- Purchasing
The 4Cs of diamonds
Before you even start diamond shopping, you want to have a full understanding of what you're buying. This guide simplifies the four Cs of diamonds - Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat Weight - so you'll be ready to choose the diamond that's right for you.
• Cut - The cut of a diamond has a tremendous affect on its brilliance. Even if the diamond has perfect color and clarity, a poor cut can make a diamond look dull.
• Color - Colorless and near-colorless diamonds are most highly valued and are priced accordingly. Other diamonds may have a slight tint of color, and some can even have a readily noticeable tint, which can diminish the brilliance.
• Clarity - Diamonds completely free from internal flaws, or inclusions, are very rare and highly valued. Clarity is graded based on the number, location, size, and type of the inclusions found in a diamond.
• Carat Weight - The weight of a diamond is measured in carats. Since larger diamonds are more rare than smaller diamonds, diamond value tends to rise exponentially with carat weight.
- How To Clean Jewelry
You’d be amazed at what a jewelry appraiser sees through the microscope. Soap scum, grease, garden dirt, skin cells, little hairs, and living flora and fauna will collect in crevasses and pack themselves into the pockets beneath gemstones unless the owner carries out a disciplined cleaning program. Your jewelry must be clean to be truly beautiful.
- Selecting Jewelry
Selecting and purchasing jewelry online has it's advantages, but there are many things to consider before you do.
- Designing Jewelry
Designing jewelry and making jewelry for fun and profit.
- Hollywoods Dirty Little Secret
When Carol Wexler, founder of Borrowed Bling, appeared recently on the NBC “Today In New York” morning news show, she dropped a bombshell that sent a shockwave through Hollywood, as many television shows and celebrities had their “best-kept secret” revealed. Viewers learned for the first time that the “million dollar celebrity look” they love to envy was not so hard to come by after all.
- 60th Birthday Gifts
Now what about a 60th birthday gift for a librarian? Ha! This requires a bit of imagination to come up with an idea that's ageless yet not dating. Librarians are custodians of information, and it's likely this person is well educated. Do they love books above all? Locate a book dealer who deals in rare books and first editions. See if you can find a first edition of Steinbeck's Cannery Row.
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