What Are Dirty Diamonds?
A dirty diamond is one of two things: a rough diamond, or a diamond that hasn’t been
cleaned in a while. Rough diamonds are uncut and unpolished – hence, they are dirty.
But that type of dirty diamond will soon be cut and polished and sitting in a beautiful
jewel box in a display case. Then someone will purchase it, and before long, it will become a dirty diamond once again.
Diamonds become dirty. When you wash your hands with a diamond ring on, soap
scum clings to it. When you put on hand lotion, it gets grease on it. Shower with your diamond earrings or necklace, and again, you get soap scum. In one short day, your brand new diamond could be dirty!
Purchase an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner the same day that you purchase your diamond jewelry, and use it every single day, without fail. The clarity of the diamond changes when the diamond is dirty – it loses its sparkle. By taking one minute each day to clean your diamond jewelry, you can avoid
this, and your diamonds will never be dirty!
The clarity of the diamond does not change when a diamond becomes dirty, rather the return of light is effected through the cut facets being disturbed by dirt and grime. Absolutely correct, you can buy a cheap ultrasonic jewellery cleaner for under $100 and it will work prefectly on your house hold jewellery. Do not get sucked into a more expensive version, they only become necessary when you manufacture jewellery and need it going 24/7
Jake
http://www.diamond-rings.co.nz