| Diamonds are extremely hard and durable. | | | | remove the grease and melt it away, leaving |
| Take care of your diamond by avoiding breaks | | | | the diamonds. |
| and scratches and keep it clean. With good | | | | |
| care, your diamond will have the same sparkle | | | | Remember diamond's attraction to grease when |
| and beauty in ten, a hundred or a thousand | | | | you touch a diamond with your finger. The |
| years. Diamonds do not fade, tarnish or wear | | | | oil from your fingertips will coat the |
| out like most materials. The secret to | | | | diamond and reduce the sparkle. The same is |
| keeping a diamond's sparkle is keeping it | | | | true when your diamond ring touches the oil |
| clean. | | | | in your hair. Hand creams, lotions, hair |
| | | | spray, soap, and grease from food will create |
| Diamonds are the hardest natural material. | | | | a film on your diamond that hides its beauty. |
| Only a diamond can scratch a diamond. Use | | | | When you put your hands in dishwater, the |
| great caution when wearing multiple diamond | | | | dirt and grease in the water will adhere to |
| rings on the same finger. If the diamonds of | | | | the diamond. Dust and powders also cling to |
| one ring touch diamonds in another ring, both | | | | diamonds. |
| diamonds will likely end up scratched in a | | | | |
| relatively short time. If you have a diamond | | | | Fortunately, diamonds are easy to clean. Put |
| wedding band next to your diamond engagement | | | | your diamond jewelry in a warm solution of |
| ring, be sure their design allows them to fit | | | | mild liquid detergent and water. You can |
| together so the diamonds do not touch. | | | | also use the containers of "Jewelry Cleaner" |
| | | | available at jewelry and department stores. |
| The next most dangerous place for diamonds | | | | These typically have a small basket the ring |
| scratching each other is in the jewelry box. | | | | can sit in and a small, soft brush to clean |
| Do not throw your diamond rings, diamond | | | | the hard to reach places around the diamond. |
| earrings, and diamond bracelet together. | | | | Swish the ring around in the solution, rinse |
| Since diamonds will scratch diamonds, think | | | | it with warm water, and dry the ring with a |
| of what they can do to other gemstones and | | | | lint-free cloth. While chemicals will |
| precious metals. Keep your diamond jewelry | | | | probably not hurt your diamond, harsh |
| in separate compartments or isolated by soft | | | | chemicals like chlorine or bleach can weaken |
| cloth to keep them from rubbing each other. | | | | and discolor the metal in the jewelry. Keep |
| | | | in mind that swimming pools and hot tubs |
| While diamonds are very durable, they can | | | | usually have high levels of chlorine and are |
| break or chip. You would not let someone hit | | | | not a safe place for jewelry. |
| your diamond with a steel hammer but your | | | | |
| diamond ring faces the same type of danger | | | | There are many types of ultrasonic cleaners |
| every day. File cabinets, metal seat belt | | | | available to the public today. The piece of |
| buckles, and car doors are just a few of the | | | | jewelry sits in a basket of water and |
| metal surfaces that can hit a diamond in the | | | | detergent. The ultrasonic cleaner produces |
| course of a normal day. Avoid sharp impacts | | | | high-frequency turbulence that is an |
| with hard surfaces and you will avoid chips | | | | excellent way to clean the hard to get at |
| and cracks in your diamond. | | | | part of jewelry. Not all gemstones are as |
| | | | durable as diamonds. Never put soft |
| Diamonds are natural grease attractors. Some | | | | materials like emeralds, opals and pearls in |
| diamond mines separate diamonds from the | | | | an ultrasonic cleaner. |
| broken rocks by running the material over a | | | | |
| conveyor belt covered with a layer of grease. | | | | With a little common sense and regular |
| Diamonds stick to the grease and the rocks | | | | cleaning, your diamonds will keep their |
| slide off. At the end of the shift, they | | | | sparkle and beauty for years of enjoyment. |