Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Sparkle


We know they sparkle and are beautiful and we all know that Diamonds are a girl's best friend but what exactly is it that makes diamonds so valuable?Well for starters Diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man. Add to that their beauty, brilliance and fire and they have become the gem that is the ulimate symbol of love.
The diamond is the simplest of all gemstones and is made up of 99.95% pure crystallized carbon. Diamonds begin to crystallize way beneath the earth's surface amongst a fiery mix of gases, liquids and crystals and can be as old as 3 billion years old which is almost as old as the planet.

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