Features You Didn't Know Before About Diamond, The World's Most Known Gemstone

A diamond is a type of gemstone that has been used throughout history for its beauty and rarity. Diamonds are formed deep underground from carbon that was once part of living organisms. This carbon is compressed over millions of years into solid rock called schist. When exposed to heat and pressure, the carbon atoms rearrange themselves into a hexagonal crystal lattice structure.

Diamonds can be divided into two categories: colorless and colored. Colorless diamonds include those with no visible coloration; they make up about 95% of all diamonds. Colored diamonds have different colors depending on their chemical composition. They can range from light yellow (colorless) to dark red (yellow).

The hardest material known to man, diamond is composed of pure carbon. Its atomic arrangement gives it extraordinary physical properties: high thermal conductivity, high tensile strength, and excellent electrical conductivity.

Where was the world's most expensive diamond found?

1. Diamonds are not actually diamonds but rather carbon crystals that have been grown under extreme pressure and temperature conditions. They can vary greatly in color from white to yellow-brownish orange, red, pink, blue, green, gray, black, and even purple.
2. In 1869, a farmer digging a well near Ekurhuleni, South Africa, discovered a large diamond. He cut the diamond into three pieces and sold them to a local dealer who sold them to a London jeweler named Charles Lindsay.
3. On April 1st, 1882, the famous De Beers Mining Company purchased the largest known diamond at the time, weighing 2.5 carats (0.07 grams). The stone was set in a ring and presented to Queen Victoria.
4. In 1999, a farmer in Botswana dug up a 488 carat (140 g) diamond while plowing his field. This was the biggest diamond ever unearthed until 2004, when a group of Australian miners uncovered the Cullinan I diamond, which weighed 552.55 carats (152.36 g).
5. In 2010, a farmer in India found a 10.42 carat (2.7 g) diamond in a remote village called Kaloti, Rajasthan. The diamond was bought by a man named Ramesh Malvani, who sold it for $1 million.
6. The largest rough diamond ever found was the Star of India, which weighed 651.8 carats (176.4 g) and was mined in Sri Lanka. It was purchased by industrialist Harry Winston for $2.12 million in 1960.

In which countries are diamonds mined?

They are formed from carbon that has been compressed into a solid form under extreme pressure at extremely high temperatures. Diamonds can only be found deep underground in certain types of rock where they have remained since the formation of the earth.

1. USA

The United States has been the world's largest producer of diamonds since the early 1900s. Diamond mining in the US began in 1867 near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In the late 1800s, the first commercial diamond mine opened near South Africa. Today, the majority of diamonds come from Botswana, Canada, Russia, Namibia, Angola, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Venezuela.

2. Canada

Canada is the second largest producer of diamonds in the world. Most Canadian diamonds originate from Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Labrador.

3. Russia

Russia is the third largest producer of diamonds in terms of volume. Over 90% of Russian diamonds come from Siberia.

The diamond mining industry is worth billions of dollars worldwide. But how much money does the average person make? Well, if you’re lucky enough to live near a diamond mine, you could make $10,000 per month (or $120,000 annually). But the majority of people who work in this industry don’t make anywhere close to this amount. In fact, many miners travel long distances to get to their jobs and only earn around $100-$300 per month depending on where they live.

But what about those who find diamonds naturally? What do they do with them after they find them? Do they sell them to jewelers? No. Most natural diamond dealers keep the diamonds they find themselves and sell small amounts to other dealers. This is called “secondary sales.” Some natural diamond dealers even give away free samples of diamonds to friends and family members.