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  1. Learn Secret Diamond Buying Skills From a Professional Diamond Buyer

    … carat or ½ carat. The point weights have nothing to do with the cut of a diamond just how much they weigh. Diamond professionals love insider terms. It adds to the mystic of the diamond in their eyes. There are many more ways to …, fire, sparkle you want and the cut will take care of itself. Evaluating the clarity aspect of a diamond’s value is professionally one of the most challenging, yet the diamond buyer has the advantage of appreciation. If you appreciate …

  2. Get more cash for your gold and jewelry from Arden Jewelers

    How to Sell Your Jewelry

    … that the cost of restoration is minor and easily justified. On the other hand what appeared to be an insignificant problem rendered the jewelry unrestorable. Jewelry repair is one area you don’t want to be a “do it yourselfer”. Let the … a piece of jewelry. Most worn out jewelry is valued at its intrinsic worth. Jewelry looks it’s best when cleaned. Properly clean your jewelry before showing it around. If you do not know the 100% correct way to clean your piece of …

  3. Understanding the Diamond Buying Game

    …. In business, this is called a commodity. The soda is the same and you can shop based on price or convenience; the product is the same. People like shopping this way. I like it this way. Diamonds are not this way. The four C’s of … IGI and many more will put on a report what the customer, the diamond owner wants the report to say. So the first problem you have to contend with is what lab graded the diamond and how they grade. Next, understanding a diamond report …

  4. Purple peace sign

    How to Sell Jewelry on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace

    … selling jewelry in person First NEVER, NEVER, and NEVER meet an unknown buyer at your house. Personal safety and protection against robbery should be your first priority. Meet the buyer in a public place like a restaurant or shopping … kinds (personal, cashiers checks, money orders, etc.) can be fakes. If you are on Facebook Marketplace, check the profile of the potential buyer. Is it a brand new profile with an obviously generic or fake image? How many friends do …

  5. Jewelry solder is different than normal jewelry metals

    Jewelry Solder: What You Should Know

    … same concepts also apply to silver and platinum as well. If your ring is made out of 14 karat gold, you know that approximately 56% of it is gold with the rest being made up by a variety of different metals like silver, copper, nickel, … their low melting point to the finished alloy, these solder specific alloys, also contribute some of their other properties to the finished product. solder specific alloys contribute some of their easy-tarnishing properties to the …

  6. Unique inclusion in a lab grown diamond

    What Are Lab Grown Diamonds?

    … diamonds. This misrepresentation has seriously confused what the term “synthetic” means, and it’s why most producers of man-made diamonds prefer the term “lab grown” over “synthetic.” In order to appreciate this fully, it helps to … 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 …

  7. What are “Blood Diamonds”?

    … non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada to create the Kimberley Process Certification System. This system was formally adopted in 2003 and guards against conflict diamonds entering the … are from sources free of conflict. Today, 71 governments have enshrined into their national law the Kimberley Process Certification System, and now more than 99% of the world’s diamonds are from conflict free sources. The flow of …

  8. Beautiful iolite jewelry and loose gemstones

    Gem in the Spotlight: Iolite

    … of light rays in doubly refractive crystals. Thus, no singly refractive gemstone can exhibit pleochroism. The process works because of the ability of a gem to absorb different wavelengths of transmitted light depending upon its … phenomenon can still be observed today. However, if you ever need to find north, I would recommend a different approach. Just use the finger that your iolite jewelry is worn on to open the compass app on your smart phone. From there you…

  9. Early attempts at making lab grown diamonds

    How Are Lab Grown Diamonds Made?

    … sought to turn lead into gold, many have tried to achieve this impressive feat. We have only recently been able to produce gem quality, lab grown diamonds that are large enough to be used in jewelry. But, how is it done? Early Efforts … to have successfully synthesized diamonds. However, it was not until relatively recently that a documented and reproducible process was demonstrated. Henri Moissan was one of the early pioneers in the field. In 1893, he claimed to have …