November 23rd, 2009
In the world of diamonds you can select various diamonds cuts. The term “cut” basically describes the shape of the diamond is cut into. This shape has a great influence on the extent a diamond shines.
There are numerous types of cuts that are the most desirable. Among them you can find: heart, marquise, pear, princess, oval, emerald & trillion. As I stated before the shape is of great influence on the extent a diamond shines, but another important factor that influences the shining of a diamond is its cut: A diamond that was cut with a low professinal standard will be less shiny than a professionally cut diamond.
Don’t be confused: the cut of a diamond is not a about a diamond’s shape. It’s about its width, durability, depth, clarity width and other factors of a diamond. An example to a cutting problem can be a diamond that is too thick, a diamond that is too thin, cracks, broken culets, misalignment & many other.
The diamond cut should be a valuable factor you should consider after you decided which diamond shape you prefer. During the shopping process, make a comparison between some diamonds of the same shape & look for the one that shines better than the others, no matter what lighting is used. This way you will get to enjoy a high quality diamond that will look prestigious to the ones you know.
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November 21st, 2009
We all know there is a possibility of being conned with diamonds. Hence, purchasing them on the internet is something that sounds unimagenible. Nevertheless, you may buy diamonds on the internet with confidence, as long as you keep some security measures.
For a starter, consider your logic for being enthusiastic about buying a diamond on the internet, instead of buying it from a jewelry store near you. The very obvious logic is price. Because of low overhead costs internet jewelers and wholesalers are able to provide you with lower prices. Nonetheless, you should be cautious – there are times a cheap diamond is a strong hint about crooks awaiting for you to fall to their net.
Versatility of merchandise is a great reason to buy diamonds on the internet. In comparison – if you buy on a real jeweler store you are bound to the limitation of the merchandise he has. Yet, you must still be real cautious before paying someone that you can’t see nor meet!
Before buying invest some time in understanding as much as you can about diamonds – particularly about cut, colour, clarity and carat weights. By being articulate about diamonds it will will not be easier for a con man to cheat you. At the moment you will know more about diamonds you will be capable to start shopping.
Don’t hurry. Only buy diamonds after you conducted a market research on diamonds of the same kind. The research should include price comparison. But there is more to it.
Request for the seller’s certifications such as professional jewelry associations he is part of. Look for the seller’s return, refund and upgrade policies & print them. Don’t forget to request info about further services such as settings & mountings, sizing & free shipping. Conduct a checkup for customer opinions on this specific jewelry company around the web. Don’t overlook to check with the BBB online to get info if this company got any complaints.
Important thing to request is a grading report from a certified laboratory such as GIA, HRD, or AGS. This info is extremly important before acquiring the diamond. The last thing you should do is use a respectable escrow service for high dollar diamonds. The best escrow services are those who make an evaluation while they hold the diamonds. Here’s how it works: the seller delivers the diamond to the escrow service, while you transfer the payment for the diamonds to the escrow service. The escrow service has the diamond evaluated, retransfers the money to the seller and retransfers the diamond to you. This is the safest way to protect yourself (but remember – this is only true if the escrow service is respectable).
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November 20th, 2009
While you begin the purchase process of diamonds I recommend you to do it with a bonded jeweler. What these professional jewelers do is selling diamonds that are bonded. You must know that bonded jewelers are a minority in the jewelry business around the world (there is an estimate that about 5% of the jewelers are selling boneded diamonds).
If you are looking to buy a diamond with bonded option you will pay more than you will pay for buying a non-bonded diamond. Yet, you may find that what you’ll get will worth the money you paid for it.
One reason is that when you buy bonded diamonds you get a buy back policy for the whole life of the diamond. You can own the diamond for a short while or a long while – you can still withdraw of your purchase and take to the bonded jeweler who in turn will be willing to buy it from you for a one hundred percent refund. In the case a jeweler doesn’t propose 100% buy back guarantee, for the whole life of the diamond what you ought to do is take a closer look at the diamond to get a sense what’s the matter with it.
The second reason to buy bonded diamond is that they have a policy for breakage. In case a stone separates into fragments the bonded jeweler will substitute it with a new stone – but only if it happened once. The breakage policies in the market are only availiable for stones that are 100% natural. Hence, by getting this kind of offer you can relax that you get a diamond of good quality. Generally speaking bonded diamonds are natural and unprocessed.
