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Diamond Identification Method for Consumers: Bring Napkins
The Financial Times of London reports on a novel way to identify Diamonds from fakes:
It is said that Alexander the Great found a valley full of both diamonds and poisonous snakes. No one could work out how to retrieve the jewels until Alexander had the idea of throwing down raw meat, to which the diamonds attached. When eagles flew down for the meat, Alexander's men just had to follow them to their nests.
It sounds like fantasy but diamonds are attracted to fat, and the story reminded people how to tell real diamonds from fakes. De Beers still practise Alexander's trick in their South Africa mines today: They use "grease tables" and only the valuable stones stick.
Today, most engagement rings are diamond but after the war, people wanted holidays, cars or colorful gems to celebrate a future marriage.
In 1947 a New York copywriter, given the task of finding a slogan for her client's product, stayed late in the office. "I put my head down and said: 'Please God, send me a line.'" Then she scribbled: "A Diamond is Forever" and the rest is History.
Comments
diamond identification
Posted by: abhi on September 29, 2006 5:34 AM
i want pictures of diamonds,the clear ones and how to identfy them from the fake and the industrial types, wats the deferences
Posted by: jonnie zvinashie on February 6, 2007 6:47 AM
I would pictures of clear and any pink hues of diamonds
Posted by: melanie strong on June 26, 2007 12:58 PM
I would also like pictures of clear and any pink hues of diamonds.
Posted by: melanie strong on June 26, 2007 12:59 PM
if i am there in a land where diamonds can be available, how to screen for diamonds from the land? is there any instrument to identify diamonds over the surface of land?
Posted by: ravi on December 29, 2007 11:23 PM
I would like to find out who you can buy the plug in diamond tester from. Turns up to green if real & red if not...
Posted by: carol on September 21, 2008 7:06 AM