Globalization of Diamond Industry:
Besides working wonders at home, Indian gems men, particularly diamantaires of the younger generation fanned out to achieve globalization, after successfully democratizing diamonds earlier, to make them available even to the common gems and jewellery lovers. They took small, low-priced diamonds produced in India to every corner of the world. To increase the availability of diamonds, Indian diamantaires not only went places for trading but have also established diamond cutting and polishing plants at various places all over the world. Thus, they have not only by-passed labour and tax related and other daunting problems encountered at some old centres but also exposed other regions of the world to the fascination of charming gems and lovely jewellery, which no more remain the exclusive privilege of the classes, but are now available to the masses as well.
In order to broad-base the diamond industry, Indian diamantaires have successfully undertaken globalization. Consequently, diamond cutting and polishing projects have been established by Indians in various countries like China, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri- Lanka, Indonesia, South Korea, and even Russia near the Arctic Circle. Canada is the next destination. No wonder India has deservingly earned the compliment - "The Sun Never Sets on Indian Diamonds !" Wholesale moonstone JewelleryJewellery on Fast Track:
Traditionally jewellery-Ioving India has taken up jewellery in a big way in modern times. Previously only goldsmiths who operated even in villages were fabricating handcrafted gold and silver jewellery but of late modern manufacturing machines have been installed for mass production of trendy, sophisticated jewels. Fashion designing, even its computerized

Version is spreading and so are scientific training facilities at important centres. Yet another plus point is that for studded jewellery, locally cut and polished diamonds as well as colored gemstones are readily available in India. Lately introduced Hallmarking has also been helpful. Thus, India has taken a head start in the international jewellery market.
Modern machine-made jewellery is being patronized by Indian connoisseurs too. For promoting it, some top-notchers like De Beers have been launching their latest branded jewellery collections in the inland market. Their innovative launches include devotional jewellery and cover such offbeat festive occasions like Ganesh Chaturti, Rakhee and St. Valentine's Day.
To support these ventures the World Gold Council (WGC) and the Platinum Guild International (P.G.I.) are also here at the back and call of the rapidly growing and proliferating Indian jewellery sector. Besides, Indian jewellery manufacturers are collaborating with overseas notables for fabricating and marketing jewellery all over the world. Argyle of Australia, one of the major natural diamond producers of the world, is one such big name. It has formed the Indo-Argyle Diamond Corporation (IADC) which is actively promoting Indian diamond-set jewellery in USA. Wholesale turquoise Jewellery
Thus, with the vigorous on-drive of Indian entrepreneurs at home and non-resident Indians operating abroad, the Indian gems and jewellery sector has succeeded in broadening its production base, international sales network and increasing its global presence.

Solid Infrastructure:
By endeavouring to improve and innovate ceaselessly, this country has acquired considerable strength too. It was because of this painstakingly built solid base that India could not only survive the gnawing global economic recession in 2001 following the 9/11 disater, but could also sustain its gems and jewellery exports in earlier difficult years. In spite of Inventory accumulations, severe erosion of profit margins, inordinately delayed payments, failures, etc., India resolutely faced all problems and marched on.

Original Gem Land:
Retrospection on India's great past would show that it is the original gems land which discovered natural gemstones as well as the craft and art of turning out exquisite jewels by cutting, polishing and setting them into various ornaments. Thus, India has the unique distinction of being not only a natural gem mineral producer, but also the first and foremost processing centre for all-time great gems. Wholesale druzy Jewellery
India has a glorious history of diamond mining, processing and trading. It was at one time, the undisputed leader in this field. Diamond production in India is, in fact, traced back to many centuries B.C.. The first ever diamond in the world was mined in India. Some of the superlative, most famous diamonds of the world like the Great Moghul,Koh-i-noor, Hope, Pitt, Nizam, Idol's Eye, Orloff, etc., were also 'born' in India. During the 16th and 17th centuries, diamond mining in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh remained a flourishing activity. In fact, India was the sole producer and supplier of diamonds to the world before the discovery of Brazilian fields in the 17th century and the later emergence of South Africa, Russia and Australia, as major producers. Today twenty countries of the world are mining natural diamonds and 30 are processing them, yet India maintains its leading position mainly because of processing smalls, which most of the other cutting centres are not in a position to take on due to various reasons.

Ancient Diamond Deposits:

The sources of Indian natural diamonds can be grouped as :­

(a) Diamondiferrous Kimberlites;
(b) Diamondiferrous Conglomerate; and
(c) Deposits in older alluvium and stream gravels.

As is well known, Indian diamonds are confined to three major regions, namely :­

(i) Panna Diamond Belt and 10 other districts of Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh;
(ii) Wajrakarur-Lattavaram Belt of Andhra Pradesh;
(iii) Deposits of Orissa.

Panna Deposits:
In the Panna Belt, there are three known sources for diamonds.They are (a) Kimberlite Pipe; (b) Conglomerate (Jhiri and Itwa Conglomerates of the Rewa group); and (c) Quaternary Gravels.

The Panna Belt is unique as it is the only example of a working, modern mining and processing plant exploiting a primary source of Kimberlitic Diatreme with an annual production of around 17,000 cts. Besides, it sustains numerous unorganized workings for alluvial diamonds spread over a stretch of 80 kms. The primary source rocks for diamonds, kimberlite pipes are located at Majhagawan and Hinota (980­-1120Ma+40Ma) in the western extremity of the belt and are intrusive into the Kaimur Group of the Vindhyan Basin.

The other important sources of diamonds are the conglomerates occurring at different stratigraphic levels of the Rewa Group, comprising Panna shales, Itwa sandstone, Jhiri shale and Gahadra sandstone. The conglomerates are thin, a few centimetres to a metre thick. Thus, it is interpreted that the occurrence took place within the perimeter of the Vindhyan basin in an interlude of sedimentation, whereby the diamonds were carried into the sink by the fluvial system.
The third source-rock, for diamonds is that found in Quaternary Gravels spread along the courses of the Ken, Ranj and Baghain rivers and their tributaries as well as the lateritic gravels trapped within the Baghain sandstone.

Other Diamond Areas :
Besides Panna, some other districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh have also been focused by recent surveys. The State Governments have therefore decided to get the following other districts explored for diamonds: Raipur, Bastar, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Sarguja, Sidhi, Satna and Chhatarpur.