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The United States ban Burmese rubies from entering thier territory in the hopes to punish to oppressive Myanmar government but the people who suffer the most are the small miners who earns a small living digging for rubies and no one knows if those Burmese rubies are illegally smuggled into neighboring countries like Thailand or Vietnam which also produces rubies.

Gemologists are able to identify the country of origin of rubies based on their microscopic inclusions but these are very costly to do and impractical to be done to all rubies coming from Myanmar. Rubies from Myanmar have the desired pigeon blood red color which looks like the blazing and fiery red traffic light though not all rubies from Myanmar possess this color and not all pigeon blood red rubies are found in Myanmar. Thai rubies tends to have a less desirable brownish red color while rubies from Vietnam have an intense pinkish red while some people prefer orange red rubies it is the pigeon blood red color that has become the standard of beauty for rubies for thousands of years.

In colored stones clarity is less important than color. You can have a flawless ruby but if the color is not beautiful then it will be less valuable than a flawed ruby with the desired pigeon blood red color. Transparency or crystal is also important and this characteristic is about the lack of cloudiness or hazyness in rubies though they may have internal flaws like silk but it should be clear as if you can see from within.

A Fantastic Burmese Ruby On Sale at HSN

Lifegem diamonds are diamonds created from cremated remains be it your loved ones including pets. All they need is an 8 ounces of cremated ash where they are going to extract carbon from it and we all know diamonds and a pencil lead are all forms of almost pure carbon and the only difference is the crystal structure.

Now the question is… Does 8 ounces of cremated remains enough to create even a small diamond? What’s even funnier is that they are now accepting locks of hair to burn and use the ash to create diamonds!?? Now certainly those ash won’t be enough to create carbon ash! So this is a sham and only idiots would fall for this.

In the natural world diamonds are created from the carbon of dead living organisms billions of years ago be it things that walk, swim, fly and breath including trees brought down towards the surface of the earth through the very slow process of subduction.  The intense constant heat and pressure crystallize the carbon atoms into diamonds and with a slight change in pressure it becomes graphite used in pencil leads!

This process can be imitated in a laboratoty and those diamonds created in labs are called synthetic diamonds. Most synthetic diamonds however are fancy colors such as canary yellow and blue. And these colors are created by imparting some elements other than carbon during the growth process. Colorless synthetic diamonds are impractical to produce since natural colorless diamonds are even cheaper than to synthesized them. Though a lot of companies such as Apollo and Lifegem claims to be creating synthetic colorless diamonds only the former seems to be credible and believable.

If someone sends enough ash or enough locks of hair  to be created for a colorless diamond no one can accurately predict the outcome. Since carbon elements have minute trace of other elements to impart colors into the diamond mostly nitrogen causing yellowish/yellow color and boron making it blue. So common sense would tell me that 8 ounces of impure carbon would never be enough to create a diamond of specific color since it will go to a process of trial an error and those cremated remains after all are more precious than diamonds and deserves respect or be turned into a diamond without using someone elses ancient carbon ash from who knows might originate from a frog?

Recently they even announce to create diamond from the burned lock of hair of Micheal Jackson when he had an accident during his Pepsi commercial shoot decades ago and 3 diamonds from Beethoven’s lock of hair!??

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On November 2007 Sotheby’s auction house George Marciano owner of Guess Jeans is the winning bidder of the 84.37 carats colorless diamond he later named “Chloe Diamond” after his daughter. The price that went under the hammer? US $16,189,769 million! It is the second most expensive D-Flawless diamond ever sold at the auction and the most expensive diamond per carat weight for US $191, 980 see video. It is dominated the by “Star Of The Season” weighing 100.10 carats pear shape D-Internally Flawless sold for US $16,548,750 making it the most expensive colorless diamond sold by piece and the second most expensive per carat weight for US $164, 835.00

1 carat D-Flawless round diamonds have sold for as much as US $63,000 (March 1980)

When the GIA International Diamond Grading System was invented most polished diamonds sold on the market that time were transparent as the too hazy, too cloudy and too oily looking ones are reserved for industrial purpopses. Unfortunately diamonds that are not transparent or white lacking fire and brilliance are now sold as gems. So Beware!

Let me teach you what transparency is and its difference from clarity.

Assuming both wineglasses are flawless but only the latter is transparent while the former is frosty. A D-Flawless diamond might be considered a reject if it is not transparent. D being the highest possible grade for colorless diamonds and Flawless being the highest possible clarity grade but unfortunately the “Chloe Diamond” does not look as limpid, transparent and watery as the “Star Of The Season”.

