All about Rocks

Manchester City Financed Purchase of Diamonds September 20th, 2009 From admin

Continuing our British football related diamond stories, former Thai premier and Manchester City Chairman Thaksin Shinawatra last week gave a radio interview, the first since his exile, from Thailand in which he confirmed his investment in a diamond mine was financed by profit from the sale of Manchester City Football Club.

Thanksin said that capital used for the purchase of the diamond mined were not impounded by the British because he simply had no bank accounts in England at the time. Regarding his freedom to travel, he said none of the countries he visited had any objection or embarrassment to grant him entry.

The story came about when it was alledged he used his wife’s ID card to purchase a plot of land marked as a Diamond Reserve.

In concluding his interview, he denied speculation about his illness with cancer. He said he was in good health.

Diamonds Linked to Quick Cooling Eons Ago June 30th, 2009 From admin

Ever wondered where the gems that make up your stunning diamond hinged earrings came from?  and I don’t mean which store they were bought from.   I often wonder how old the diamonds are, where and how they were formed and indeed how many civilizations have come and gone in the time my rocks have been in existence.

Why do I think this, well, I’m not just sentimental, nor a science geek.  Being in the industry the natural value and charm of a diamond is always on my mind.  Recently scientists have come a little closer to understanding the origins of our sparkle and bling.

At least once in Earth’s history, global warming ended quickly, and scientists have long wondered why. Now researchers are reporting that the abrupt cooling — which took place about 12,900 years ago, just as the  planet was emerging from an ice age — may have been caused by one or more meteors that slammed into North America.

The hypothesis has been regarded skeptically, but its advocates now report perhaps more convincing residue of impact: a thin layer of microscopic diamonds found in rocks across America and in Europe.  At each of the 30 sites the scientists looked at, the diamond layer in the rocks correlates to the date of the hypothesized impact. Within the layer, the scientists report finding a multitude of diamond particles, all encased within carbon spheres. “We’ve yet to find a single diamond above it,” Dr. West said. “We’ve yet to find a single diamond below it.”

3D Printer & Jewelry Manufacturing February 23rd, 2009 From admin

The world of Jewelry Manufacturing is right now entering a phase of evolution, the old arts of sketching, modeling, reviewing and restarting that long time consuming process until satisfaction are disappearing.

For years already the designers of most of our jewelry have called upon the power of CAD based computer  systems to  quickly sketch 3d models of new classic and modern designs.  This takes place before the time and budget consuming process of 3d modeling to see how it would look in reality.  At that point an approval can be secured and the item can go into full jewelry production.

Today the world of technology has taken strides in the development of 3D Printing for Jewelry Manufacturing.   Companies such as Object Geometries have produced a desktop 3D printer solution that offers an exclusive combination of high-quality, finely detailed models in a compact, office friendly system.

Based on proven technologies and compounds, the PolyJet™ Photopolymer Jetting technology, creates true-to life parts of any kind with extreme accuracy in a matter of minutes.  No need to send CAD sketches away and wait weeks for a 3d model to be returned (at great expense).  Now 3d Print Modeling is as easy as paper printing!

Don’t tell my wife, but I bought her diamond Christmas gift November 29th, 2008 From admin

Luckily my dear wife is not a blogger or a blog follower, so she’s unlikely to read this, so I’m counting you to not let the cat out of the bag. I spend late last night browsing though the web history on our home pc to see what diamond items she’d looked at the most. It didn’t take long to see which item she seemed to prize the most.

For the Christmas, I’ve bought her this

Please keep this to yourself, I’m only really sharing it here so you can get some tips on how to buy your wife the perfect gift without her knowing, the gift she chooses for herself.