Diamond certifications help to verify the quality and authenticity of your diamond. Be sure to understand the differences between various diamond certifications before you shop for a diamond. Diamond certifications are necessary for...
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Diamond certifications help to verify the quality and authenticity of your diamond. Be sure to understand the differences between various diamond certifications before you shop for a diamond. Diamond certifications are necessary for many types of insurance and will be critical if you ever want to resell the diamond.
Colored Diamonds Fancy colored diamonds are all the rage these days. Gemologists have developed new ways to create versions that are affordable for the average person - by treating less desirable diamonds. These less desirable diamonds are treated with irradiation followed by intense heat. This turns brown and yellowish diamonds into beautifully colored diamonds that you can afford. This produces stunning greens, blues, yellows, reds, purples and other colors. These colors are... Read Full Story
Diamonds may be a woman’s best friend, but treat them as lucrative investments and they can become your best friend as well –no matter what gender you are. Specifically, we are talking about colored diamonds. While colorless diamonds are rare gemstones, only 1 in 10,000 diamonds are colored and come in different shades like yellow, pink, blue or red.
The international colored diamond market may not be well understood or appreciated by the average investor. So much so, that Diamond Circle... Read Full Story
Buying A Colored Diamond Engagement RingBy: Lee DobbinsThe most famous diamonds in the world are colored diamonds so why shouldn't you have one in your engagement ring? You could get a yellow diamond like the Tiffany diamond or perhaps a blue like the Hope diamond. Another very popular color is pink. In fact, colored diamonds are becoming quite a trend among celebrities as well as everyday people. Plus buying a colored diamond for your ring may be a better investment. Color diamonds... Read Full Story
Diamonds are measured in Carat Weight. One carat weighs 200 milligrams. If a diamond is referred to as four grains, this also means that it is a one carat diamond. The word Carat comes from the word carob. A carob is a bean that grows on a tree in the Mediterranean. In times past, if a diamond weighed the same as a carob bean, it was one carob, or one carat. However, in the far east, where Carob trees do not grow, rice was used to measure the weight of a diamond. If a diamond... Read Full Story
Diamonds are graded for certification by laboratories using grading criteria. Four of these criteria are critical to understand when making a diamond purchase or investment. Known as the “Four C’s” these criteria are: color, cut, clarity and carat. Color is the result of the composition of a diamond and it does not change. When a jeweler is describing the color of a diamond they are referring to the presence or absence of color in white diamonds. Because a diamond with no color allows... Read Full Story
