Diamond (from Greek adamas - indestructible or irresistible) is the most popular and most precious and expensive stone in the world. A brilliant diamond is a cut diamond, i.e. a diamond in a processed form.
An ideal diamond is either transparent and colorless, or it is yellow, possibly green, or blue to blue, possibly smoky-brown, sometimes pink and lilac, milky-white and even gray and black. To date, diamonds have been successfully mimicking phianites and zircons.
The relative hardness of a diamond is 10 (on the Mohs scale), 1000 times higher than the hardness of a quartz mineral and 150 times higher than the hardness of a corundum. The density is 3.5 g/cm3.
The countries that have diamond deposits are South Africa, Namibia, Congo (Zaire), Botswana. In Russia, there are diamond deposits in the Urals and Yakutia.
Diamond processing and its prices:
A diamond without a cut does not look very attractive. There are up to 1000 varieties of various kinds of jewelry diamonds in the world. Every year the world extracts 20 tons of Diamonds estimated at 100 million carats, of which 40 million are in Africa, 30 million in Russia and 30 million in Australia.
The price of gem-quality diamonds without processing is about $100 per carat, and the price for a diamond depends on the purity of "water", the color shade of "natsvetov", the presence of defects and inclusions, of course, the size of the stone and the quality of its cutting. The price per carat of a diamond ranges from 400 to 1000 dollars.
Magic properties of a diamond:
A diamond is a symbol of strength of spirit, innocence and purity, as well as courage. Diamond is both the most valuable and the most dangerous stone for man. This sensitive stone, for its rudeness and impoliteness to it, can harm its owner.
Diamond is a stone of high priests, kings and celebrities. Diamond will serve high ranking personalities properly, and this proud stone will be indifferent to ordinary mortals.
The Diamond received as a gift or by inheritance, will not help for another 7-10 years. He will look after and tune in to the new owner, when he understands its essence, only then will he actively work for him. In this case, Diamonds should be tamed.
Diamond saved the owner from bad mood, sudden attacks of rage and anger, from moping and sweetness.
It was believed that Diamond is able to maintain the sharpness of hearing, to avoid sorrow and witchcraft, to protect from evil spirits. If any of the sorcerers wants to harm the owner of the Diamond, then all the failures and problems will be transferred to him.
Diamond will have great power if it is acquired freely, without coercion and without violence. But it will lose its power because of its owner's sinfulness and uncontrollability.
Diamonds, which have a greenish tide, strengthen the fertility of women, help calm the course of pregnancy and can facilitate childbirth. Diamonds doctor sclerosis, prevent the formation of stones, can calm migraine, protect from lightning strikes and save from damage and evil eye.
Diamond with internal inclusions and stains is recognized as the most unhappy and even fatal stone, with which it is better not to deal at all.
Diamonds were worn as amulets when travelling and on the long journey to avoid attacks by predatory animals.
Healing properties of diamonds:
People from ancient times have determined that Diamond has the power to cure various mental disorders, phobias of various kinds, long-term depression and avoid nervous breakdown.
Lithotherapists claim that Diamond can adjust the nervous system of its owner and adjust it to the correct and healthy lifestyle. They suggest using this ability of the stone to get rid of excessive alcohol consumption, to eradicate uncontrolled drinking, to solve the issue of smoking and even to get rid of drug addiction.
Diamond itself is considered to be an excellent antipyretic, one of the means to treat pneumonia, prostate, bronchitis, hepatitis, joint diseases and various kinds of infections.
Zodiac diamond:
Diamond is the first stone of the zodiac, as it has a powerful energy and reflects the entire zodiac. We can say that Diamond is the leader of all other minerals. Diamond should have every diamond born under the sign of Aries, because the stone is able to tame their anger, irritability and temper. The rest of the signs of the zodiac Diamond is just a worthy decoration.
It's an interesting fact:
One of the rarest diamonds is the famous unique "Star of South Africa". The weight of the diamond is 83.5 carats and it was purchased from a witch doctor who used the stone during magic spells. The size of diamond crystals varies greatly from microscopic to the largest. One of such large diamonds - "Cullinan", it was found in South Africa in 1905, its weight is 0.621 kg and 3106 carats.