Executive Summary about Pink Diamond Rings by Susan Feingold

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Becoming all the rage, pink diamond engagement rings add a new twist to the traditional wedding ring with diamond. Traditional diamonds are colorless, it is their cut and shape that creates color effects based on how they capture the light.

Under the perfect conditions during the formation period for a diamond, while it is still in the ground, a gemstone can take on colors. A pink diamond offers a subtle color flair that helps accentuate the engagement ring that you are considering and creates a very desirable effect.

When hunting for the perfect gemstone for your engagement ring set, color is not the only consideration for finding value. Following color you should still keep in mind the diamonds, clarity, carat, and cut. A larger gemstone does not always equal a more valuable diamond, as clarity, cut and color must be taken into consideration as well. Small pink diamonds that are heavily colored are very rare and are of higher value for example.

There are various cuts available, determining shape and brilliance, but the most popular choices tend to be the princess cut pink diamond, marquis cuts, and round cuts. Your diamonds clarity refers to its inclusion of any flaws, cracks, or cloudiness.

Taking Care of Your Pink Diamond Ring

Executive Summary about Pink Diamond Rings by Dirk Rendel

A pink diamond ring, like most of the other rings that use colored diamonds, can be very beautiful and dear to the person who wears it. These diamonds are pretty rare and only available in certain parts of the world.

Not only is it important for you to clean the diamond properly, but you also need to do it without causing damage to the diamond (like scratches) or loosen up the setting of the diamond.

The very first thing to note that you must store these rings away properly. Use a soft cotton pouch or a cloth to store the ring, and then place it in the box it came in.

Don’t use just any cream or soap to clean your pink diamond. Don’t even go for the sprays and other solutions that are not specifically made to clean diamond rings.  This may result in the formation if an unwanted layer of sediments or a coating of chemicals on the pink diamond, even after you have tried to clean the diamond with utmost care.

For the best results, take your pink diamond ring to the jeweler and get expert advice on cleaning and maintenance to ensure your ring stays safe and looks great at all times.

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Executive Summary about Diamond Designer by Joseph Giordano

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Diamond jewelry is probably the most sought after accessory.  Unlike buying other types of jewelry, making a diamond purchase is a huge investment.

De Beers, Tiffany & Co., Tacori, A Diamond is Forever and Escada are well-known names in the designer diamond industry world.  Vera Wang, the famous wedding gown designer, has also begun her line of diamond engagement rings to add to the world of designer diamond jewelry.

But the “first name” or top spot in designer diamond jewelry probably belongs to Tiffany & Co.  This jewelry shop, known for its robin egg blue boxes, is especially known for the line of diamond jewelry it carries.

So what kind of designer diamond jewelry is out there?  Most people wear diamonds on their engagement rings as a symbol of their commitment to a significant other.  Whatever your reason is for wanting designer diamond jewelry, it doesn’t really matter.

As stated earlier, rings are probably the most popular type of diamond jewelry.  Necklaces are also a great way to show off designer diamonds.  More than any other type of designer diamond jewelry, necklaces are a great way to make a statement and/or to show your affluence.

You can never go wrong with diamonds, and the right designer diamond jewelry can say a lot about you.

What You Need To Know About Designer Diamond Wedding Rings

Executive Summary about Diamond Designer by Diane Winter

Designer diamond wedding rings have a unique design per piece.  Designer diamond rings use gold, platinum or white gold and you can select the diamond according to your budget and taste.

You can have your own choice to select a diamond to be fixed in wedding ring.  There are varieties of diamond colors available. There are colorless diamonds also.  Pink, blue and yellow color diamonds are expensive.

The diamond carat usually means the weight of the diamond. The diamond cuts can be selected according to the shape of the designer wedding rings.

Diamond designer wedding rings are created by hand and they have unique design per ring.  Men’s wedding rings are different from women’s wedding rings.

Much jewelry is offering designer diamond wedding rings that are custom fit to your finger.   Also you will never forget the experience of designing your own wedding diamond rings.

Nowadays many people do not want to purchase the traditional wedding rings. So designer diamond wedding rings are capturing the market now.  The designer diamond wedding rings are uniquely designed and they are more attractive than traditional rings because of their brilliant features.

