Posted on
August 28, 2015
by
Mary Hood
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The realization of losing a special piece of jewelry can make your heart sink. Most of us have been there...
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Posted on
November 29, 2012
by
Barbara Polinsky
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The term champagne diamond is used to describe untreated diamonds that are yellowish brown in shade. Intensity can vary from soft yellow to deep brown. Once, not so long ago these diamonds were regarded as inferior industrial grade stones and they were sold to machinery manufacturers to be used for making drill bits, files and blades.
Over the past twenty years, demand for these sparkly brown stones has changed drastically. They are prized for their natural beauty but I love them just ask much for their Cinderella marketing story.
This story really starts 1.5 billion years ago when the diamond crystals formed but let's fast forward to 1979 when the Argyle volcanic pipe was discovered in the Kimberley region of Australia. There was much rejoicing. That is, until it was revealed that the mine held a wealth of brown diamonds, not the bright white baubles the investors were hoping for. Eighty percent of the diamonds from the Argyle mine were thought to be brown so the industry faced the dilemma of mucho supply and little demand.
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