Ernest Harris+FollowJewelry makers: Easier diamond matching!Finding perfectly matched diamonds for your jewelry designs just got a whole lot simpler. Rio Grande’s new online program lets you search for calibrated melee diamonds—both natural and lab-grown—by exact size, shape, and carat. That means less time sorting through inconsistent stones and more time focusing on your craft. The real game-changer? They’re offering a wide range of fancy shapes like oval, pear, and marquise, which have always been tough to source in precise sizes. This could seriously raise the bar for custom pieces and high-volume production. Anyone else excited to see how this changes the design process? #Business #jewelrydesign #diamonds00Share
Melvin Mosley+FollowDiamonds Literally Shot Out of the Earth?!Turns out, some of the world’s biggest diamonds were launched to the surface in explosive ‘fountains’ when ancient supercontinents broke apart. We’re talking volcanic blasts so wild, they shot diamonds up at over 80 mph! Scientists now think these eruptions are tied to the breakup of landmasses like Pangaea, and that mapping old rift zones could help find the next mega-stone. Next time you see a diamond, remember: it survived a geological rocket launch! #Science #diamonds #geology30Share
Melvin Mosley+FollowDiamonds’ Wild Ride: The Secret IngredientEver wonder how diamonds make it from deep inside the Earth to your jewelry box? Turns out, they need a wild magma ride powered by at least 8.2% carbon dioxide! Without enough CO2, the diamonds just don’t make it—literally, they’d turn to graphite before reaching the surface. Scientists figured this out by modeling magma from Canada’s Jericho kimberlite, and now we know why some diamond pipes are loaded while others are duds. Science is basically geology’s version of The Amazing Race! #Science #diamonds #science00Share