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By Woro Swasti

blue diamonds jewelry

Diamond jewelry stones are always have high price due to their value. Some of them have extremely high value and of course, very expensive. Rare diamonds usually belong to this group of diamonds. One of the rarest blue diamond jewelry in the world is Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond.

Now the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is on display until August 2010. It is exhibited in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. No one knows when the diamond will be seen in public again after this exhibition, so this is the right time to watch this adorable rare blue diamond.

The Wittelsbach Blue diamond was in December 2008 auction, when Laurence Graff, a diamond dealer, paid more than $25m for this famous diamond. Graff repolished the diamond, made a reduction to it’s carat weight, and thus making it internally flawless. Now the diamond’s weight slightly over 31 carats and renamed Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond.

The Wittelsbach diamond originally weighs 35.56 metric carats. The diamond has an unusual pattern with 82 facets. The diamond was discovered many centuries ago at the diamond mine in India, the same origin as the Hope Diamond. Many believe that the two blue diamonds was fashioned from the same piece of rough French Blue Diamond.

In 1664, Philip IV of Spain gave the Wittelsbach blue diamond to his 15-year-old daughter, the Infanta Margareta Teresa, upon her engagement to Emperor Leopold I of Austria. The earlier history of the Wittelsbach was lost during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.

The beautiful diamond was last seen in public in Brussels at the 1958 World Exhibition. Six years later, the Wittelsbach was acquired by private collector until the auction in 2008.

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Executive Summary about Diamond Jewelers by Josh Riverside

diamond jewellers

Diamond jewelers manifest their genius in shaping the finest diamond jewelry whether they are diamond watches, diamond earrings, diamond bracelets, diamond necklaces, or diamond rings.

A diamond is basically comprised of crystallized carbon, a material that can generally be found in every animal, plant, and mineral known to mankind. The diamond is believed to be the hardest matter known to all.

Diamond jewelers enjoy working on the various colors of diamond. Most diamonds come in white, brown, and yellow. On the other hand, they also come in a variety of shades such as red, green, and blue.

Diamond jewelers rate the stone’s value regarding its cut, color, carat, and clarity. To further achieve perfection with regards to diamonds, diamond jewelers prefer to treat them.

Diamond jewelers can apply one of two treatments. O ne is fracture-filling, which masks visible cracks in the gem. A laser treatment, on the other hand, develops the entire appearance of the jewelry therefore making it flawless. Diamond jewelers are able to distinguish the real value of an untreated diamond as compared with that of the laser-drilled one.

The daily use of diamond jewelry makes its luster dim. Therefore, diamond jewelers advise owners to take care of such magnificent possessions.

Why You Should Consider Buying From Designer Diamond Jewelers

Executive Summary about Diamond Jewelers by Gregg Hall

Diamonds are beautiful and expensive no matter where you get them from.

Designers pride themselves on their product and service they provide to the consumer. Whether diamonds, clothing or ice cream, designers usually trust in the product they provide for others. Designers will tell you they still believe in the rule that customers always come first.

Designer Diamond Jewelry is generally guaranteed for a length of time sometimes for life. Designers will help you to change your jewelry as requested because they want you to return your business to them. Buying jewelry from a designer is an investment in the future of their products.

Diamonds are no exception. You will get what you pay for, so investing more in a designer who will stand by their product is really benefiting you too. Designers know that you can easily go to a chain store and pay a lot less but you won’t receive the person care in service you will receive from a designer.

The quality of diamond is generally better from a designer that at a chain store. Designers are usually more involved in the entire process from choosing and cutting the stone until it reaches the consumer.

The difference, a designer will do everything they can to make things right.

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Executive Summary about Diamond Cutting by James Greene

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Many people may not know this but diamonds were not always the brilliant gemstones that they are often seen as today. In fact, prior to the 15th century, diamonds used to be worn in an “as is” condition, which means that they were neither cut nor polished.

For those who wish to know a bit more about the diamond cutting process, the following will describe this procedure in addition to the polishing aspect of this beautiful gemstone.

After the diamonds have been collected and sorted, it is at this time in which they are cut and polished. The first step is to cut the diamond.  The diamond is cut into various facet amounts. Once the diamond has been cut, the gemstone will be polished into a smooth diamond surface.

Some may wonder why it is so important to have a diamond undergo diamond cutting and polishing. The main reason is to produce the final result which is so coveted today, which is a bright and breathtaking gem.

