About Diamonds

Diamonds are known as “a girl’s best friend”, but they also happen to be April’s birthstone. Diamond comes from the Greek word “adamas” meaning “unconquerable”, “unbreakable”, “proper”, and “unalterable”. Diamonds were first used and recognized in India as religious icons. Now they are mostly used as gemstones, and for commercial use. Diamonds are described by the 4 C’s; carat (weight), cut, color, and clarity.

There are very many different types of cuts for diamonds. Cutting diamonds into different shapes and styles can be traced back to the middle ages. The cut of the stone impacts the brilliance of the stone, and how it illuminates. The most popular cut is the round brilliant cut; but there are a few factors that go into how the diamond is cut. The factors are the shape of the rough stone, flaws, carat weight, and the popularity of the shapes amongst consumers.

Another factor that describes the diamond is the color. The color of the stone is affected by the chemical imperfection of the diamond. The different colors of diamonds are, white, steel, gray, blue, yellow, orange, red and pretty much any color of the rainbow. The internal impurities, structural defects cause the different colors, and pure clear diamonds don’t have these imperfections.

Another factor that goes into describing the diamond is the clarity. There are a variety of different things that help decide the degree of clarity. One thing that goes into the degree of clarity is the inclusions of the diamond. The different types of inclusion are clouds, feathers knots, and things like that. Another thing that goes into degree of clarity are the blemishes such as polish lines, scratches, nicks, pits, chips and more. The grading considerations include the size of the blemishes or inclusions, the number of blemishes or inclusions, and the position of the blemishes or inclusions on the diamond. The higher the number means the less clear it is.

GoodOleTom has a large selection of stylish and unique diamond jewelry. In all our descriptions of the jewelry we let you know the cut, color, and condition of the diamond and jewelry. We also take quality pictures so you know exactly what you are buying; and we also give you a full refund if you don’t like the item once you get it. GoodOleToms is the place to go to get quality diamond jewelry!

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