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