When a diamond has not gone through the diamond cutting and polishing process, it is quite a dull and jagged edged stone which many may not deem as lovely as the final result seen in jewelry cases of jewelry stores everywhere. The diamond cutting and polishing process is done to make the diamond the beautiful gem that it is these days.

How The Diamond Cutting Style Originated

Executive Summary about Diamond Cutting by Mithun Rao

There was a time when cutting and polishing a diamond was considered sacrilege.  With the trade various methods of polishing and cutting the diamond were also shared between the countries.  The diamond cutting of these times was far less sophisticated as compared to the brilliance that we see today.

The journey of the diamond cutting industry, as we know today, starts with the point cut and ends at fancy brilliant cuts.  The point cut was the first cut that we are aware of today and it was the most popular cut in the fifteenth century.   The cut mimicked the rough octahedral shape of the natural diamond and this was accomplished by the use of stationary polishing surfaces covered with diamond grit and olive oil.

In the late 1400’s the table cutting style made its appearance. The top part of the natural octahedral shape was cut using the same tools present earlier ‘a stationary cutting surface with diamond grit and olive oil.  This cut ruled the diamond industry for the next couple of centuries and there were numerous variations like rectangles, tapered shapes and lozenges. This cut was not conceptualized for octahedral diamonds but a cut that aided in producing the largest cut diamonds from flattened roughs.

The rose cut has flat bottoms and triangular facets that become a point towards the top.  Though the cut gives a high level of brilliance, the fire that this cut allows is not too high.

Diamonds from Brazil were used to create the first brilliant cuts and thus was born the old mine cut, a cushion shaped cut with a deep pavilion, high crown and large culet.  Even though the number of facets in the old mine cut are similar to the modern brilliant cut, this first cut did not give as much brilliance since the pavilion was deeper.

The modern brilliant cut came onto the scene after more than 500 years of experimentation.  This cut was the first cut that brought out the true brilliance of the diamond that it is capable of.  The earliest of the modern brilliant cut can be traced back to the 1800’s.

The cutting establishment rejected the cutting style discovered by Henry Morse from Boston earlier, and stuck to the old mine cuts and European cuts.  The contemporary cuts allow for higher levels of artistic flair and the roughs can be cut and polished based on minimum loss due to cutting and polishing.

With the popularization of the brilliant cut, many fancy brilliant cuts started coming into the picture.  It was the success of the round brilliant encouraged cutters to try out other shapes along with the brilliant cut.

Other brilliant cut shapes like rectangle and square brilliants were also produced.

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Canary Diamond

By Woro Swasti

canary yellow diamond

Canary diamond is a fancy color diamond, which have brilliant yellow color. Natural canary diamond is rare and expensive. Its rarity have made many jeweler created enhanced canary diamonds, with much more affordable prices.

To know whether your yellow canary diamond is natural or enhanced, always check the diamond’s certificate. This certificate will determine the quality of your diamond.

There are many popular cuts of canary diamonds, such as oval, pear, marquise, cushion, princess, and emerald cut diamond. Canary yellow diamonds can be found in all kinds of jewelry, including necklaces, earrings, and rings.

The term “canary” first considered as a diamond slang word, after a bright yellow songbird. In 1869 is the discovery of a huge sunflower yellow diamonds in South Africa. These bright stones were brought to the surface and that was when the word “canary” came to describe these diamonds.

Every colored diamonds contain impurities or defect which gave the color to the stones. In case with canary diamonds, the main impurity is nitrogen atoms. The nitrogen atoms are dispersed in the isolated sites of carbon crystal while the stone is forming. This give the stone their bright yellow tint. The natural yellow canary diamonds represents only 0.1% of natural diamonds, which is very rare.

Canary diamond rings are difficult to find. There are several famous canary stones, such as Tiffany Diamond with more than 280 carats weight, or Oppenheimer Diamond weighed in at more than 250 carat displayed at Smithsonian Museum.

Diamond canary engagement rings are beautiful and bright. Some people said these rings symbolizes relationship better and more beautiful than any bird’s song.

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Executive Summary about Marquise Diamond Ring by John Williams

marquise diamond rings

Marquise cut diamonds are one of the most popular diamonds out of what is considered the fancy shaped diamond group. These diamonds have been cut for a very long time and are one of the oldest and more classy diamond cuts.

