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We all know that a coated white quality paper like MultiArt can lift and emphasise the colour reproduction of an image. And, much in the same way, it’s the colourlessness of diamonds that allows for the breathtaking play of light that we all have come to associate with the diamond. Furthermore, diamonds are valued by how closely they approach colourlessness on a scale grading from D to Z. To complicate matters, some diamonds have colour impurities and are classified as ”Fancy” or ”FA” on a different scale. These naturally coloured diamonds range in colour from yellow and orange all the way through the colour chart to pink, blue and violet, and all shades between.

The 4 C’s of diamonds refer to Colour, Cut, Carat and Clarity. These are the four most important variables that are used to determine the value of a specific diamond. As expected, the authenticity and certification process is very important in the diamond industry.

The company HRD in Antwerp issue diamond certificates containing a full and detailed quality description, focussing on the famous 4C’s.

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The largest diamond museum in the world is, of course, located in Antwerpen. Visitors are guided through the museum by both images and sound in an interactive tour of how important diamonds always have been for Antwerpen. Apart from the vast number of real historical and contemporary diamonds, the high point of the museum is the treasury chamber featuring an extensive collection of superbly crafted replicas of famous diamond and diamond jewellery.

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Ancient gem and diamond traders supposedly found the seeds of the Mediterranean Carob tree to be very uniform in weight. They used the seeds to counterbalance their scales in order to get a trustworthy benchmark measure of weight. It’s from the word Carob we’ve derived the word “carat”. And of the four C’s, the Carat weight of a diamond is the one most people have the firmest grasp upon: The larger the carat number, the bigger the stone and the heftier the price tag. Now this is true in most cases, but diamonds of equal weight can have very different prices depending on the 3 other “C’s” of diamonds. Furthermore, there are “magic sizes” like an 0.5 carat diamond, or a 1.0, not to mention a 10.0 that comes with an almost ridiculous extra cost.

The most prestigious diamond jewellery design contest in the world is the biennial HRD Awards in Antwerpen. The contest offers a forum to designers to present and promote their jewels worldwide.

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The history of Antwerpen is literally diamond-laced. Since as far back as the 15th century the city has been a leading diamond centre. Today, still as much as 80% of all rough or cut diamonds pass through Antwerpen for trading, cutting or both. Antwerpen has some of the best diamond-cutters and polishers in the world. About 1500 diamond firms and some 250 cutting factories give merchants as well as the serious engagement ring shopper plenty to gaze at.

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The opacity of the paper is essential to the final results of a print-job. The super-smooth high opacity surface of MultiArt makes for great reproduction of high-definition photos. In the diamond business, opacity is equally important, but with the inverse relation. The
clarity of a diamond refers to how clearly it’s able to allow light to pass through it, reflect it and refract within it. The most flawless diamonds are given a grade of, that’s right, Flawless (FL) and are of course the most valuable. Without the aide of magnification the human eye cannot detect flaws of any grade diamond of SI2 and above. Consequently, a perfectly cut diamond, graded SI2 for clarity will look the same as an equally cut diamond graded VS1. Though the former will save you a lot of money.

The world’s most renowned diamond cutter is Antwerpen-based Gabi Tolkowsky. In 1988 he took on a massive 599 carat rough diamond and over the period of three years cut it into the masterpiece known as The Centenary Diamond. The Centenary is the world’s largest FL, Flawless diamond weighing in (after Gabi’s cutting) at 273,85 carats.