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Holiday Jewelry Gift Guide 2015
Each year, we take a slightly different approach to our gift guides. Some years, they are all about new and trending styles like Dancing Diamonds . Some years, we focus on price …, an engagement ring upgrade, and just about anything else we can set a diamond into. Second, checkout our gift guide below for hand-picked recommendations from our online shop. Diamond Liquidation Sale Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend… center diamond, so you can find the loose diamond that’s perfect for you, and then set it in the perfect ring. Gift Guide Here are a few selections from our 2015 gift guide. You can browse the entire collection , or checkout our full …
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Jewelry Holiday Gift Guide 2017
It’s time once again for our holiday gift guide. Each year we like to use this space to highlight a different collection or style of jewelry gift. In the past, we … for everyone. We have so many gorgeous gift ideas available that we couldn’t pick just one to feature in the gift guide. So, without much further ado, we present not one, not two, but three collections of beautiful jewelry on sale right …
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Valentine’s Day 2017 Gift Guide
It’s the season of love. We’re here to help you find the perfect gift to says how you feel this Valentine’s Day. This year, we’re featuring a wide range of gifts from $100 to $10,000. First, our designer engagement sale will be running through February 14th. We’re putting our collection of 100% genuine, top name designer rings on sale for 30% off. Upgrade your engagement ring with a stylish new piece from Simon G, Tacori, A. Jaffe or one of our in-house designers: Balance or Aspen. Second, we unveiled the Rare
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The New Heirloom
… special someone in your life, you have come to the right place. Each year we have a different theme for our gift guide. Some years it’s all about love and romance. Some years we focus on over the top, absolute “wow” gifts, and some years … being true to yourself. These pieces represent the North Star, an ever-present beacon that shines in the night to guide travelers. This world pulls us in many different ways, and that’s why it’s so important to always remember to be true …
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New Jewelry: Floating Diamonds and California Tourmaline
Introducing two new exciting jewelry lines just in time for the holiday season. Our Floating Diamond Necklaces feature a single diamond (or gemstone) suspended on our best "invisible" chains, and our California Tourmaline collection showcases beautiful pink tourmaline mined right here in our home state of California. Both of these new lines are on sale for 40-50% off and you can't go wrong picking a gift from either one.
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2014 Holiday Gift Collection and Sale
We are featuring some new and exciting pieces of jewelry for the 2014 Holiday season. Learn about the exciting new "Dancing Diamond" collection and how it moves differently than any jewelry you have seen before. Also, stay on trend with the prefect gift made out of the season's hottest metals: sterling silver or rose gold. And, don't forget to come by the shop to experience jewelry you won't see online and to save 20-50% off our already low prices.
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Diamond Buying Guide: The 4 C’s
… color a white diamond to almost any color you can imagine. You can read more about fancy diamond colors here. Clarity Most diamonds contain inclusions. Inclusions are natural birthmarks and useful as identifying characteristics. Clarity …
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Frequently Asked Question about Jewelry
… (whiter) and more colorful. Some colors are more vibrant then natural diamonds. Next, some are changing the clarity of diamonds with laser drill and fills. The new fills are getting harder to detect. Key: ask when buying a diamond if it is …For more information see our Custom Design page . What are the 4 C’s? The four C’s are Carat Weight, Cut, Color and Clarity. Carat is the weight of a gem. A carat equals 1/5 of one gram. Cut has two components to it. The shape of the stone …
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Diamond Brokering
… our expertise available to you coupled with our value hunting system makes the diamond buying experience a positive one. Please feel free to ask any questions and explore what we can do for you. Using a gemologist diamond broker to guide you through your diamond purchase insures the mastery of the minute details in diamond evaluations. Did you know diamonds of the same grade could be thousands of dollars different in price? A subtle difference in a diamond impacts the …
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Learn Secret Diamond Buying Skills From a Professional Diamond Buyer
… in your pocket the standards to evaluate diamonds are extremely exciting. The four C’s of carat, cut, color and clarity determine a common comparison. They don’t set the price, just the basis to determine the price. In the final analysis, … will know its cut. Find the brilliance, 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 …
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How Are Lab Grown Diamonds Made?
… HPHT method with a cubic press. Weighing in at 10.02 carats, this incredible diamond is graded as E color and VS1 clarity. CVD Diamonds Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) is a more recently developed technique by which diamonds can be grown …polished lab grown CVD diamond as of the time of this writing is only 3.23 carats; it was graded as I color and VS2 clarity. Intense research is ongoing around the world into the field of Chemical Vapor Deposition, and every day the …
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How to Value Inherited Jewelry
…jewelry portion of the estate. Arriving at a fair and equitable division can be tricky, but this article should help guide you through some of the issues. Before we begin, if you would prefer more personalized information, please feel free…? The Standards of Jewelry Value The standard of value establishes the dollar value of a jewelry item based on a set guideline. The same item of jewelry can have at least four different dollar values. For example, an item of jewelry can be…
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Engagement Ring Style Guide
There are many engagement ring styles. While some of those style come in and out of fashion, others are more timeless. Here are some of the enduring styles. Simple Solitaire The solitaire is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a classic engagement ring. It is probably the most popular ring style across the history of diamond engagement rings. Fun trivia: it is said that the very first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by the Austrian archduke Maximilian I before their
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True North
… being true to yourself. These pieces represent the North Star, an ever-present beacon that shines in the night to guide travelers. This world pulls us in many different ways, and that’s why it’s so important to always remember to be true … of North Star. You know that you can always trust them to be there, right where you need them, always shining to guide you home. Give a piece of True North jewelry to your North Star to tell her how much she means to you and how much you …
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Vintage Elegance
… entire collection (over 100 pieces). Or, scroll down to learn about our exclusive vintage jewelry concierge service . Your personal vintage jewelry shopper Finding the perfect antique jewelry is like a treasure hunt. Consider us your guide . Fill out the form below, and our expert jewelry buyers will search our inventory and sources to find the ideal piece for you with no obligation
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How Much to Spend on an Engagement Ring
… to make giving cards for the Holidays a social norm, the diamond and jewelry industry influenced culture to provide guidelines on the amount to spend on an engagement ring. In the 1930s, it started with one months’ salary to buy a diamond…’s got money; you landed a winner.” try to get a feeling for what her expectations are so you can use them as a guide The next unfair fact is that many will judge how much you love her by the price of the ring. Remember the ad campaigns we…
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Double Halo Engagement Ring
…’s sure to grab attention. The quality of the design and craftsmanship is incredible as well. Each of the 96 accent diamonds was hand picked and set by hand into the premium 18k white gold setting. Only high quality G color and VS clarity diamonds were used. Another key benefit that you get when you buy your double halo wedding ring from us, is that we can help you find the perfect center diamond. Our diamond experts are GIA trained, so they know more about diamonds than …
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How to Clean Jewelry at Home
… and make the metal look worse. Cautions As we have mentioned above, cleaning jewelry can be risky and certain gemstones or types of jewelry can be damaged by the cleaning techniques we have demonstrated. The lists below are general guidelines, but there are exceptions to every rule. For example, diamonds are generally extremely durable and safe to clean with all of these methods. However, if a diamond has surface reaching inclusions, there is chance that an ultrasonic …
