Tears of Adamas: A New Old-Fashion Fairy Tale Short Story by Su Williams

Author:Su Williams [Williams, Su]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00NAX523E
Publisher: Su Williams & Dream Weaver Novels
Published: 2014-09-02T23:00:00+00:00

Dedicated to all the good, the kind, and the generous people who have shared their lives and gifts with me.

Did you know?

 Diamonds form in vertical pipes filled with igneous rocks.

 The hardness of diamond and its high dispersion of light gives the diamond its "fire", and this dispersion of white light casts it into spectral colors

 There is a weekly diamond price list released as the price of diamonds fluctuates

 The clarity of a diamond is measured by internal defects called inclusions

 There are mathematical guidelines for the angles and length ratios at which the diamond is supposed to be cut in order to reflect the maximum amount of light.

 The round brilliant cut is considered the optimum cut for a diamond that calculates the ideal shape to return and scatter light when a diamond is viewed from above. The standard cut has 33 facets on the crown (the top half above the middle or girdle of the stone), and 25 on the pavilion (the lower half below the girdle)

 Brilliance refers to the white light reflections from the external and internal facet surfaces.

 Fire refers to the spectral colors which are produced as a result of the diamond dispersing the white light.

 Scintillation refers to the small flashes of light that are seen when the diamond, light source or the viewer is moved

 Historically, some jewelers' stones were misgraded because of smudges on the girdle, or dye on the culet. Current practice is to clean a diamond thoroughly before grading its color

 Historically, it has been claimed that diamonds possess several supernatural powers:

 Panics, pestilences, enchantments, all fly before it; hence, it is good for sleepwalkers and the insane.

 It deprives lodestone and magnets of their virtue (i.e., ability to attract iron).

 Arabic diamonds are said to attract iron greater than a magnet

 In traditional Hinduism one should avoid contact with a diamond whose surface area is damaged by a crack, a crowfoot, a round, dull, speckled area, or which is black-blue, flat, or is cut other than the (ideal) hexagonal shape.

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