MAY GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday, May 13 ● 10 am to 12 pm
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd

INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND CENTER
Sarasota, FL

Join Katie Del Valle for a lively talk about a girl’s best friend … DIAMONDS!

In the meantime, here are some interesting facts about diamonds:

• Mined diamonds from below the Earth’s outer crust are approximately 100 miles deep.
• Ancient Greeks and Romans believed that diamonds were tears from gods.
• Diamond is the only gem made from a single element: 99.95% carbon, the most commonly found element on Earth.
• No one knows how long it takes diamonds to form underground as mined diamonds are ancient, most likely billions of years old.
• It takes 725,000 pounds per square inch of pressure and a temperature of 2200 degrees Celsius to create a diamond.
• The gemstones are brought to the Earth’s surface via very rare explosive kimberlite eruptions. The last eruption was between 10 to 25 million years ago.
• Only 20% of all diamonds mined have a clarity appropriate for use as a gemstone.
• The only piece of equipment that can cut through a diamond is another diamond.
• Diamonds were being traded in India as early as the 4th century BC
• A candle flame has about 1.5 million diamond nanoparticles.
• You have the option of compressing your loved one’s ashes and turning them into an artificial diamond.
• The first known use of the diamond as an engagement ring took place in 1477 where the bride’s name was spelled out in diamonds on the ring
• Lab grown diamonds are structurally and chemically identical to mined ones. In 2018 the Federal Trade Commission revised its guides to eliminate any distinction between mined and lab diamonds.

Want more facts? refer to theFACTfile.org
****This meeting is also an opportunity to bring special self care items to add to our Mother’s Day donation for the women of SOLVE and HOPE. Thank you!