"Diamonds are a girls best friend!" and they are found in Canada! Who knew right? Canada is not only home to diamonds but also one of Canada's national treasures, Ammolite.
“A diamond in the rough” is a phrase often used to describe a person who is incredible, once you get to know them. But what about the literal meaning of this phrase? We think of diamonds as glorious stones that are found twinkling in shop windows and adorning our bodies – not as huge operations that employ thousands of people with a myriad of exceptional skills. People with jobs from engineering to polishing all work in mining across our beautiful country. To date, diamonds have been found in Ontario, Quebec, and the Northwest Territories, and are often sent to Yellowknife for cutting and polishing. A truly Canadian diamond will have a polar bear or maple leaf laser engraved on the girth. Try finding THAT with the naked eye!
Ammolites are considered to be one of the “National Treasures of Canada” because they are extremely rare. According to korite.com, “Ammolite originates from prehistoric marine fossils that date back 71-million years. Tectonic pressure, heat and mineralization formed the gemstone…” and come from ammonites; according to canadafossils.com, ammonites are “Ammonites are the fossilized, hard shells of extinct mollusks”. What is most remarkable is the opalescence of this gem comes in all colours of the rainbow and in so many different sizes, form the size of your thumbnail to the size of a large person!
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Fun Fact: Large parts of Canada have less gravity than the rest of Earth. The phenomenon was discovered in the 1960s.
Awesome prizes this hour! Thanks for the informative facts, as well as for the opportunity to win!
Very pretty!
Wow–that Ammolite is gorgeous!
I would take an ammolite over a diamond any day of the week. They are beautiful.
Beautiful gems from a beautiful country. Oh Canada!
That photo of the diamond mine is amazing, looks like the ocean is about to spill into it at any moment! And the segue is totally appropriate – SCT is a publishing gem to all of us!!
While I am definitely a big fan of sparkle and shine, unfortunately I don’t add real diamonds to my projects but I do like them to sparkle.
Thanks for sharing the facts about the mine. :)
Thanks for the Fun Facts!
More fun facts… I am thinking of printing off all of these posts and putting them into my own Canadiana scrapbook!! LOL Thanks for doing this and the chance to win a some prizes!
Thanks for all the amazing facts about Canada! And thanks for the chance to win!
Beautiful Gems from a Beautiful Country!
My hubby gave me a ring for our 10th with the Canadian diamond. They are gorgeous!
Very nice! I love, love, love sparkly things.
Canada does like to Sparkle and Shine.
Beautiful pictures and very interesting topics! I’d forgotten about the Canadian diamonds and ammolites. So fun to review…Happy Birthday Canada!
Lovely!
wow…stunning!
That’s awesome!
I love brilliant stones – especially
diamonds. Love the ammolite – so colorful
and beautiful.
Happy Birthday, Canada.
I’d love to have the magazine – always
looking for ideas for my greeting cards.
thanks
Happy 150. I didn’t know about ammolite. I’ll have to check to see if our science museum has one. They look beautiful.
Beautiful gems, Happy Canada Day!
I’m lucky enough to own some beautiful ammolite jewellery and would dearly love to own a Canadian diamond.
Truly Canadian bling!!! Who knew!!
Wowzers! I have seen Ammolite before and it is gorgeous! Happy Canada 150!
I did not know about ammolite(s) – so pretty!
I am going to have to research those areas with less gravity….that is one fascinating fact!!
Wow I didn’t even know about that diamond, now I want one, lol
Thanks for the information about ammolite! What fun today!
Ammolites are lovely but pricey!
I’m learning so much about Canada today :)
Just like Canada. Beautiful
Beautiful gems from a gem of a country!
Canada is full of beautiful things :)
Beautiful gems, just like your magazine xox
I hadn’t heard of Amolites before this but what a beautiful gem! Almost like the Northern Lights in a stone! Absolutely breathtaking! TFS!
Learning new information this hour and enjoying the fun facts. Thank you.
Ammolites are beautiful!!! Happy 150 Canada Day.
Great facts!
My favorite rock-related fact about Canada is that Newfoundland was part of west Africa back during supercontinent Rodinia (before Pangea.) Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Happy 150th Sister Canada!
Canada sparkles!
I had never heard of ammolites, but they are gorgeous. Learning so much today.
Very nice pictures! Thanks for the fun facts and the chance to win!
Canadian bling! Great eh!
Would love to see ammonite in person, the picture is stunning. Happy Birthday Canada!
Ammolite is so beautiful! Happy Canada Day!
Such fun facts.
amazing!
I’d never heard about ammolites. Thanks for all the great info. I’ll be on the look out for those now. Would be easier to find a copy of SCT tho ?
You are just full of amazing facts about our country