Czech Republic Women Fashion 2016 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 144

Czech Republic Women Fashion 2016 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

In the end, a number of solutions were found. Obviously, the diameter of the finished gem was weighed against a symmetrical outline. But the height of the crown, the thickness of the girdle and the depth of the pavilion could all be substantially increased. In fact, they managed to retain a vertical measurement of 81.5 percent (22.2 mm) as compared with Jeffries' 68 percent and the modern 60 percent.***

Eritrea Women Fashion 2016 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 145

Eritrea Women Fashion 2016 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir
. Orlov Diamond

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The Orlov (sometimes spelled Orloff) is a large diamond that is part of the collection of the Diamond Fund of the Moscow Kremlin. The origin of this resplendent relic – described as having the shape and proportions of half a hen’s egg – can be traced back to 18th century in southern India. The particulars of the Orlov’s story have been lost with time, but it is widely reported that the diamond once served as an eye of the statue in a temple in southern India. The man held responsible for its removal was a French deserter, a grenadier from the Carnatic wars who apparently died after touching the gem. The Orlov is a rarity among historic diamonds, for it retains its original Indian rose-style cut. Its colour is widely stated as white with a faint bluish-green tinge.

Cuba Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 143

Cuba Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry. 

 By Samina Aamir

The golden-yellow Tiffany is not only a typical Stellar Cut Brilliant with a star-like arrangement of small facets around the culet, but the crown is stepped, which consequently involves splitting the main facets. This was a standard procedure.* The pavilion, however, received three steps: between the regular two steps a third was applied, which was probably unique. This involved the splitting of the lower main facets into two triangular and one flat keystone-shaped facet. Consequently the Tiffany Yellow Diamond recieved 40 actual facets on the crown and 48 on the pavilion, plus the compulsary table and culet - in all, 90 facets compared with the 56 plus two facets of the Standard Brilliant Cut.

Croatia Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry Necklace 142

 Croatia Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry Necklace. 

 By Samina Aamir

The fact that no major gemological organization has ever formerly examined the Tiffany Yellow (or at least, its findings were never made public) remains to be seen. Herbert Tillander addresses this in his book Diamond Cuts in Historic Jewelry - 1381 to 1910, in which he writes about the Tiffany Yellow:

Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) Women Fashion 2014 Wedding Diamond Jewelry 141

Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) Women Fashion 2014 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

It was not long before the existence of the Tiffany Yellow did become widely known. In 1896 one of the triumvirate who ruled China, the Viceroy Li Hung-Chang - about whom President Grant is said to have remarked, 'There are three great men in the world, Gladstone, Bismarck and Chang, but the greatest of these is Chang' - visited New York. He announced that the one thing he wished to see was the Tiffany Yellow Diamond, a request that was duly met by the firm.

Ivory Coast Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 140

Ivory Coast Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

My replica of the Tiffany Yellow, from the now-defunct NW Diamonds & Gems, which was based in Washington state. The stone measures 28.11 × 28.23 × 15.51. The company dealt in CZ, colored and colorless, in various sizes, large in particular. My Jonker replica was also from the company. I bought my Porter Rhodes replica, from them as well.

Costa Rica Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 139

 Costa Rica Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

This is the best glimpse of the stone's pavilion I've seen yet in a photograph.

The sole disturbance in the otherwise uneventful history of the Tiffany Yellow concerns reported attempts to sell the stone, which was valued at $12,000,000 at the end of 1983. In 1951 the new chairman of Tiffany's recommended that the gem be sold, a decision which not surprisingly horrified certain members of the old Board. A buyer agreed to pay $500,000 for the stone but the deal fell through because the chairman wanted a check in full whereas the prospective buyer wished for other financial arrangements to be made. Then on 

November 17th, 1972 the New York Times carried an advertisement by Tiffany offering to sell the diamond for $5,000,000. However, in the circumstances it would be as well to recall the story of the eager new salesman who, when asked what he would get if he sold the famous gem, was promptly told by the head of the firm 'Fired!'

Burundi Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 138

 Burundi Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

The rough stone was brought to Paris, where Tiffany’s chief gemologist, Dr. George Frederick Kunz, supervised the cutting of the diamond into a cushion-shape brilliant weighing 128.54 carats with an unprecedented 82 facets—24 more facets than the traditional 58-facet brilliant cut. The stone is just over an inch wide and seven-eighths of an inch from top to bottom. Cut to enhance its radiant color rather than size, the diamond sparkles as if lit by an inner flame

Angola Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 137

Angola Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

An alternative example of such a price fall caused by introduction of a new simulant strongly undermining prices was the permanent fall in natural pearl prices with the introduction of cultured pearls[citation needed] . The mechanism by which prices were affected was complex. In part because of the social acceptability of wearing cultured pearls to much of the market, customers migrated from the natural to the lower-price cultured product[citation needed] . This altered the supply and demand situation for natural pearls and perhaps the overall prestige of pearls in general was lowered[citation needed] . In 

cases where synthetic stones have been much less socially acceptable to the market as a replacement for the natural version, the prestige of the natural stones has been retained[citation needed] . Thus increased availability and lowered prices of synthetics may or may not have major implications for the future price of natural diamonds[citation needed] . In addition, the introduction of synthetic rubies in the late 19th century did not appear to have a permanent effect on the price of natural rubies[citation needed] .

