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Diamond Care, Treatments & Where

Diamonds are usually colorless. However, brown, yellow, green, blue, pink, red, gray and black variations are also found depending on the impurities present. Diamond has a hardness rating of 10.

Colored diamonds are often irradiated.

Generally, diamonds are quite durable. However, diamonds are subject to chipping and fracture when handled roughly. Diamonds should be stored separately. Diamonds can scratch other jewelry as well as each other.

Diamonds are mostly found in Australia, Ghana, Zaire, the former USSR, USA And Brazil

 

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