From http://www.diamonds-gemstones-jewelry.com

The Hope Diamond -- a very expensive, 45.2 carat blue diamond...

Below are a list of sites and places where I got some of my information.



Alden, A. (2004). The Diamond Zone. Retrieved April 6, 2004, from http://geology.about.com/library/weekly/aa021598.htm

Diamonds-Gemstones-Jewelry (2004). Hope Diamond. Retrieved April 20, 2004, from http://www.diamonds-gemstones-jewelry.com/diamond-famous/hope-diamond.aspx

Eberle, J.M. (2004). Diamant. Retrieved April 2, 2004, from http://mineralinfocatalogue.brgm.fr/veille/L0302.htm

Edwards, J. (2000). Diamond Financial Services. Retrieved April 2, 2004, from http://www.diafinance.com/aboutdiamonds.html

Friedman, H. (2004). The Gemstone Kingdom. Retrieved April 2, 2004, from http://www.minerals.net/resource/property/luster.htm

Gems and Precious Stones -- UW-Madison lecture. (Fall of 2003).

JCRS (2004). Jewelry Insurance Issues. Retrieved April 2, 2004, from http://www.jcrs.com/newsletters/2003/2003_07.htm

Jewelry Plus (2004). Anatomy of a Diamond. Retrieved April 2, 2004, from http://www.jewelry-plus.com/eshop/DiamondGeol.html

Northern Illinois University (2004). Mineral Resources. Retrieved April 6, 2004, from http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/fischer/105_info/105_E_notes/lecture_notes/Mineral_Resources/MR_part2.html

Pearson Prentice Hall (2004). Earths Interior. Retrieved April 6, 2004, from http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_activity_library/earths_interior.html

University of California -- Berkeley (2004). Diamonds and Diamond Simulants. Retrieved April 10, 2004, from http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~eps2/wisc/lecture6.html

UNM Computer Science (2004). Crystal Lab. Retrieved April 20, 2004, from http://www.cs.unm.edu/~joel/CrystalLab/CrystalLab.html