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- Some Very Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know About Mechanical Watches
by Gregg Hall. Today's watches come with so much technology that they bear little resemblance to the ones that were worn by our ancestors. They not only tell the time of local regions, but can also reflect the time in regions all over the world. Unlike the original watches, they not only tell the hour and the minute but can pinpoint the time down to the second. They reflect the date and often come with built in... products, articles, news
- Why Mechanical Watches Still Have A Place In The Watch Market
by Gregg Hall. Mechanical watches are the old fashioned watches that need to be wound up every day. They have no pretensions about them, no gimmicks just good old fashioned watch making at its best. Some people swear by them and will not go near a digital watch. They say they trust the old style more. Mechanical watches they say give a more accurate time. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact they feel t... products, articles, news
- Facts About Green Diamonds
by David Cowley. A natural diamond coming into contact with a radioactive source at some point during its lifetime causes some diamonds to develop a green coloration. The time required may be as much as a million years or longer. Green diamonds of this nature are very unique.
The most common form of irradiation diamonds comes from alpha particles found in uranium compounds or from percolating groundwater. Gre... products, articles, news
- The Shining Facts about Silver
by Ann Knapp. Demand for silver comes from three major areas: industrial, photography and jewelry and silverware. These three categories represent more than 95 percent of annual silver consumption. While jewelry is instantly recognizable as an element in jewelry its role in the modern word goes far beyond jewelry, let's take a look at why silver is so important.
Sparkling tableware, shining jewelry, and silve... products, articles, news
- Fun Facts About Gold Jewelry
by Ann Knapp. If you are fascinated by gold, as most humans have been for the past 7,000 years, then you might find the following facts about the beautiful metal that you may be wearing on your neck, wrists and fingers to be quite interesting and in some cases surprising as well.
Gold and copper were the first metals to be discovered by man, around 5000BC, and together with silver these three metals are found... products, articles, news
- Facts About Man Made Diamonds
by David Cowley. De Beers was founded in South Africa in 1888 and today is the largest producer and seller of diamonds. Almost from the beginning the De Beers company has had a strangle hold on the diamond industry and a huge advertising budget. Diamonds are not as rare as the advertiser would have you to believe. De Beers keeps a huge stockpile of diamonds and tightly controls supply.
De Beers started the ve... products, articles, news
- Facts About Yellow Diamonds
by David Cowley. Yellow diamonds were once thought to be inferior. Paler yellows, such as canary yellow, are more common but are not as desirable as their darker counterparts. Intense fancy yellow diamonds are the most rare and valuable of the yellow diamonds. A tiny .25-carat yellow diamond can be priced as high as 10,000 dollars depending on its clarity and cut. Several larger 6 carat Fancy Vivid Yellow dia... products, articles, news
- Facts About Black Diamonds
by David Cowley. Black diamonds are also called carbonados diamonds. The Portuguese in Brazil coined the term carbonados in the mid-18th century. It derived from its visual similarity to porous charcoal. Black diamonds are found only in Brazil and the Central African Republic.
Approximately 600 tons of conventional diamonds have been mined, traded, polished since 1900. But not a single black diamond has been ... products, articles, news
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