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I’ve recently read a book called Master of the Game. The book explores a world-wide conglomerate which started its business in diamonds in South Africa. The book certainly enlightens the reader on the history of the diamond rushes in the 1800s and the sacrifices our obsession with these stones has called for over the centuries.

“Diamond” is derived from the ancient Greek word adamas which means “invincible.” Almost 50% of the world’s diamonds originate from central and southern Africa, but diamonds are also found in Canada (who knew, eh?), India, Russia, Brazil and Australia.

Diamonds are the hardest known substance on Earth. We wear them as jewelry and use them to saw through tungsten (which is why the woman’s wedding ring will always be superior to her husband’s tungsten counterpart). In fact, the only material that can cut through diamond is…diamond.

Diamonds can range in color from black (it’s not really black) to blue (have you ever seen the Hope Diamond? Hello!) to crystal clear. Diamonds are about as versatile as gems come and have no shelf life so they can span generation after generation after generation. After generation. You get the picture!

Remember Titanic? Not the ship itself—I’m talking about the Hollywood motion picture extravaganza featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as “Jack and Rose.” The Silver Screen’s dream couple and the movie that swept the 1997 Oscars.

A big part of that movie focused on a necklace Winslet wore in her infamous nude scene: the Heart of the Ocean, a fictional piece of jewelry based on the real-life Hope Diamond (which had nothing to do with the Titanic, just to clarify). This necklace was comprised of a massive heart-shaped blue diamond, hence the name.

This lovely cubic zirconia necklace resembles the beloved Heart of the Ocean. The cobalt blue checkerboard cut heart is 7.75 carats in weight. It hangs on a 17-inch sterling silver chain and measures 22mm x 15mm.

This piece is valued at $89.00 retail. Don’t miss your chance to bid and take this fine piece of fashion jewelry home today!

Blue diamonds? Yes, they exist. Have you ever heard of the Hope Diamond?

The Hope Diamond is housed at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. It is a massive 45.52 carat deep blue diamond. The legendary diamond supposedly holds a curse on whomever possesses it. The diamond was supposedly stolen from a Hindu idol (it was one of the idol’s eyes) and was cursed by Hindu priests as a punishment for all who possessed the stolen gem. It has been blamed for the beheadings of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, along with the untimely deaths of many others.

The diamond was given to Marie Antoinette by Kind Louis XVI of France. The diamond’s namesake comes from 1824 when the gem resurfaced (after having been stolen from Marie Antoinette’s collection and sold and resold across Europe) in the collection of Henry Philip Hope.

The pendant here plays off of the Hope Diamond. It is set in white gold and carries a total of 2.30 carats…not quite as immense as the Hope! The piece features 20 round white diamonds and 19 round cut fancy intense blue enhanced diamonds. Bid now to add it to your collection!

When I was five years old, my sister and I buried some coal in my grandfather’s barn. We had heard that coal turns into diamonds and apparently assumed it wouldn’t take too long if we buried it in the sand. Unfortunately those little lumps of coal never turned into diamonds. At least I don’t think they have; we never could recover the burial place…

Diamonds are the hardest known substance on Earth. We wear them as jewelry and use them to saw through tungsten (which is why the woman’s wedding ring will always be superior to her husband’s tungsten counterpart). In fact, the only material that can cut through diamond is…diamond.

“Diamond” is derived from the ancient Greek word adamas which means “invincible.” Almost 50% of the world’s diamonds originate from central and southern Africa, but diamonds are also found in Canada (who knew, eh?), India, Russia, Brazil and Australia.

Diamonds can range in color from black (it’s not really black) to blue (have you ever seen the Hope Diamond? Hello!) to crystal clear. Diamonds are about as versatile as gems come and have no shelf life so they can span generation after generation after generation. After generation.

No, you are not seeing double. Your viewing an interesting experiment by jewelry designers Mike and Maaik’s ‘Stolen Jewels’ collection.

“The printed and scored leather “jewels” tell an interesting story, they’re based on actual stolen jewels, in fact pixilated images of the stolen gems from the web, and printed on scored leather so that each facet/pixel can be bent out.
Using Google Image Search, we browsed through some of the most expensive and often famous jewelry in the world, the resulting low-res images we found were stolen, doctored, then transferred onto leather, creating a tangible new incarnation. With the expense of the jewels and the intricacy of their construction stripped away, their essence and visual intensity are extracted.
Stolen Pieces include the Hope Diamond Broach, the Golden Jubilee Diamond Broach, the Great Chrysanthemum Necklace, and Imelda Marcos’ Ruby Necklace with Diamonds by Van Cleef & Arpels among others.”
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