It is not every day that someone walks away from a century-old monopoly, but the Oppenheimer family recently agreed to sell their stake in the De Beers diamond cartel for five billion dollars. This astonishing move seems to illustrate the growing unease over the continued profitability of the diamond industry. The secret behind the De [...]
If you’ve ever seen an advertisement for right hand diamond rings you’ve probably wondered had the same question as everybody else. After all, can’t a ring can be worn on either hand interchangeably? Fortunately you aren’t losing your marbles, the whole purpose of the right hand ring, and specifically a right hand diamond ring, is [...]
Diamonds are our most prized precious gem. But brown diamonds have never enjoyed the popularity of the clear variety. Although diamonds come in a range of light to strong yellow browns, clearer diamonds are usually seen as more desirable. However true chocolate diamonds, which have a stronger hue than found on the normal diamond color [...]
Moissanite jewelry is a popular choice for many consumers looking for an alternative to more expensive diamond jewelry. A beautiful stone in its own right, Moissanite is similar enough to a diamond that it can be used in place of the more expensive stone. It pays to do your research though, and the question of [...]
The synthetic diamond industry has grown and advanced to the point where diamonds can be created fairly affordably on demand. As diamonds are composed entirely of heated and compressed carbon, it is possible to use the carbon from ashes (or hair, which is high in carbon) to create a small but brilliant memorial diamond with [...]
Diamond clarity is a measure of how free the stone is of flaws, either inside the stone or on the surface. These flaws are referred to as ‘inclusions’ and are present in most stones. Only diamonds of the highest quality are free of inclusions.
Normal, ‘white’ diamonds actually have some degree of yellow tint and are graded according to how noticeable the yellow is. Diamond color is graded on a scale from ‘D’ to ‘X’ with D being the best color grade.
In this article we’ll be taking a look at a wide variety of simulated diamonds. These are also known as synthetic diamonds, so called because they “simulate” the look of the real thing. And I might add that they do this quite well. A simulated diamond is very different from a true lab created diamond. [...]
They say that the type of setting a diamond is put into is reflective of the marriage which it represents. Is this true? Who knows, but it’s easy to believe that there is an element of truth to this. After all, anything can be a symbol. In this article we’ll examine the different settings for [...]
Diamonds are graded by the well known ’4 Cs’, which are Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat weight. Created diamonds are often graded in the same way as natural diamonds, but you may find that different grading organizations vary with synthetic diamonds.