Diamonds are rare, difficult to find, mine, fashion and expensive to buy. Diamond as the advantage of being totally engaging to the human eye, because of its reflective, refractive and natural colour.
All these elements combine to make diamond a gemstone.
Yes.
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Yes, if it is a gem-stone quality diamond.
Gem is a word that describes something valuable, beautiful and cherished. The word can be used to describe an art piece, a stone or rock, a person or even an idea. Diamond is indeed a gem, and there are other stones that are also gems: ruby, sapphire, emerald, to name a few.
One gram translates to five carats of gem-stone weight. Can you do the math?
The gem measures 7.62 mm diagonally across from one edge of the girdle to the other edge. If a diamond, the gem weighs between 1.50 and 1.75 carats.
The cut of a diamond may contain perpendicular lines. The mineral diamond may also have natural perpendicular lines in the lattice, and these are not visible in gem-stone quality diamonds.