way of memorial to loved ones?

A New Celebrated Engagement: Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman

Celebrities are always in the focus of everybody's attention whether they are glamoring on the Red Carpet or having a vacation. But there is still a focal point that magnets paparazzi who dying for a scoop – a diamond engagement ring! This time this was Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman, her fiancé, caught by photographers, who took a chance of taking pictures of a couple and close-ups of Barrymore's ring.

As an art consultant, no doubt Will Kopelman took a privilege of choosing the ring for his bride, which in it's turn is a 4-carat piece of art: not too big and flashy yet very stunning. Designed by Graff Diamonds, this is a radiant cut diamond of a classic white color mounted in a band covered by many tiny diamonds.

After two unlucky marriage experiences with Tom Green and Jeremy Thomas, hope Drew Barrymore will make this relationship last long. The couple has been romantically involved since February 2011, a little less than a year they needed to realize that they are ready to get to the 'next level'. Wish them be happy and let this ring be a true symbol of their everlasting love.

Tell us what do think of this event and Barrymore's ring.

Diamonds on Christmas Day

Christmas is the most anticipated holiday! With a lot of preparations and fuss made about it, regrettably but it's over now. But everything comes to an end sooner or later, what is left is the gifts, especially when they are everlasting. 'But are they?': you may ask. The gifts we are going to talk about are diamonds, with everlastingness being their initial property.

This year we looked for some interesting stories about diamonds and Christmas holiday and came across this one, which is now leading the headlines of news websites. This is a quite exciting story about donated diamond jewelry. You should know the Salvation Army kettles, which are always open for any kind of donations. This Xmas a gift consisted of a pair of diamond wedding rings. It is hard to say who was the owner, the workers can only guess but whoever this could be an old couple who wrapped their gift in a $10 bill or a spouse who wanted to get rid of them, this is definitely a generous present. The rings will be appraised and sold and will add a round sum of money to the total amount of charitable donations this year.

As it turned out, this year non-fake jewelry donations were quite popular: someone gave a diamond & sapphire ring in Miami which brought $2,000; a gold coin tucked in a $5 bill was found in Alberta and earned $1,700, and again a diamond ring was a charitable donation outside Kansas City.

It sounds like diamonds are sought-after presents on any occasions. If this year you missed a chance of buying diamond jewelry as a present for Christmas, you shill have one for the New Year. If you want to leave an everlasting impression from your present you should give something special and long-lasting like the most solid gem in the world. What is more, many online retailers and jewelry shops offer amazing discounts for the holiday making diamonds even more appealing, though still not so affordable. So take a chance, only five day left!

Most Expensive Blue Diamond Sold By Petra Diamond Ltd.

Petra Diamond Ltd known by its largest Cullinan diamond (507 carats) ever mined in the world, added yet another record to its list of attainments by selling a 4.8-carat blue diamond for a record price ever offered for a raw stone – $1.45 million.

As you may already be aware, blue diamonds are very rear due to the process of their formation. Blue diamonds are not that large as white or yellow and the largest representative of blues is the world-known The Hope Diamond (45.52 carats), which has been recently seen in a new sophisticated embrace. But a record-holder among blue diamonds is a smaller gem of just 7.03 carats in size, which has been sold for an awful great sum of money - $9.49 million, making $1.3 million per carat.

Such high price tags for fancy colored diamonds are determined mostly by their scarcity in number, size and of course due to high demand. Indeed, whatever the price is the celebrities are always ready to freely spare money just to cater for their whims.

But as far as this blog is dedicated to man made diamonds, we are revolving around reasonably priced (yet not very cheap) alternative for mined diamond – these are man made diamonds. They can be of any color including blue, but not of any size so far. If you like diamonds and blue stone is your dream but the only obstacle on your way to buying it is its high price, then you can view lab grown diamonds as an option that can make your dream come true. With lifetime guarantee and pay back, with GIA certificate confirming the 'realness' of man made diamonds, you can be sure your diamond is real.