18 hours (about 15 hours moving time - yea we took lots of pictures and stuff). In one day! This is called Rim to Rim to Rim or if you are really cool, you call it R3.Ĥ8.3 miles. Or, maybe that the 48.3 mile run was done from th e South Rim of the Grand Canyon down to the Colorado River, up to the North Rim of the canyon and back again. Or, maybe that I even did a 48.3 mile run. But, this resurrection could only be done for something epic like me not having to poop during a 48.3 mile run. I know there are other causalities out there. You should not buy them if you are looking for black diamonds but you should know about them and watch out for them.HI! Do you hear something? That is the sound of me resurrecting this blog from the annals of the blog graveyard.
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Simulants / synthetics on the other hand are just like buying a cubic zirconia and are almost free - you can buy them "a dime a dozen" in sites like Alibaba. The reason I did cover the subject of "man-made black diamonds" here is because I know it is searched for and written about but to be honest I have never encountered such - probably because it is not economic to produce.Īlso, as other hi-tech products, with the advancement of technology their prices are constantly going down. Natural blue and pink diamonds cost tens if not hundreds of thousands per carat and brown or black diamonds cost about $2,000 - $3,000 per carat. This is why while you can see a market for lab-grown blue and pink diamonds there is no market for lab grown brown diamonds or black diamonds - there is no economic sense. The reason is that there are tons of research expenses, heavy and expensive machinery, men power. Lab grown diamonds are actually, in a way, hi-tech companies and while treated diamonds are vastly cheaper than regular diamonds, lab grown diamonds are still not as cheap. While to me these are basically all more less the same, I believe that those who deal with these type of diamonds would not agree with me (and would be very angered with me).Īll of these are usually referred as faux but to be honest there is a vast difference between them.īut, to be honest, there is a vast difference between them.
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Treated black diamonds are regular white diamonds that are usually of extremely low value due to the high amount of inclusions in them.Not that clear.īut in other words, while "regular" natural colored diamonds get their color due to impurities that are attached to them during the formation process (for example boron causes blue diamonds), black diamonds are similar to white diamonds that have an extremely high amount of inclusions, clusters of graphite inside of them to the point that they simply appear black. The "dry" explanation to what a black diamond is, is an impure form of polycrystalline diamond consisting of diamond, graphite, and amorphous carbon. Natural Black Diamonds are actually quite different than other colored diamonds.
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I'll explain the differences between the types :
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The fact is that there are three types of black diamonds and with them there are three prices of black diamonds: natural black diamonds – also called fancy black diamonds and Carbonados, man-made black diamonds and treated black diamonds which are the ones most people refer to when they search for black diamonds – even if they are not aware of it.