Diamond Body Jewelry

One of the category i.e. body piercing jewellery became rapidly popular. Better materials such as gold and diamonds are being increasingly used to make unique body jewellery because of the growing demand and rise in quality standards. At the same time, it is trendy, fashionable and attractive. Many celebrities and stars sport unique forms of diamond jewellery such as diamond navel jewellery, diamond barbells, etc.

Diamonds are known for their physical properties like:

1. They have a crystal structure and consist of tetrahedral bonded carbon which gives it the kind of properties it has, such as toughness, hardness, and a high refractive index.
2. They are the hardest material known. They can help in cutting, polishing and wearing away any other materials due to their own hardness. Diamonds are very suitable for making diamond body jewelry as they cannot be scratched, have a fine luster and maintain their polish for a long time.
3. The obvious toughness of diamonds prevents it from breakage or damage. They have also high refractive index (i.e. high dispersion of light).

All the above properties of diamond give it the luster and the gemstone sparkle characteristics.

To assess the quality of the diamond body jewellery, you should know the Four C's of a diamond:

1. Cut:
This characteristic determines a diamond’s facets and thus its brilliance. The cut of the diamond used in your diamond body jewelry does not conce
the shape of the diamond really but more often the uniformity of facets, design and placement of facets, its width and depth.

2. Color:
Depending on the impurities it has, they are available in many different shades of color. A pure diamond is colorless and transparent and high priced. The color range is mostly from clear to yellow when talking about a genuine diamond.

3. Clarity:
Pure diamonds are perfectly clear. But, it is very difficult to find or afford such diamonds as most of the flaws are visible only through a powerful magnifying glass. Each diamond can be compared to another without much technical knowledge at all to rate the clarity on a set scale.

4. Carat:
This partially determines the price of your diamond body jewelry just as the color and clarity play roles in the price. The carat weight refers to the actual weight and also the approximate size of the diamond.