- ADiamondIsForever.com
Information on buying diamonds and diamond jewelry. ADiamondIsForever.com includes gift ideas, certification tips, and a design your own ring feature.
www.adiamondisforever.com
- DiamondGrading.com
Includes sections on buying, reading a certificate, and shapes.
www.diamondgrading.com
- Molecule of the Month: Diamond
Compares diamonds with graphite. Explains synthetic industrial and thin film diamonds.
www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/diamond/diamond.htm
- Wikipedia: Diamond
Hyperlinked, in-depth article on the gemstone. Includes history of diamonds and the diamond industry, gemological characteristics, notes on the gem's symbolism, and links.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond
- Diamant Museum Brugge
Offers a view into the world and history of diamonds.
www.diamondhouse.net
- Diamond.info
Offering a diamond buying guide for consumers. Provides tutorials on the 4 Cs, known scams, prices, jeweler directory, and research tools.
www.diamond.info
- Hope Diamond (4)
Learn about Hope Diamond, the 45.52 carat deep blue diamond curently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Sites feature history, lore, and the curse attached to the legendary diamond for the misfortunes it supposedly visits upon its possessors.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Diamonds/Hope_Diamond
- Natural Color Diamond Encyclopedia, The
Features images and information on hundreds of diamond colors.
www.color-diamond-encyclopedia.com
- 4C's of Diamond Quality
Examines the characteristics that determine a diamonds worth.
www.jewelrymall.com/diamond-guide.html
- Buying a Loose Diamond
Offers consumers information on diamonds, including history, shapes and cuts, specs, and grading.
www.buyingaloosediamond.com
- Nature of Diamonds, The
Online exhibit by the American Museum of Natural History that covers its properties, origins, history, mining, and uses.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds
- Mineral Diamond, The
Covers the physical characteristics and properties of the gemstone.
www.galleries.com/minerals/elements/diamond/diamond.htm
- Elara Diamond
Offers information on these patented and perfectly square diamonds which hold the only copyright registration for a gemstone in the United States.
www.elaradiamonds.com
- GIA: How to Buy a Diamond
Online guide to buying diamonds and diamond jewelry. From the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).
howtobuyadiamond.gia.edu
- Diamonds: The Real Story
National Geographic unearths the dirty, dangerous business of finding diamonds and the "near-paranoic" security measures through an interactive photo essay.
magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/03/01/sights_n_sounds/media.1.2....
- Nature: Diamonds
Information on diamonds, including their formation and famous diamonds, from Nature on PBS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/diamonds
- Salon.com: Not Forever
Article looks at the demise of the De Beers diamond cartel after the death of magnate Harry Oppenheimer. September 2000.
www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/09/27/diamonds/print.html
- NOVA: The Diamond Deception
Learn what diamond does to light, and about diamonds in meteorites and other planets. Also features a primer of gemstones.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond
- Learn About Diamonds
Diamond buying guide featuring the four C's, color, clarity, cut, and carat. Includes care of diamonds, ring sizes, and trivia with a section on kundan jewelry, an art of gem setting in India.
www.learnaboutdiamonds.net
- MNHN: Diamants
Exhibition devoted to the natural and cultural history of the diamond. March 10 - July 15, 2001. Site in French and English.
www.mnhn.fr/expo/diamants
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