Blog Entries tagged 'diamonds'

Recession Hits the Diamond Industry

blog@find-a-diamond.com — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The diamond industry does not exist in a bubble. This was proven when the famed jewelry store Tiffany in New York City lowered their diamond prices.

According to a New York Times report, even De Beers, which managed to maintain the high prices of diamond jewelry by restricting its supply, is feeling the economic crunch. Last year. The powerful diamond supply asked its workers in Botswana to have an extended Christmas vacation. This only means that there is more supply than demand, which would [...]

Diamond Cut Grade: Discovering the Value of a Precious Gem

blog@find-a-diamond.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Over the years, many methods, systems, and apparatus have sprouted in the market, all of them with one goal: to create a universal way of grading diamond cuts. There are generally three laboratories which experts respect in terms of grading diamonds: the America Gem Society (AGSL), European Gemological Laboratory (EGL) and the Gemological Institute of America (or GIA). These respected institution spent several years and a considerable amount of money to create credible systems to note the val [...]

The Elegant Symbol: Diamonds in Popular Culture and Everyday Life

blog@find-a-diamond.com — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Diamonds are known to be the hardest known mineral in the world. It is also a noted symbol of elegance, class, and beauty. This isn't exactly surprising, since diamonds were many things to many cultures several centuries ago. In different cultures and in different countries, diamonds meant many things-they were considered holy, divine, in possession of mystic powers. Just the same, diamonds represent something else today. Let's take a look at how diamonds were viewed before, and how they are con [...]