[Jewelry making - Article 00227] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Blue

[Benjamin Mark]

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    Blue ... a simple weighty word. A most popular color. Revered by
    some. There's the Blue sky. There are the Blue-Bloods. There are
    Blue 

    Diamonds. There's the Blue and Gold ... Riverdale High Newspaper in
    Archie comics. There are the Blue Angels ... U.S. Navy's flight
    demonstration team. And of course there's Blue Beard and Blue Boy and
    other Blue thingies too numerous to mention. 

    So ... ya wanna know why they call them Blue-Blooded?  Let us return
    to the Renaissance of Spain. Royalty had to maintain it's standards.
    Re: Never lift a finger for any reason. No exertion for the Kingies
    and Queenies and all the other court folksies. The result ... low
    blood oxygenation ... to the point that their veins actually showed
    through their skin and ... lacking the oxygen derived through
    exercise ... seemed a pale blue. Cultural enlightenment resulted in
    the elevation in rank and adoration for those who were abysmally out
    of shape. 

    Which bring us to a Blue of another color ... and the question
    foremost in the minds of the ever inquisitive Tidbits reader. Oh
    Benjamin oh Benjamin ... prithee tell us why is a diamond blue? And
    while you're telling us ... why don't you also tell us what a fancy
    deep blue diamond briolette weighing over 10 carats would be worth. 

    It goes like this folks. We analyze the diamond's atomic structure.
    The inclusion of Boron atoms in the crystal lattice replacing Carbon
    atoms causes the absorption of light in the red portion of the
    spectrum causing said diamond to appear blue. In other words ...
    hunh? Think this could be a song? Ya take a Boron atom and you shake
    it all about .... 

    Briolette ... the cut of royalty. The year: 1669. Jean Babtiste
    Tavernier returns from his travels bringing with him--among other
    things--briolette diamonds ... all of which Louis XIV purchases for
    the French Crown Jewels.  

    'Nuff said. I have an image of a Fancy Deep Blue Briolette Diamond
    weighing 10.48 carats. Value unknown. However ...  for the sake of
    price comparison ... a fancy vivid blue pear-shaped diamond weighing
    over 11 carats sold for over 4 million dollars. So ... ya wanna see?

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Blue ...
    in order to view an incredible Blue Briolette Diamond of the first
    order.  

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com

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