What is a Diamond?:A Diamond is a transparent mineral form of carbon that is the hardest known mineral, with many applications in cutting tools and abrasives. It is also the most highly prized gemstone. Diamonds have been known in India for at least 3000 to 6000 years. Diamonds have been adapted for many uses because of the material's exceptional physical characteristics. Diamonds have a melting point of 6420 °F and a boiling point of 8720 °F.

Four C's in diamonds:Four characteristics, known informally as the four Cs, are now commonly used as the basic descriptors of diamonds: these are carat, cut, color, and clarity. These diamond categories were first selected by Diamond Company and worldwide leading diamond producer De Beers. Since its recognition, diamonds are now traded on the wholesale market based on the individual values of the four Cs. You can estimate a reasonable price value of a diamond, for example, by knowing that it is 2 carats, princess cut, D color, with SI1 clarity.

• Diamond Carat:The carat weight of a diamond is the measurement of its mass. One carat is defined as 200 milligrams. The point unit is used for diamonds less than 1 carat. All things being equal, the price per carat increases with the carat weight since larger diamonds are desired for their use as gemstones. Wholesale diamonds are typically purchased by carat weight instead of per stone since a stones' carat may vary for example stones that are less than one carat.

Total Carat Weight: : Total Carat Weight (t.c.w.) is a phrase used to describe the total mass of diamonds or other gemstone in a piece of jewelry, particularly when more than one gemstone is used. Diamond Earrings, for example, are usually quoted in t.c.w. indicating the mass of the diamonds as opposed to each individual mass. FerrellWatches.com sells many diamond luxury watches that are all categorized under total carat weight. For example, Johnny Dang Diamond Jewelry Watches, Techno Com. Diamond Watches, and Bulova Diamond Watches are mostly all appraised by their manufacture considering t.c.w. Diamond necklaces, diamond bracelets, and other similar jewelry pieces are typically also appraised in t.c.w.

• Diamond Cut:The cut of a diamond is an imperative factor to its value. The art and science of diamond cutting involves the process of creating a gem-quality diamond out of mined rough. The cut of a diamond details the manner of which the diamond was processed from the diamond being shaped and polished from rough to gem quality. Diamond cut and the shape of a diamond are not the same definition.



• Diamond Color:Diamond colors are typically yellow, brown, and gray to colorless. Rarely, diamonds are blue, green, black, translucent white, pink, violet, orange purple and red. Diamond colors are emphasized by the dynamics of the hue of the diamond. The most flawless diamond is rated as D the diamond with the most flaws is rated as Z. High quality diamond watches such as the diamond Rolex watch usually use flawless or grade D diamonds. Mostly all gem-sized natural diamonds have some types of imperfections caused by chemical impurities or structural defects in the crystal lattice. The value of a diamond can be more or less, depending on the hue intensity. The most common diamond colors are yellow and brown diamonds. Black diamonds are not truly black, but contain numerous dark inclusions that give the appearance of a black diamond. A stone can be referred to as a fancy colored diamond if the color is saturated enough in yellow or brown diamonds. Pure diamonds are t ransparent and colorless, while colored diamonds contain impurities or structural defects which cause coloration. Usually with colored diamonds, carbon flaw is the primary factor which causes the diamond to reflect different color. This happens when the carbon atom is replaced in the crystal lattice by diamond impurities. Crystal habit Octahedral is also very important when considering color and quality. FerrellWatches.com sells white diamonds, black diamonds, yellow diamonds, and blue diamond watches.



• Diamond Clarity:The internal defects of a diamond are called inclusions, which is measured by the clarity of the diamond. For a diamond to be considered high enough quality for the wholesale diamond or retail diamond market, it has to meet the standards of a gemstone. Therefore, only about 20 percent of diamonds are considered pure enough to be a gemstone, the other 80 percent of diamonds minded are used for industry purposes. Whether a diamond is a flawless diamond (high quality) or the diamond has imperfections (common lower end diamonds), the diamond clarity is a major factor in a diamond's value. Inclusions can make the diamond cloudy and can be caused by cuts in the diamond, other diamond residue or crystals, and or other foreign materials found in diamond mines. The higher clarity, the rarer the diamond, the flawless diamond with high clarity is also known as an eye-clean diamond. All diamond watches sold on FerrellWatches.com are quality authentic diamond watches; no fake diamond watches or replica diamond watches are sold on Ferrell Watches.com; if it says 'diamond watch', it is an authentic diamond watch. Think For Real, FerrellWatches.com.

Natural Diamond Formation:Natural Diamond Formation is a process which includes high pressure exposure to carbon bearing materials. Currently two places are known to meet the capacity required for these carbon bearing high pressurized conditions: either below the earth's plates or at the strike of a meteorite. This is what makes diamond formation such an amazing process.

Diamond Hardness: Diamonds are the hardest materials known to man, on earth. Diamonds have amazing quality as they can only be scratched by other diamonds. This durability is what makes diamonds so useful in industry and the consumer gemstone diamond market. Ferrell Watches.com is in the business of providing the hottest real diamond watches on the U.S. and international market.

