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Learn Secret Diamond Buying Skills From a Professional Diamond Buyer
… determine the price. In the final analysis, the price of a diamond is whatever two people agree it is. The easiest starting place for diamond value is carat. All carat describes is how much a diamond weighs. Diamonds are small so the … Grading These insider secrets to diamond grading allow for fast, accurate assessments that are easy to learn. Let’s start with low grade stones. If you can see any inclusion with a non magnified look at the stone, the diamond is a lower …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Tourmaline
… of this very special gem. Whatever your reason, you can’t go wrong with a beautiful piece of tourmaline jewelry, and the gemologists here at Arden Jewelers are ready to help you find the perfect piece for you. Contact us today to
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What Are Lab Grown Diamonds?
…this fully, it helps to understand a little bit about how lab grown diamonds are made. There are two techniques to grow single crystal diamonds. The first and oldest is the High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) technique. This process starts with a seed of diamond material and grows a full diamond just like nature does under extremely high pressure and temperature. The newest way to grow synthetic diamonds is the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) technique. In the CVD …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Topaz
…. Topaz was also thought to initiate healing, increase or maintain mental health, and even allow the wearer to go unseen by enemies. In the Victorian era, blue topaz signified faithfulness and love. Gemology As we mentioned at the start of the article, topaz comes in a huge variety of colors. Some of these varieties have their own names: Imperial Topaz: When both orange and red colors are present (although much of the jewelry industry might call golden topaz imperial). …
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Diamond Buying Guide: The 4 C’s
… of in terms of its size. If you know that you like the look of a 1 carat, for example, you can use this C as the starting point for your diamond search. Once you know the carat weight and your budget, you can adjust the quality of the … color is actually looking for the absence of color or transparency (except fancy color). The color grading scale starts with D meaning totally colorless and moves down the alphabet subtly increasing in body color. As you can see from the…
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Gem in the Spotlight: Spinel
…with other gems and even today is often used as a substitute for similar looking stones. In recent years, spinel has started to move out of the shadows and be appreciated in its own right, and we can see why. Its colors rival even the … as the August birthstone! This change was officially made in 2016, but only in the last couple of years have we started to see the majority of the industry get on board. If you know someone born in August, it’s time to get excited. …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Blue Zircon
… colorless, pale gray, or pale yellow variety of Zircon. Matura Diamond is another trade name for colorless Zircon. Starlite is the name for the blue gem variety of Zircon. The color of Starlite is rarely natural, and is almost always … the 1880s. Tiffany’s famous gemologist George Kunz was a distinguished zircon advocate. He proposed the name “starlite” to promote the gem’s fiery nature. Unfortunately, the name never caught on, and today we use the simpler term, Blue …
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The Birthstones
January’s Birthstone: Garnet January babies born in the midst of cold, white (valley fog) and at times stark surroundings are rewarded with one of the most varying birth gemstones, Garnet. Garnet’s pizzazz energizes the gloomiest day. Garnet varieties brighten the world in colors of yellow to gold, bright orange to true orange, brown to …
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Fake Diamonds: The Great Diamond Attack
… and diamond lookalikes. “What is a real diamond?” is a difficult question these days. And the problem of separating a fully natural diamond from all the modern possibilities is quite demanding. So what is a real diamond? Let’s start with the older diamond look a likes, (CZ, GGG, YAG, Synthetic corundum and spinal, Glass) or simulants are quite easy to separate. The diamond tester and understanding gem properties make choosing the diamond an easy task with these older …
