| Wholesale diamond jewelry is a | | | | diamonds, both of which may be natural - |
| value-added product in which loose | | | | created in the earth as a result of |
| diamonds have been placed into a | | | | geologic processes - or artificial, |
| one-of-a-kind gold and silver setting, | | | | created under laboratory conditions. |
| such as a ring, necklace, or tiara. | | | | Furthermore, diamond may be of "gem |
| Typically, jewelry wholesalers do not | | | | quality," which is used in wholesale |
| sell to the general public, simply | | | | diamond jewelry, or "industrial |
| because of the nature of the wholesale | | | | quality," for use in cutting machinery. |
| business, which focuses on large | | | | In either case, the key is preternatural |
| quantities. Most people cannot afford, | | | | amounts of heat and pressure. When |
| or have little inclination to acquire | | | | carbon is subjected to pressures of 45 - |
| large amounts of certified loose | | | | 60 millibars (45,000 - 60,000 times |
| diamonds unless they are one of the | | | | normal air pressure at sea level) and |
| following: | | | | heat of at least 2300 degrees F (800 |
| 1. Professional Jeweler/Craftsman: These | | | | degrees hotter than the melting point of |
| are the skilled artisans who create | | | | structural steel), its molecular |
| attractive settings from gold and silver | | | | structure changes from a flat, hexagonal |
| in which loose diamonds are set. When | | | | pattern to a box-like one. It is this |
| working with natural stones. They may be | | | | particular structure that gives diamond |
| independent retailers themselves, or | | | | its hardness as well as the octagonal |
| provide products for jewelry retail | | | | shape of the rough stones. |
| chains. | | | | Cutting The Stone |
| 2. Investors: While this should seem | | | | The value of wholesale diamond jewelry |
| self explanatory, it is worth pointing | | | | is dependent on the cut, which is |
| out that unlike gold and silver, | | | | something that jewelry wholesalers look |
| diamonds are not traded or subject to | | | | at closely. Until modern times, diamond |
| the same kind of speculation as most | | | | cutting in preparation for the creation |
| typical commodities. Those who collect | | | | of wholesale diamond jewelry could be |
| certified loose diamonds usually have | | | | accomplished only with diamond, due to |
| different reasons for doing so. | | | | that substance's hardness. Not only |
| 3. Jewelry Retail Dealers: If such a | | | | that, but the process was uncertain and |
| store or company has its own in-house | | | | involved an extreme amount of |
| jewelers (most do), they are virtually | | | | nerve-wracking, painstaking precision. |
| always on the lookout for the best deals | | | | Today however, diamond that is used in |
| on certified loose diamonds that have | | | | wholesale diamond jewelry is cut with |
| been analyzed and appraised from weight, | | | | lasers, using computer-aided design. |
| color and cut. If not, they will | | | | Nonetheless, it is still a precision |
| purchase finished, wholesale diamond | | | | process that requires not only creative |
| jewelry for resale to the general | | | | vision, but precision mathematical |
| public. | | | | calculations as well. It is why the |
| How Diamonds Are Made | | | | creation of wholesale diamond jewelry is |
| There are actually two kinds of | | | | as much science as it is art. |