The third reason is that bonded diamonds have a growing value with a fixed apprieciation rate that is meant to maintain its value in times of inflation. This way a diamond that costs a specific amount of money nowadays will cost more in the future, in case the economic value of this diamond will keep on rising. Everything that’s said here does not relate to buy backs, but it does mostly relate to trade-ins.
The fourth reason is that by buying a bonded diamond you are reducing the possible risk of a market crash. On a market crash the value of diamonds will be reduced. Yet, the bonded jeweler provides you with a guarantee to restore you the difference between the current cost of a diamond and the your purchase price before the market crash.
You may find it hard to locate a bonded jeweler who is operating near to you, but it isn’t impossible. But remember – a bonded jeweler is your better choice for a diamond transaction. When you contact a bonded jeweler tell him that you want to purchase bonded diamonds solely. To find your local bonded diamonds jeweler near to you by using search engines, online directories, yellowpages, newspapers etc.
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November 17th, 2009
The measurement units for diamonds are Carats. One Carat equals 200 miligrams.
Addressing a diamond as having 4 grains signifies it is a one carat diamond. The word Carat originates from the word carob. A Carob is a plant (a bean in fact) that grows on trees that prosper in the Mediterranean. In old times had a diamond weighed similarly to a carob bean, its weight was one carob i.e. 1 carat.
Nevertheless in the far east, a place where Carob trees didn’t prosper, rice was the mean to measure the weight of a given diamond. Under that system, had a diamond weighed the same quantity as four grains of rice, then four grains signified 1 carat the way we know it now. Most of the diamond purchases are for diamonds whom weight is about a third of a carat.
Knowing what I just told you, avoid buying diamonds that were arranged or mounted. In case there are at least two diamonds joined in the same piece, the label attached to the jewelry will give the CTW i.e. Carat Total Weight of each diamond in the piece. Hence you should ask the jeweler for exact carat weight of the biggest diamond in the piece to fully understand what you are purchasing.
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November 17th, 2009
Whenever you march into a jewelry store and take a look at the diamonds, with whatever settings they may have for sale, it is hard to understand that diamonds are in fact uncommon. The majority of people don’t even take a minute to think how those diamonds were laid upon the jewlerer’s suitcase….
There is plenty of work that is made before a diamond is offered for sale to the general public. For every 1,000,000 diamonds that are taken out of the mines just one will be located whose quality is of one caret diamond. In order to locate a 2 caret diamond nearly 5,000,000 diamonds have be mined!
At least 200 tons of ore have to be mined to locate one little diamond. But that’s not enough: less than 20% of the diamonds that are mined are good for jewelry use.
For every one million diamonds that are
mined, only one will be found that is a quality
one caret diamond. In order to find a two
caret diamond, about five million diamonds
must be mined. More than two hundred tons
of ore must be mined to find one small
diamond, and even then, more than 80%
of the diamonds that are mined are only
good for industrial use, such as diamond
drill bits
Hence, the next time you enter your local jewelry store request your seller to see the one carat diamonds. I hope you will consider these diamonds with greater appreciation, since it is really one of a million.
Tags: diamonds jewelry, diamonds mining, rare diamonds
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November 17th, 2009
One of the most imporatnt aspects of a real diamond is its clarity. It is important to understand how to mark a real diamond’s clarity, just before you purchase such a diamond.
Understanding how to mark the clarity of a diamond doesn’t involve much effort. Fundementally there are two issues you must comprehend: Diamonds that have visual inclusions & blemishes, and diamonds that are “eye clean” and don’t have inclusions or blemishes that a human eye can notice.
Starting of that point the clarity of a diamond can be defined by several subcategories. Many of those who are interested in diamonds incorrectly think that a diamond clarity regards to how clear the diamond is. But that’s not how it is.
In reality clarity regards the internal & external defects of a diamond. The most excellent diamonds are marked with a grade of FL or IF, Flawless or Internally Flawless, saying that the diamond is perfect. A mark of of I-1, I-2 or I-3 signifies that the diamond is imperfect, and a mark of I-3 signifies the worst.
Additional marks are VVS1 and VVS2, which signifies that the diamond is very, very slightly imperfect; VS1 and VS2, which state the diamond is very slightly imperfect. And last but not least: SI-1 & SI-2, which signifies that the diamond is somewhat imperfect.
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