Diamond is available in both the varieties colored diamonds and colorless diamonds. Usually diamonds are colorless but depending upon the impurities present in the stone; they can be found in the shades of yellow, green, red, purple and black. As the hardest gemstone available on earth, diamond achieves the top spot on Mohs scale of hardness
The property of diamond being hard makes it suitable for many other applications like cutting of gems, industrial applications, serving as drill bits, glass cutters also for cutting other diamonds. Diamond is the birthstone for those born in the month of April and is associated with courage, strength and everlasting love
The various diamonds like :
Pink diamonds- are rarest of the diamonds and are mostly found in Argyle Mine in Australia.
Yellow diamonds- the yellow color is due to the presence of nitrogen. These are most common natural colored diamonds.
Blue diamonds- The famous Hope diamond is a blue diamond. It has the ability to conduct electricity and is formed from Boron.
Green diamonds- The green color is caused by radiation that took place in stone thousands of years ago. The famous green diamond is Dresdon Diamond
Orange diamond- The famous orange diamond is The Pumpkin. The cause of orange color is nitrogen.
Red diamonds- A red color diamond is rarest, not many jewelers around the world have seen this color diamond too. The largest red diamond is the red shield 5.11carats.
Diamond jewelry should be stored separately from other jewelry. Avoid wearing diamonds when doing a lot of physical work. Clean it with a water and mild detergent.
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