* To produce a single one-carat diamond, 250 tons of earth will be mined.
* Gem-quality diamonds are made up from less than 20 percent of the diamonds mined worldwide.
* The first written notation of precious diamonds dates back to around 500 B.C.
* In their purest state, diamonds are brilliant and entirely colorless.
* Diamonds are found in a variety of colors. Blue and pink diamonds are among the rarest, and yellow and brown as among the most common.
* The diamond is the hardest natural substance found on the earth.
* The diamond is rock hard and virtually fireproof. In order for a diamond to burn, it must be heated to one-thousand, two-hundred, and ninety-two degrees Fahrenheit.
* In one-thousand polished diamonds, only one will weigh more than one carat.
* Although the U.S. accounts for less than one-percent of total global gemstone productions, America buys more than half of the world's total gem quality diamonds - accounting for the world's largest diamond market.
* Australia accounts for producing the most diamonds in volume.
* The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is the worlds only diamond mine open to the public - this is a dig-for-fee operation for tourists and rock enthusiasts.
* Since as far back as 1906, there have been more than 70,000 diamonds discovered in The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas - this includes the 40.23 carat "Uncle Sam Diamond" - the largest diamond of its kind ever found in the U.S discovered in 1924.
* Gem-quality diamonds are made up from less than 20 percent of the diamonds mined worldwide.
* The first written notation of precious diamonds dates back to around 500 B.C.
* In their purest state, diamonds are brilliant and entirely colorless.
* Diamonds are found in a variety of colors. Blue and pink diamonds are among the rarest, and yellow and brown as among the most common.
* The diamond is the hardest natural substance found on the earth.
* The diamond is rock hard and virtually fireproof. In order for a diamond to burn, it must be heated to one-thousand, two-hundred, and ninety-two degrees Fahrenheit.
* In one-thousand polished diamonds, only one will weigh more than one carat.
* Although the U.S. accounts for less than one-percent of total global gemstone productions, America buys more than half of the world's total gem quality diamonds - accounting for the world's largest diamond market.
* Australia accounts for producing the most diamonds in volume.
* The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is the worlds only diamond mine open to the public - this is a dig-for-fee operation for tourists and rock enthusiasts.
* Since as far back as 1906, there have been more than 70,000 diamonds discovered in The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas - this includes the 40.23 carat "Uncle Sam Diamond" - the largest diamond of its kind ever found in the U.S discovered in 1924.
