The William Goldberg Diamond Collection: How the Ashoka Diamond Comes to Be

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

How the Ashoka Diamond Comes to Be

While everyone knows that diamonds are the most exquisite stone to wear in jewelry, many people don’t know exactly how the diamonds are created. Obviously diamonds don’t just appear out of thin air, or you would be able to buy them out of quarter machines in your local market. When people say that diamonds take a long time to be created, they are not exaggerating. Diamonds can take hundreds of millions of years to form. They are formed by intense pressure deep in the earth and eventually forced out by volcanic magma. Being able to cut a diamond well takes quite a lot of experience due to the fact that they are an extremely hard rock. Also, because they are so rare and valued, messing up the cut of a diamond is extremely looked down upon.

Once the diamond is found in some way or another, turning it into The Ashoka Diamond is the trick. The diamond is cut with a steel saw wheel that is lubricated with oil and diamond powder. The look of The Ashoka Diamond comes from delicate cut created from different uses of refracted and reflected light. The different light angles give the especially sparkling look that everyone desires in their diamonds. Who wants a diamond that is dull and lifeless? Nobody! The look that Ashoka has is a look that was initially created for the sole purpose of pleasing people. The goal of these diamonds was to focus on light, love, and joy, all of which are to this day brought out through the beauty of these diamonds.