The synthetic diamond industry has grown and advanced to the point where diamonds can be created fairly affordably on demand. As diamonds are composed entirely of heated and compressed carbon, it is possible to use the carbon from ashes (or hair, which is high in carbon) to create a small but brilliant memorial diamond with [...]
Diamond clarity is a measure of how free the stone is of flaws, either inside the stone or on the surface. These flaws are referred to as ‘inclusions’ and are present in most stones. Only diamonds of the highest quality are free of inclusions.
Normal, ‘white’ diamonds actually have some degree of yellow tint and are graded according to how noticeable the yellow is. Diamond color is graded on a scale from ‘D’ to ‘X’ with D being the best color grade.