Everyone is Unique, So is a Diamond

Everyone is unique. For the next few posts Let me take you on a journey that each diamond has to take before it reaches the ring finger of that special person in your life that will stand by you through the rest of your life.

Diamonds are pure elemental carbon. They are the hardest of all gemstones. Being a 10 in hardness. Sapphire being a nine in hardness. The diamond has the highest melting point of any substance 6380 degrees Fahrenheit. Diamonds are made of carbon - the most common substance on earth. It is the only gem in the world that is formed from a single element.

When God created man in His own image, He formed him from the dust of the ground.

Everyone that is born into this world starts on the same playing field….a black piece of carbon.

But something happens to some of those black pieces of carbon that cause it to become a rough diamond—formed deep within the earth under extreme heat and pressure. Most diamonds are formed at depths of 150 miles all the way to depths of 400 miles The English word “diamond” comes from the Greek word adamas meaning “the invincible.”

Diamonds form deep below the Earth’s surface, in the molten rock of the Earth’s mantle, which provides the right amounts of pressure and heat to transform carbon into diamond. In order for a diamond to be created, carbon must be placed under at least 435,113 pounds per square inch of pressure at a temperature of at least 752 degrees Fahrenheit. If conditions drop below either of these two points, graphite will be created. Most diamonds that we see today were formed thousands of years ago at the time of creation. Powerful magma eruptions brought the diamonds to the surface, creating kimberlite pipes. This pressure makes them the hardest substance in the world: 10 in hardness.

God makes diamonds for His glory and not for ours. God can be seen and understood when you have a basic understanding of the Four C’s (Clarity, Color, Cut, and Carat Weight).