When you walk into a jewelry store and see all the diamonds in all of the various
settings that are for sale, it is
difficult to realize that diamonds are
indeed rare. Most people don’t even stop
to consider how that diamond came to be
sitting in that jeweler’s case! There is
quite a bit of work that is done before a diamond is ready to sell to the general public!
For every one million diamonds that are mined, only one will be found that is a
quality one caret diamond. In order to
find a two caret diamond, about five
million diamonds must be mined. More
than two hundred tons of ore must be
mined to find one small diamond, and
even then, more than 80% of the diamonds
that are mined are only good for
industrial use, such as diamond drill
bits.
So, the next time you visit your local jewelry store, ask to see the one carat diamonds. You should look at this diamond with new appreciation – knowing that it truly is one in a million!
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