Saturday, 8 December 2012

Grab The Conflict Free Diamonds

Conflict-Free Diamonds

Diamonds are mined throughout the world, including major mines in Australia, Africa, Russia and Canada. Most people are unaware of the role diamonds play in bringing real benefits to people in the countries around the world where diamonds are sourced.  Diamonds are a major source of good in many African nations, employing and providing healthcare to thousands.

Conflict-free diamonds are those gems which were not obtained due to human rights abuses, child labor, violence, or environmental degradation. Although the U.N.'s Kimberly Process only covers diamonds under the control of legitimate and recognized governments, conflict-free goes one step further by rejecting diamonds from governments that trade in diamonds to bankroll their conflicts.

Blood Diamonds 

A blood diamond also called a conflict diamond, converted diamond, hot diamond, or war diamond, is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. These terms are particularly used in the context of diamond trading to indicate the negative effects of their sale

Through the 1990s, most of the world's diamonds came from Africa, particularly regions undergoing civil unrest. Rebel armies in parts of Africa were exploiting alluvial diamond fields to fund their wars against established governments, putting people and the environment in the middle of their conflicts. Alluvial diamonds are found just inches to a few feet below the surface, making them easier to mine, but having an adverse impact on the environment. The people working these fields were often very young and subject to exploitation, with some losing their lives or permanently maimed as wars raged around them. Hence, the term blood diamonds to describe these types of gems.

In 2000, South African countries with a legitimate diamond trade began a campaign to track the origins of all rough diamonds, attempting to put a stop to blood diamond sales from known conflict areas. As an ethical customer it is our right to en quire about the origins of the diamonds and ensure that the diamond which adorns is not covered with innocent blood.

Diamond Grading Laboratory will give you the teaching about the conflict free diamonds to recognize and bring it to you.

Let Your Heart Get Pierced With Arrows

When selecting a diamond, you have many choices and options. Beyond the basic “4 Cs” (carat, color, clarity, cut/shape) used to measure a diamond’s quality, there is another level of excellence and perfection that involves the symmetry and reflective quality of a diamond’s cut - another “C” that affects and potentially enhances all the others.  The cut determines how well a diamond “performs,” how well it reflects light under a variety of lighting conditions and situations. Practically any stone will look impressive under the bright spotlights of a jewelry store, but a rare few have the unique combination of precise cut, shape, and angles to hold their brilliance in more natural lighting situations.

Each Heart and Arrow diamond has 58 facets – each of these including the pavilion main, lower girdle, upper girdle, kite and star facets must be perfectly aligned 180 degrees opposite of each other or there will be a leaking of light and the hearts and arrows pattern will be incomplete, misaligned, faded or distorted in appearance.

To acquire this level of patterning precision the cutter must sacrifice more rough material and put in more time than a regular round or a standard ideal cut requires. Less than 1% of all diamonds are ideal cut and less than 0.1% display hearts and arrows. This places a premium on quality Heart and Arrow diamonds.

The romantic allusions of the intrinsic patterning also make these diamonds highly coveted.  It is highly recommended to certify these diamonds and IGLI is your perfect destination for the 
Diamond Grading report and Certification