neutral · gemstone
Diamond
The stone at the heart of the wheel
- Birthstone
- April
- Hardness
- Mohs 10
- Colour
- neutral
Diamond is crystallised carbon, formed a hundred miles beneath the surface under heat and pressure no other gem endures, and carried up in ancient volcanic pipes. It is the hardest natural material known, a perfect 10 on the Mohs scale, which is why a diamond's polish holds its fire for generations of daily wear.
Enter the Stone Room · Diamond, staged →Diamond, the story
The name comes from the Greek adamas, the unconquerable, and for most of history that is exactly what it was: a stone that could be cut by nothing but itself. What we call a diamond's life, its brightness, its fire, its scintillation, is really the work of the cutter, hundreds of years of learning how to fold light inside a colourless crystal and send it back to the eye.
At LM Gems the diamond sits at the centre of the wheel because it sits at the centre of the craft: the old mine cuts Laura seeks out carry the hand of their first cutter, and every bespoke piece begins the way a diamond does, with the choice of a shape.
April's birthstone, and the traditional stone of promise: clarity, endurance, and a love meant to outlast everything around it.