Gem diamonds were first found in streambeds in Brazil and India. Diamonds are the element of carbon that is produced by the extremely high pressure situation on limestone. Diamonds is the hardest naturally occurring substances found on earth and it is the most attractive of all precious stones due to its shiny character. Diamonds are sought after and admired because of their strength and beauty.
The diamonds are colorless, transparent and crystalline substance. The formation of diamonds takes place deep below the earth’s surface. Researchers have found that the age of diamond is different from the rock, in which it is found. It is difficult to age diamonds but a few have been aged at a billion years or more.
It take 5 to 10 tons of lamporite are or kimberlite (ores of diamond) to get one carat of diamond. This rough diamond then produces only 5% gem quality material. Because of this high waste diamond mining is usually done on a big scale that is why many countries that have diamonds do not tap into then as a resource it is simply not worth it. The three major ways diamonds are mined is through alluvial river bottoms, vertical pipes of volcanic ore and remote stretches on beaches. Diamonds mines end up looking like big lifeless holes in the ground, big scars on the earth after the bulldozers are done. As hard as Diamond the person possessing it must be.
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