{"id":43,"date":"2009-04-23T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T17:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mardonjewelers.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?p=43"},"modified":"2009-04-23T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T17:56:33","slug":"the-big-deal-about-blue-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/gemstones\/the-big-deal-about-blue-diamonds","title":{"rendered":"The big deal about blue diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent buzz about the 7-carat Cullinan Blue diamond to be offered at the upcoming Sotheby auction in Geneva and the record setting sale of the Wittelsbach Blue by Christies in December 2008 has generated a lot of interest in colored diamonds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/04\/christies-diamond_1106176c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/04\/christies-diamond_1106176c-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/04\/christies-diamond_1106176c-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/04\/christies-diamond_1106176c.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These ultra-rare Type IIb diamonds are truly distinctive&#8211; besides their blue color, they are the only diamonds that conduct electricity. The Premier Mine of South Africa is one of the few mines with a relatively notable production of blue diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>Natural blue diamonds are properly described as Fancy Blue, etc.<\/p>\n<p>For a more complete discussion of diamond types, fancy grades, and blue diamond facts, read our Blog post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mardonjewelers.com\/blog\/gem-industry-news\/what-is-a-fancy-blue-diamond\/\" target=\"_blank\">What is a Fancy Blue diamond?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent buzz about the 7-carat Cullinan Blue diamond to be offered at the upcoming Sotheby auction in Geneva and the record setting sale of the Wittelsbach Blue by Christies in December 2008 has generated a lot of interest in colored diamonds. These ultra-rare Type IIb diamonds are truly distinctive&#8211; besides their blue color, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,7],"tags":[69,90,233,252,262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}