Diamonds Couldn't Be That Rare, Could They?


Looking at a jeweler's display window with all those sparkly diamonds in all different types of settings you could be forgiven for thinking that diamonds are pretty common. But once you realize how that diamond got to the jeweler, you may find it quite unbelievable that even one of those diamonds was found. There is a huge amount of work that is done before a diamond is ready for sale to the general public.

Imagine a pile of one million diamonds.



In that pile is one lonely diamond that is decent enough to be worked into a nice shape by the diamond cutter and then set into a ring by a jeweler and finally sold to a young man looking to propose to his girlfriend.

However this young man wants a two carat diamond.

For this we must look in another pile. This pile is much bigger than our first pile of one million diamonds. As a matter of fact it is more than twice as big. More than three times as big. Even more than four times as big. Yes, in order to find a usable 2 carat diamond we must look through a pile of 5 million diamonds.

But to find each and every one of those 5 million diamonds more than two hundred tons of rock and debris and rubble must be sifted through. Carefully. 

Over 80% of the diamonds that are mined are only good for industrial use, such as diamond drill bits, glass cutters, and such.

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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