Diamond Mining:The diamond mining process consists of diamond ore being crushed and grease belts being used to attract the diamonds as diamonds tend to stick to grease well. Nowadays, X-Ray Fluorescence are used to more accurately locate diamonds.

Diamond Money:Over 100 million diamond carats are minded each year. In revenue terms, diamond minding annually pushes around 10 billion USD per year. While diamonds can provide investment opportunities for both the seller and consumer, Ferrell Watches sympathizes and understands the concern that our society and customers feel regarding conflict diamonds. Since watching the movie "Blood Diamond" staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, and Jennifer Connelly, the CEO and Founder of FerrellWatches.com, Kevin Wright, wanted to make sure Ferrell Watches was doing its part to support organizations that seek to address, and make efforts to eventually alleviate, not only the problems of conflict diamonds, but the situations behind them, "You can't look at the conflicts at hand without addressing the systems behind it, it is up to the citizens of the entire world, including the United States President and other country leaders, to address the problems of conflict diamonds. While there is evidence that the situation is improving, there is still much progress to be made. The illegal smuggling must stop and the revolutionary wars must cease to be funded so that the good people of these nations can be assisted properly and their infrastructure rebuilt."

Diamond Name Origin:The name diamond originated in Greece deriving from the Greek word Adamas. Diamonds became more popular in the United States and worldwide with the increased production and marketing of diamonds in the early 1900s, for example, the De Beers slogan, "diamonds are forever".

The Mecca of Diamonds:Almost half of the world's diamonds originate in Southern Africa, while the others are found primarily in India, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Russia, and West Africa.

Ice: Ice or Iced-out is a relatively new term used to describe diamonds. An example of Ice is an Iced-out diamond bracelet, or an iced-out Johnny Dang watches distributed by The Ferrell Watch Distribution Company.

Bling:Bling is a relatively new and hip term in the Luxury Jewelry diamond and watch Industry which describes a flashy sort of light gleaming or blinging from luxury pieces such as diamonds, rubies, and other flashy stones. For example, in the case of a precious beautiful SI diamond, bling can be seen from anywhere, the precious sparkling diamond is set; the bigger the diamond and shine, the more Bling it has. Bling can bee observed on a wedding or engagement ring, a diamond watch, a diamond chain with a diamond arrangement or on a diamond bracelet or diamond earrings. Recently, representatives from Ferrell Watches took a trip to Los Angeles California, to study the hottest trends in Bling arrangements and designs. We noticed that even famed Rock Stars are adding blinging diamonds to their wallet chains making huge new fashion statements to the longtime traditional rock star genre. The term was first made popular by the Cash Money Records album song entitled "Bling Bling" arou nd the early 2000s. This is the reason why Bling is largely thought to have originated in the south as a popular hip-hop term now used by many rappers, Rock Stars, Movie Stars, celebrities and commonwealth worldwide. Bling has evolved into an internationally known fashion phrase, thus it is hard for any leading fashion reputable jewelry company to ignore this evolutionary term. If you want to see bling on real authentic diamond watches (no fake watches or replica watches sold), check out our line of Johnny Dang Diamond Watches on Ferrell Watches.com.

Industrial Use for Diamonds:The most common industrial use for diamonds are on large industrial equipment like drill bits and saws. Because diamonds are so durable and strong, diamonds are actually even more in demand industrially than they are in the retail market.

Identification:There are various ways to identify a diamond which include: the reflective index, the ability of the stone to cut other material such a glass or other diamonds (be careful, this damages both diamonds), and the thermal conductivity of the precious stone. While various methods or gemological characteristics can be utilized to authenticate a diamond, FerrellWatches.com recommends that you seek expert opinion if you are uncertain about the authenticity of a diamond. All diamonds exposed on the otter housing of the watches sold on FerrellWatches.com are tested for authenticity as we are the world's source for authentic and discount diamond watches online.

Moissanite Moissanite is a rare mineral discovered first in Meteorite in 1893 by a French scientist. The hardness of a moissanite is only .75 less than that of the hardest mineral in the world, the diamond. Many moissanite used in jewelry is grown in labs because the natural form of Moissanite is usually too small for the jewelry market. Buying from a reputable jeweler or using a diamond tester that also test for moissanite is the best way to determine if a mineral is a diamond or a moissanite. FerrellWatches.com sells diamond and moissanite testers at ferrellwatches.com; check out the "diamond tester" section of this website for more information or to purchase.

Volcanic Pipe and other Diamond Sources:Diamonds can surface due to a process called Volcanic Pipe. This process involves volcanic emissions pushing the diamonds through the plates of the earth many times dispersed into large areas. Diamonds can also surface when two continental plates collide and many diamonds are found in water or high wind environments.

World Distribution:Only a few hold a monopoly of the diamond distribution chain. Antwerp distributes 80% of all rough diamonds and De Beers mines almost 50% of all gemstone diamonds. Ferrell Watches.com is strategically seeking to become one of the top diamond watch distributors in America and worldwide.