Did you know? - A few interesting facts about jewelry

• Did you know that even though a Diamond is known to be the hardest material mineral known to man, if you hit it with a hammer you would crush it to a powder? This so called “hardness” relates to it’s ability to scratch other materials. 

And by the way: Never test a diamond by scratching a glass surface, it will damage the surface of the diamond. Even an imitation glass diamond will scratch the surface of glass.

• Did you know that Platinum is one of the world’s strongest metals? It weighs 60% more than karat gold. Just holding it in your hand, you can feel the difference. 

Not everyone can own Platinum jewelry because there simply isn’t enough of it in world. For example: all the Platinum ever mined would fit in an average sized living room.

• Did you know that the largest gold nugget found in the U.S.A. was in California and it weighed 195 pounds? 

• Did you know that gold in it’s pure form (24 carats) is so soft that it bends easily like lead metal and has to be mixed with other metals to make durable jewelry? That is why gold comes in 18  carat gold, 14 carat gold, 10 carat gold, 10 carat gold being the one with less gold in it.

• Did you know that colored Diamonds are called “fancies” and are rare and those with pronounced colors are worth more than the finest white varieties?














Text: Sandra Kemppainen, photos: wikipedia, freedigitalphotos.net