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