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All About A Girl’s Best Friend What are diamonds? Where do they come from? The 4 C’s

What are diamonds? Diamonds are made of pure carbon. They are the hardest substance known to man Under immense heat and pressure, diamonds crystallized and were brought to the earth's surface through volcanic explosions of magma. Man first discovered diamonds 4,000 years ago in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India.

Where do they come from? Countries Amount Produced converted into US $ Angola900,000,000 Australia400,000,000 Botswana1,800,000,000 Canada600,000,000 Namibia500,000,000 Russia1,500,000,000 South Africa800,000,000 D.R. Congo400,000,000 Others400,000,000 Total7,300,000,000 This shows the amount of diamonds produced in the world during 2002 and how each country contributed to the overall production.

Where Do they come from? (cont)

The 4 C’s The 4 C’s CutColorClarityCarat In order to determine the quality of diamonds, you look at the 4 C’s. These four characteristics of diamonds determine price and value.

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