Apollo Diamond is a company that is based in Boston who produce flawless diamonds using synthetic means.  These diamonds are identical to the real variety except they cultured synthetically.  Apollo offers a limited amount of diamonds which are advertised as colorless rather than the usual colored synthetic diamonds.  The methods used by Apollo to produce [...]

Blue Nile diamonds is one of the most loved online shopping destinations for people who are looking for different types of jewelries. Founded in 1999, this online jewelry retailer became one of the largest online jewelry retailers in just a short span of time. In fact, reputable business magazines such the Forbes and Time carry [...]

Purchasing a diamond is expensive. You have many choices when you select a diamond; color, cut, clarity, size, and mounting the diamond as a ring, bracelet, necklace or earrings. The pink diamond, for example, is extremely rare and sells for one million USD per carat. It’s likely that you will never see a pink diamond, [...]

Behind all the glitz, romance, and glamour that diamonds evoke, there lies the story of conflict diamonds or blood diamonds which has wasted thousands of lives of the people living especially in the country of Africa.  This has been going on for years now but it was only in the year 2000 that the United [...]

What is your definition of “real?” Take the example of organic-grown produce vs. mass produced vegetables and grains. Organic produce is pesticide-free and grown under natural conditions. Mass produced vegetables and grain are exposed to pesticides and other crop- destroyers. Yet, they are both “real” fruits, grains and vegetables.
Cultured diamonds are similar to cultured pearls; [...]

When you are planning on buying something such as diamonds and pearls, you really want to make sure that you are as informed and knowledgeable on the subject as possible beforehand, so that you will know what to look for and can keep yourself from getting ripped off. After all we all know that there [...]

Gorgeous actress Marilyn Monroe, taken from the world too soon, knew the secret: Diamonds are a girl’s best friend! She performed this song at the height of her beauty and glamour, giving moviegoers the rare treat of Marilyn at her very best.
“Square cut or pear-shaped,
These rocks don’t lose their shape –
Diamonds are a girl’s best [...]

Sierra Leone’s history is brutal and amazing, one of the poorest countries, yet valuable resources are plentiful.  It doesn’t make a lot of sense until you realize that diamonds from Sierra Leone have been traded illegally for a long time.  This trading can fund conflict and civil war, fuel corruption and leave the innocent with [...]

The issue of diamonds in Africa is one which has suffered from great debate and controversy over the years, especially over the past few years in particular. Commonly referred to as being ‘blood diamonds’, the diamonds in Africa are diamonds that have been mined in a war zone and which are then sold, usually in [...]

A lot of people think that you can only get diamonds if you pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for them, but this is actually not true. In fact there are many different discount diamonds stores that are available, which offer the same quality diamonds that you would find at more expensive stores, only at [...]