A small stone preferably a ruby is what I like.
If I have to go with a diamond small that sparkles and shines, a huge
stone would look ridiculous on my finger.

I want size and quality!

i have one rather large diamond ring that was given to me at sixteen.
it was my mother's wedding ring to my father, re-set.

i don't, as a rule, like diamonds...and had none in my wedding ring.

my first set was alot of diamonds, qaulity kind..my second was just a
small gold wedding band. My small wedding band meant much more to me
than all the diamonds my 1st gave me.

creation an honest answer!!!!



to the Q



greed!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it

I prefer uncut rocks, minerals and crystals!

I have a diamond in my safe! I like my Emeralds better!

well, i personally don't want a diamond. I would rather have a ruby,
emerald, sapphire or onyx. But the metal must be silver or platinum

Tulip, I'll play!

However, I have an edge. My Dad was a jeweler.

Anything over 1/2 carat must be high quality and color. Even at a 1/2
carat you can see the fire across a room.

However, if you are going BIG (2+ carats), you can have a flaw that can
be concealed by the setting.

Personal preference is white gold or platinum. Tiffany or antique
setting.

OOOOO

ty michele

hello sanna

This is something that always gets overlooked about diamonds.


They are not rare or prescious, there just horded by rich white
families, stolen from poor, black nations.


why not go for silver, gold or a rare stone?

I do not like them

whiskey I am a ware of this .


however you can find out where these diamonds are purchased.


they are not all retreived in a vile manner.


But, I do hear what your saying

<<<<<< For sale

What is that national park, where you can find some kind of jewel?
There was a recent lrg record find. Was that diamonds or something
else? anyone know?

i live in arkansas, and yes...we have a park here where you pay an
entrance fee and get to dig all you wish. any diamonds you find are
identified for you...and you get to keep them.

some HUGE ones have come out of here.

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/

The "Strawn-Wagner Diamond"

On permanent display at Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park, where
it was discovered, the "Strawn-Wagner Diamond" is the most perfect
diamond the American Gem Society (AGS) ever certified. Graded the
perfect grade of O/O/O (Ideal cut/D color/ Flawless), or "Triple Zero,"
it is the highest grade a diamond can achieve. This is the most perfect
a cut diamond can be. A diamond this perfect is so rare than most
jewelers and gemologists will never see one during their entire career.

Found at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in 1990 by Shirley Strawn of
Murfreesboro, Arkansas, this diamond weighed 3.03 carats in the rough.
In 1997, under the recommendation of Bill Underwood, Arkansas's first
certified gemologist, the gem was sent to Lazare Kaplan International of
New York for cutting. Lazare Kaplan cut the gem to perfection into a
1.09-carat, round brilliant shape diamond featuring an "Ideal Cut." This
cut allows for the maximum amount of light to be reflected from one
facet to another and up through the top.
Diamond Ring


In 1998, the AGS certified this diamond. A diamond this perfect, and
weighing over a carat after cutting, is estimated to occur one time in a
billion. Its occurrence is even more rare coming from a non-commercial
diamond mine.

Underwood's Fine Jewelers of Fayetteville, Arkansas, handcrafted the
mounting of pure platinum and pure 24-karat gold to be symbolic of
Arkansas, The Natural State. The platinum shank has a thin inlay of gold
in the middle. Two gold apple blossoms on each side of the crown
represent Arkansas's state flower.

Nature formed, and man then transformed this diamond to the perfect
one-in-a-billion gem you see today.

Really?

I dint know there were diamonds in the US

yep, only public site in the world...i know quite a few folks that have
found some that were at least salable.

Arkansas, The Natural State, is blessed with an abundance of geological
wonders. The Crater of Diamonds State Park, the only diamond-producing
site in the world open to the public, stands out as a unique geological
"gem" for you to explore and enjoy.

Here, you are invited to prospect in the park's diamond search area, a
37-acre plowed field that is the eroded surface of an ancient volcanic
pipe that 95 million years ago, brought to the surface the diamonds and
some of the semi-precious stones lucky visitors find here today.

Diamonds of all colors of the rainbow can be found here at Crater of
Diamonds, but the three most common colors unearthed by park visitors
are white, brown and yellow. This Arkansas Diamond Mine is a rockhound's
delight since, along with diamonds, over 40 types of rocks and minerals
can found here, too. These rocks and minerals include lamproite,
amethyst, banded agate, jasper, peridot, garnet, quartz, calcite, barite
and hematite.

In 1906, John Huddleston, the local farmer who owned this property then,
found the first diamonds here in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, and started the
diamond mining rush. According to the history of the Crater of Diamonds
State Park, after a series of ill-fated mining ventures followed by
tourist attractions, the site became an Arkansas state park in 1972.

Within the park boundary many remnants of old mining ventures remain
including the Mine Shaft Building, the Guard House, mining plant
foundations, old mining equipment and smaller artifacts. Nowhere else is
North American diamond mining history as evident or as well preserved as
here.

Along with the diamond search area, the park has hundreds of acres of
natural forest featuring a diversity of flora and fauna and offering
visitors interesting things to do in the area. Arkansas' natural and
cultural diversity -- the geology, the site's history, the plants and
animals -- makes the Crater of Diamonds State Park a unique Arkansas
attraction unlike any other in the world. You are invited to visit this
one-of-a-kind attraction and experience the thrill of searching for real
diamonds in the rough. Our park staff will identify your finds for you.
And, the policy here is "finders keepers." Any diamonds, semi-precious
stones, rocks or minerals you unearth are yours to keep, regardless of
their value.

wow!