Marquise cut diamonds engagement rings are a timeless classic. Since they are very long they give the hand a long and slender look. The recommended length to width ration for a pear shape is 1.75 to 2.10 to one. The modern pear shape is based upon the round brilliant and thus called “modified brilliant Marquise”.

Marquise cut diamonds look great in many types of rings including halo settings with small pave diamonds around them.

Marquise cut diamonds are usually sold as center diamonds for engagement rings and wedding rings. Because of its unique shape it usually demands to be the center of attention.

The price per carat of a Marquise cut diamond is almost always less than the price for a Round Brilliant cut diamond of similar quality.

Marquise cut diamonds can also be used as shoulder stones for a major center stone, or in a cluster around a larger diamond. Due to the shape of the Marquise cut, the color and clarity of the diamond are usually more apparent.

Impress Your Girl With a Beautiful Marquise Cut Diamond

Executive Summary about Marquise Diamond Ring by James Allen

Diamonds are girls’ best friends. This rock from the heart of mother earth has won many hearts and unfailingly generates an affirmative without second chances. So, if you want to woo your spouse for a perfect date, then diamonds are just made for it.

Diamonds come in different cuts. Light takes heavenly modifications when it passes through these diamonds and only her smile can be more appealing.

These stones come in varied shapes. For instance, round, princess, marquise, pear, cushion, radiant, heart, oval, emerald and trillion to name a few. Of all, the marquise cut is the most sought after, for its elegance and stylishness; one needn’t to inherit blue blood to flaunt these gems.

Marquise cut is a majestic, elongated cut which tapers at both ends. When you choose a marquise cut, see to it that the stone is much is much bigger than the width of the ring on which it is set. This is the conventional formula for setting a diamond.

Hold shoulders high, (some prefer the kneeling posture), have a glowing smile. More importantly, find the right finger to slide down the ring (or find the right girl who fits into the ring).

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diamond stud earrings

Real diamond earrings have gained tremendous popularity in recent years, perhaps most noticeably with the advent of the hip-hop scene and the popularity of bling as a fashion statement.

Diamond earrings are available today in a large range of dazzling designs and unmistakable elegance that is adorned with a magnificent number of brilliant and exquisite white diamonds.

A diamond earring is perhaps the most noticeable of all your diamond jewelry because of where it is worn, unhidden by clothing and prominently displayed.

Nothing quite indicates success in the same way as diamond jewelry does, and a beautiful set of diamond earrings sets the standard even higher.

You can find a massive range of diamond earrings online, ranging from the classic solitaire diamond stud to over 6 carats of glittering diamonds, dazzlingly cut and set in unmistakable genuine gold. Whether studs or diamond pendants, nothing quite competes with the combination of genuine diamonds and 14K gold.

It is hard to beat a beautiful pair of designer hoop earrings displaying 3 carats of scintillating diamonds in a highly polished gold setting, with a choice of white, yellow and pink gold.

Because diamond earrings incorporate a large number of small, round cut diamonds, the effect is suggestive of an even larger number of diamonds having been encrusted into the settings, and offer a sparkle and brilliance greater than you might expect to meet the demanding needs of today’s clientele.

Finding the Perfect Diamond Earring Set
Executive summary about Diamond Earings by Andy West

For many, a diamond earring set is fondly remembered as the first real piece of jewelry ever owned. Because there are now so many venues in which to purchase these earrings, choosing a quality set means focusing on four basic elements. The basic scale used to rate the quality of a diamond is referred to as the Four C’s. When examining using the Four C’s, one is looking at the color, clarity, cut and carat.

A scale that ranks from A to Z helps determine color, with A being truly colorless. Though most diamonds for earrings are ranked SI1, clarity is not always the most important element to consider unless and until considering a larger carat.

Cut is another element to consider when purchasing diamond earrings and perhaps one of the most significant. Cut has much to do with how much light reflects off of the diamond. It is said that carat ranks as high in importance as cut during the selection process.

When it comes to earrings, carat refers to the combined weight of the diamonds used. Earrings of a large carat can simply be too overwhelming to offer any type of aesthetic value.

Whether choosing gold or silver, flaws in these aspects can seriously affect the overall quality of the earring.

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