So, what’s the big deal anyways? Diamonds have always been passed down from generation to generation for centuries, which we call estate jewelry, or heirlooms. Other times, these lots are sold to networks of diamond buyers that sell to independent, local jewelers. They are sometimes put into lots and then sold off to buyers and representatives that handle the buying for large retail companies. Being in the diamond business, I can tell you that diamonds are sold every single day to dealers around the globe and those stones are not replanted back into the ground. But, don’t get alarmed, no one can really know for sure if you are wearing a used diamond unless you purchase it straight from the diamond mine yourself. More than a billion dollars worth of recycled diamonds is sold in stores today. Additionally, many jewelers take used diamonds and convert them into new fashionable designs making the tracking of these used diamonds more difficult. Diamonds are often sold back to dealers and retailers and are then recut, reshaped, reset, repolished, and remounted into beautiful new settings and sold as “new” diamonds. Nearly every diamond that has been mined is still in circulation today. With that being said, chances are, the diamond you are wearing on your finger has been worn before. So, when you are looking at diamonds in the jewelry store, you can’t tell if that diamond is “used.” In fact, 1 in 10 diamonds, possibly even more that you see in jewelry stores are pre-owned stones. As a result, you can not tell the difference between a diamond worn 300 years ago from a diamond freshly mined. The most wonderful quality about diamonds is that they are one of the only types of physical matter on this earth that do not wear and tear. A diamond may be forever, but that doesn’t mean it has to remain with the same owner forever.

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