When it comes to buying diamond jewellery, online shopping may be the answer. Compared to traditional way of buying jewellery at a brick and mortar store where a sales rep gives you the information mainly to generate a sale, online shopping gives you full flexibility of shopping at your own pace while being fully educated. You …
You’re finally doing it. You’ve decided to propose to your one true love. But wait! You don’t know the first thing about engagement rings. Where are the best places to buy diamond jewellery? Should you buy jewellery online? Do you really need a diamond? What if you don’t have a trusted jeweller? Do engagement rings …
Understanding the 4C’s of a diamond can help you find the best value diamond for your budget especially when you decide to buy your precious diamond jewellery online. This quick guide will enable you to make a well-educated choice. The Colour To untrained eyes, the colour of a diamond may not be too visible, especially …
There’s a surprising number of square cuts for a diamond, some more popular than others. Since diamonds are found in octahedrons and dodecahedrons, it’s probably easier for lapidists to cut them in square shapes. Another benefit of a square cut diamond is that less of the rough stone is lost when it’s cut and polished …
Buying a perfect engagement ring doesn’t simply depend on the cut, carat, color and clarity of the stone. The personality of the lady on whose finger it will ultimately appear also plays a key role in determining a suitable diamond shape. Some people may be surprised that the shape of a diamond can actually correspond …
In my last blogs about the 4C’s of Diamonds, I talked about how diamonds are graded based on their “Color” and “Clarity”. In this blog, I will be going over how the third “C”, the Cut of a diamond is graded. There are two main elements that are taken into consideration when it comes to grading …
Have you seen the classic movie Superman III? There is a scene wherein Clark Kent (Superman) picks up a lump of coal and presses it in his hands. Lo and behold! The massive strength of the man of steel converts it into a perfectly cut diamond and we all went, “WOW!” Would it not be …
There are adornments for almost every body part – rings for fingers, earrings for ears, necklaces and pendants for the neck. And then there is jewelry for the hands, the wrists – bangles and bracelets. While bangles are more or less the exclusive domain of women, bracelets are more universal and unisex in nature. Bracelets …
Of all the jewelry in the world, the beauty and allure of a perfectly designed and crafted pendant, swinging around the beautiful neck of a lady is the stuff poetry is made of. Pendants find their origins among the very earliest of jewelry, right alongside rings and earrings. They are also the precursors to necklaces …
Category: Jewelry Settings In my last blog, Rings Setting Guide: The Settings that Carry the Stones, I talked aboutProng Setting, Tension Setting, Bezel Setting,Channel Setting,Halo Setting.In this blog, I will go over a few more intricate and exceptional jewelry setting types. Pave Setting: To achieve the paved look, tiny incisions are made in the metal …