Hazyness, cloudiness and oilyness is not a clarity feature but a transparency problem. Gemologists grade clarity using a 10 power magnifying lens or loupe and up to 100 power for a microscope. Microscopic impurities and crystal defects scattered throughout the stone  that cannot be seen with a microscope does not make the diamond flawed but it will make the diamond look less brilliant, dispersive and transparent. And diamonds are supposed or needs to be transparent first before anything else for it to perform as a beautiful gem!

When institutions such as GIA or AGS starts to revised their diamond grading system and include transparency many perfect diamonds we know today will no longer get a perfect grade once regraded.

The “Chloe Diamond” might be a Type Ia diamond which accounts for 99% of all the diamonds in the world which are mostly yellowish, brownish and off-white colored incorrectly by impurities of nitrogen. The remaining 1% are shared by Type Ib which are mostly canary yellow diamonds colored correctly by nitrogen, Type IIa which are ideally colorless and highly transparent and clear or being red, green or pink and even brown due too crystal lattice deformation which can be corrected through HPHT treatment and Type IIb which are blue diamonds colored by impurities of boron.

Type IIa diamonds will cost two times or more than a Type Ia diamond of the same color and clarity. So imagine a Type IIa diamond the same size as the”Chloe Diamond”?

So when looking for a diamond think of wineglasses and look for a diamond that resembles the transparency and limpidity of the “Star Of The Season”. The most beautiful diamond should look like a clear mountain spring water, absolutely colorless or even beyond that and flawless to the max! A diamond possesing such virtues will exhibit a rare phenomenon in the diamond world called “blue afterglow” that is not fluorescence but a tyndell effect due to the diamonds perfect and pure crystallization and this can only be seen by direct sunlight.

Year after year the hottest show on television usually gets hotter and better with the exception of the fantasy bra which usually gets cheaper but with a price tag of US$3 milion this ain’t cheap undergarment!

Ladies and gentlemen I am honored the present Damiani’s 2009 Victoria’s Secret Harlequin Fantasy Bra…

Modeled by Marissa Miller

Set with 2, 350 colorless, champagne and cognac colored diamonds in a harlequin pattern totalling 150 carats including the removable 16 carat heart shape champagne diamond dangling in the center. The Very Sexy Bra is convertible & can be worn in five ways: strapless, halter, crossback, one-strap or classic. And you can wear it with or without the expensive jewels as it is removable as well.

2009 Victoria\’s Secret Very Sexy Harlequin Fantasy Bra designed by Damiani

Imperial Jade is the finest variety of jadeite containing chromium which is the element responsible for the red color of ruby and the green of emerald but why the difference of color is worthy for another topic. Jadeite can only be found in Myanmar formerly known as Burma. The Chinese have valued nephrite jade among all other gems besides pearls but when they find a much harder, rarer and more beautiful jade variety jadeite in Myanmar it became the ultimate standard of jade beauty.

Imperial Jade has the most beautiful color of green in the gemstone world aside from Colombian emeralds. They have the purest vivid green color with a distinct translucency never been found in any gemstone. Imperial Jade are extremely rare and fewer than diamonds in general. Though the common nephrite jade are widely available in every color they cannot compare to the beauty of Imperial Jade. Jadeite too comes in every colors of the rainbow but the green variety are the most valuable.

The Imperial Jade pictured above costs more than $15,000 and follow the link below for more information.

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For more educational information about jade in general follow the links below:

Jade Educational Information

A News Report On Christie\’s Imperial Jade Auction in Hong Kong

 First of all let us dispell the myth that blue white diamonds are blue or blue fluorescing diamonds but the term blue white was first coined to define the very finest Type IIa Golconda diamonds that is highly transparent and colorless. So a blue white diamond is not blue and none fluorescing but a colorless Type IIa diamond that is highly transparent and that’s it!

Many jewelers still call their blue fluorescing diamonds blue white and many consumers bought them thinking they are valuable and rare but any blue fluorescing diamond higher than negligible should be discounted since a diamond with faint fluorescence will start to haze up once you take them out into the sunlight and any fluorescing diamonds higher than faint will start to haze up more or gets cloudy  even when you are indoors.

I suggest to avoid buying diamonds with fluorescence higher than negligible for D-H color diamonds while near colorless diamonds with faint blue fluorescence is a plus factor since they make them appear more colorless to the naked eye. Anything stronger than faint should be discounted and are usually purchase by collectors or for reference stones study but should be lower in price than those none-fluorescing ones.