Andorra Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 136

 Andorra Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry. 

 By Samina Aamir

It is much cheaper to produce diamonds through artificial synthesis than to mine them[citation needed], although currently the cost of synthesis is still significant. The inability to guarantee that a diamond is naturally occurring could undermine the premium price still currently charged over synthetic diamonds [8] However, new technological advances have allowed some independent gem labs such as GIA (Gemological Institute of America) to issue a specific Synthetic Diamond Grading Report which identifies a diamond as laboratory-grown and laser inscribes it with “laboratory grown”

American Samoa Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 135

 American Samoa Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

 

Although it was originally impossible to produce diamonds artificially, techniques to do so have been around since the 1950s and have become routine in recent years. Modern techniques can produce diamonds of essentially any desired chemistry or size[citation needed] and can even be made more perfect than naturally occurring ones, synthetic diamonds are genuinely diamonds albeit not naturally occurring. Although some manufacturers do label their synthetic diamonds with serial numbers there is no guarantee that a given diamond is not man made, although sometimes an unnatural chemical composition or pattern of flaws may suggest a diamond is synthetic

Algerian Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 134

Algerian Women Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

Rough diamond prices have historically been impacted by the mining companies controlling supply, most notably De Beers. However, post the dismantling of the De Beers cartel in 2001, the industry is now more fragmented resulting in a higher percentage of diamond sales taking place in the form of auctions and other forms of open-market sales.

Albanian Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 133

 Albanian Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

Polished diamond prices vary widely depending on a diamond's carat, color, clarity and cut, sometimes referred to as the 4 C's. In contrast to precious metals, there is no universal world price per gram for diamonds. The industry refers to price guides such as the Rapaport Diamond Report, the Troy Diamond Report, PriceScope,[4] Ajediam Antwerp Diamonds Monthly[5] and The Gem Guide, which are published weekly, monthly or quarterly. Gemstone specialty organizations have varying standards which can be used to aid in diamond identification and pricing, including GIA, HRD[6] and IGI. These organizations focus on research and education, which they pass on to their members and the public.

Afghanistan Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 132

Afghanistan Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

The value of diamonds as an investment is of significant interest to the general public, because they are expensive gemstones, often purchased in engagement rings, due in part to a successful 20th century marketing campaign by De Beers.[1][2][3] The difficulty of properly assessing the value of an individual gem-quality diamond complicates the situation. The end of the De Beers monopoly and new diamond discoveries in the second half of the 20th century have reduced the resale value of diamonds.

Cyprus Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 131

 Cyprus Fashion 2015 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

No one has ever explained why such a bulky step cut was applied to this diamond. It seems that priority was given to weight retention, since the prestige of a diamond depended at that time primarily on its weight. Dr. Kunz state "that this unprecedented number of facets was given the stone not to make it more brilliant, but less brilliant. The stone was of yellow colour, and it was thought better to give it the effect of 

a smothered, smoldering fire than one of flashing radiance."** The stone has an unusual feature, in a yellow diamond, of retaining its color by artificial light.*** The designers decided to ignore the modern rules of proportioning (such as those introduced to America by Morse) since these would have produced a Brilliant of well below the magic figure of 100 carats, which entitles a diamond to the name of 'Paragon'. Here, even the classic proportions would not have done -- a Brilliant with the width and length of this stone (27 mm × 28.25 mm) with 45° angles would have barely weighed 100 carats.

Cook Islands Fashion 2014 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry 130

Cook Islands Fashion 2014 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

The Tiffany Yellow, set in Jean Schlumberger's "Bird on the Rock" brooch.

Since being viewed by this distinguished visitor, the Tiffany Yellow has been seen by millions of others in almost seventy years of continuous display in Tiffany's store. It has also been shown at numerous exhibitions: they include the Chicago Columbian in 1893, the Pan-American in 1901, the Chicago Century of Progress in 1933-34 and the New York World's Fair in 1939. The first occasion on which the diamond was worn was in 1957 at the Tiffany Ball held in Newport, Rhode Island, when the chairwoman of the ball, Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse, had the honor of wearing it, 

mounted for the occasion in a necklace of white diamonds. In 1971 the Tiffany Yellow returned to South Africa for the exhibition which marked the centennial celebrations of the Kimberly Mine. After an absence of forty years from London, Tiffany's re-opened their branch in Old Bond Street in 1986, and displayed the diamond to herald its return.

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Burkina Faso Fashion 2014 Wedding Diamond Great Jewelry.  

By Samina Aamir

The Diamond’s origin is well known to gemologists, historians and jewelry collectors. Discovered in the Kimberley diamond mines in South Africa in 1877, the 287.42-carat rough stone was acquired the following year by founder Charles Lewis Tiffany. It solidified Mr. Tiffany’s reputation as the “King of Diamonds” and made his enterprise the world’s diamond authority.