Not Merely Plain Diamonds Anymore: the Newest Eternity Wedding Bands

By Faustine Garnder


The prestigious US magazine, Advertising Age, in its January 1999 edition, proclaimed "A Diamond is Forever", the most recognized and effective slogan of the twentieth century. Today, diamond engagement rings are commonplace, but were it not for a single company and its drive to dominate the diamond industry, history would have turned out differently.

Your Diamond Fashion Rings can be very simple (like those rings that have just one stone set on them apiece) or very ornate (with some rings having a cluster of quality diamonds set in a pretty pattern on them.) It all depends on your taste in Diamond Fashion Rings and your capacity to pay for the type of Diamond Fashion Rings you fancy.

Harry Oppenheimer was the son of the founder of the company that would become the most successful cartel of the twentieth century - De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. The South African company incorporated in 1888, during the burgeoning local diamond rush. At its formation and over the ensuing years, De Beers would successfully acquire countless interests in diamond mines and production facilities throughout the world. Diamond fluorescence indicates that the diamond emits light when exposed to Ultraviolet light (long-wave radiation) or sunlight. Diamonds exhibit fluorescence when small amounts of the element boron are present in the stone. Blue is the most common color of fluorescence, but other colors are also possible. The majority of diamonds don't exhibit fluorescence.

Some Diamond Fashion Rings have more than just diamonds set into them - they may also use precious and semi-precious stones as part of the pattern used by the jewelry designer. One common complement to diamonds in Diamond Fashion Rings is the pearl. Pearls seem to look good with diamonds so these two often go together in fashion jewelry.

To address this controversy, researchers at the GIA Gem Trade Laboratory conducted an experiment on the effects of long-wave ultraviolet radiation on the color appearance and transparency of gem diamonds . . . [The findings of the] study challenge the perception held by many in the trade that UV fluorescence generally has a negative effect on the overall appearance of a diamond.




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