If the most beautiful red is the pigeon blood red ruby, the most beautiful green is the bluish green of Colombian emerald, the most beautiful blue would be the cornflower blue of Kashmir sapphire.

Though not all Kashmir sapphires possess this electric blue color and actually majority of Kashmir goods are inferior and many gem dealers like to attach the legendary name of Kashmir to any sapphire just to make them more expensive but the picture above is the color of Kashmir sapphire and if sapphires don’t look like that it shoudn’t be called a Kashmir sapphire. Cornflower blue sapphires are among the rarest gemstones in the world and it may even be more rarer than pigeon blood red rubies and obviously rarer than the finest bluish green Colombian emeralds. I can tell you this much as I have seen fewer cornflower blue sapphires sold on the internet and if they do exist they are probably recycled from antique jewelries as the source have been closed and situated in one of the most dangerous places on Earth the high mountain slopes of Kashmir situated north of India and there are endless threats by the armed rebels.

But still many people brave the odds just to see or possess one of Mother Nature’s most beautiful creation. How can we blame them? Seeing a cornflower blue sapphire is like seeing the face of God. It is like the pilgrimage or Meccah for gem connoisseurs to go to the source and buy from there. Though cornflower blue sapphires exist anywhere else in the world there is something about the original source that is irreplaceable to most gem connoisseurs. Pigeon blood red rubies may exist in some African countries as well the the United States but the those that comes from Mogok, Myanmar are the most special. Gem laboratories are actually able to indentify the source of a particular gemstone with the help of their unique fingerprint or inclusions that is why flawless diamonds cannot be indentified for origin. In the case of Kashmir sapphires their inclusions just add more beauty giving them a velvety texture unique in the gemstone world and when it comes to colored stones color is more important than clarity just as long as the inclusions does not effect the beauty of the stone.

Now looking at the color of that Kashmir sapphire. Would you agree it is the most beautiful and wonderful color of blue?

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The finest emeralds comes from Colombia. They have a bright and vivid green color with a slight bluish tint, beryl colored by chromium and are termed Colombian emerald and emerald that doesn’t possess such color won’t get that esteemed title regardless of the source. Beryl colored by vanadium is called Brazilain emerald and is less desirable, rare and obviosuly less beautiful. The finest colombian emeralds comes from very few sources in the dangerous high mountains of Colombia.

Most emeralds sold on the market are treated to improve their appearance more commonly oiling and these treatments are not permanent and treated emeralds should not come into contact with acids or ultrasonic cleanser. Untreated fine quality emeralds are not common and holds up their value and in fact have risen in value over the past years. Looking for fine untreated emeralds at your local jewelry store is a challenge. Most emeralds are flawed and it is their inherent characteristic to be flawed just like rubies colored with the chromium wich tends to cause both stones impurities or inclusions but in colored stones color is the ultimate criterion. A flawed emerald will command a higher price when it has good color than a flawless emerald of poor color. However there should be balance. Too flawed makes the stone appear cloudy and translucent. Crystal quality is also very important. Transparent emeralds with or with little flaws are ideal. A 1 carat flawless emerald of the finest color has been sold for $60,000!

When Angelina Jolie wore this emerald suite at the recent Oscars it gets rave reviews from fashion experts and gem and jewelry enthusiasts. Many jewelers who specializes on emeralds have mimic this style and was a hit as expected. For those who can’t afford emeralds alternatives are available such as green YAG or green cubic zirconia among others but those two are by far the cheapest and with almost similar color if not a little better or less.

If you are interested to learn the scientifc facts of emeralds click the following links below:

Wikipedia: Emerald

1.13ct Colombia Emerald and Diamond 14K Ring HSN

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Diamonds! Oh diamonds! Though little but you have caused mischief and of good and evil things into the World…

What is it about you that I like?

Beauty! I have never seen more beautiful than you not even the world’s most beautiful women can have an endless impact of your beauty into the World…

You have everything that I need. You have beauty which I can enjoy looking or showing. You have worth which can help me through tough times. Strenght which allows me to carry you even on rugged and dangerous places. And you are immortal as well as keeping your good attributes forever as well. If only women exists with your special qualities then I will marry her in an instant! Without second thoughts.

Looking at your varieties makes me fall in love with you deeply even more. Day by day you never bore me. Your beauty are ever changing and not static and so you never bore me. You are like the latest music I like to listen everytime, the upcoming movie I can’t wait to watch, you are a fashion that never goes out of style and yet you always look new and fresh.

Oh! diamond! Diamond! Please don’t live me and let me live with you forever to enjoy your beauty. Together we will make this Whole World shine for all of us.

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