Articles related to: jewelry
251: How To Choose A Diamond For An Engagement Ring
Congratulations, you are in the market for a diamond engagement ring. The average consumer may need to rely much upon his jewelry store clerk unless research is done before hand. The consumer must do ..
252: Diamond Cutting And The Effect On Value
Rough diamonds come in several basic shapes. The most common shape is in the form known as an octahedron. The octahedron resembles two Egyptian pyramids placed base to base, that is the usual crystal..
253: Diamonds, For Investment Or Pleasure?
Most diamonds sold to the general public are known as slightly imperfect. Slightly imperfect diamonds are not easily spotted by the trained eye. The regular person would probably never even notice t..
254: Diamonds, Value And Carbon Spot Imperfections
Diamonds almost always have defects and one of the main defects is carbon spots. Their influence upon diamond value has to be taken into account along with the influence of color. A stone may have gr..
255: Diamond Color Judging For Jewelry
In judging the color of diamonds it is necessary to obscure the prismatic play of colors in order to see the true color. You can do this by giving the stone a puff of breath and then studying the col..
256: Diamond Colors And How To Determine Them
Most transparent minerals have, when pure, no color. Diamonds, being transparent, are no exception to this rule. Color is due to the presence of relatively small amounts of foreign substances, usual..
257: How To Pick the Ideal Engagement and Wedding Jewelry
Jewelry holds a special place in the celebration of a marriage. Jewelry is used to symbolize a couples love for each other, representing a lasting bond between the two people. Wedding and engagement j..
258: Diamonds And Surface Imperfections
Besides carbon spots, another big defect that can happen in diamonds is cracks or open cleavages in the crystalline material. Sometimes if little breaks go across the grain they can create big imperf..
259: Diamond Grading For Jewelry
Those who are unfamiliar with this part of the business may use descriptions of the grades. The list begins with the higher grades and proceeds down the line to the lesser of value. 1. Rivers. 2. J..
260: Is My Bracelet Real Or Costume Jewelry
When I consider a question, the answer is straight up and honest based on information from the question. This one presents a dilemma of sorts! The markings are what should be there for 18k gold. The o..
261: Testing Silver and Silver Grades
The law requires metal to be marked by the maker and the metal quality. For sterling, the mark will be either the numbers 925 (meaning 92.5 % silver, which is sterling) or a "sterling" stamp with the ..
262: Seaching For Good Jewelry Manufacturers
One interesting fact is that many very good companies are not famous while some with good but not excellent products are well known in the field. Marketing is the reason. For instance, the "designer" ..
263: Cleaning Cubic Zirconia
The basic rule of jewelry care is to apply all lotions, make-up, hair spray, etc. first, then put on the jewelry. Pearls are especially susceptive to the solvents in hair sprays. In the reality of the..
264: Authenticating Of Jewelry
You see, to give money value to an item of jewelry is 90% or more of the work needed for an appraisal. The printed part is easy and often done with forms from a computer, with values from the previous..
265: How To Mount A Stone So That It Can Be Used For A Charm Necklace
I am assuming this is a tumbled stone, not cut as a jewelry stone with a flat back and definite shape. If so, let me know and we will go one more time.Here is the answer for a tumbled freeform stone.T..
266: Engagement Diamond Ring
Honesty is the best policy, as long as your fiance know this and she is alright with this then goes ahead. I find it really strange that a clarity enhanced diamond could be graded a VS 2 that is not p..
267: Moissanite Is A Durable Diamond For An Engagement Ring
The wedding ring goes closest to the heart. In other words, put on the wedding ring first, then the engagements ring. In ancient times, it was believed that there was a vein that went directly from yo..
268: Slide-In Slide-Out Wedding Set
Many companies that made wedding sets "customized" their products with safety or comfort wear mechanisms. Is their a manufacturer name or hallmark inside the ring ? If so, you might try to contact the..
269: The Different Types of Jewelry Loops and Clasps
Checking with vendors' offerings and with the very knowledgeable salespeople at my work, I could find no particular "name" for a necklace like you described. Various styles of necklaces do incorporat..
270: The Difference Between Real and Fake Jewelry
The law requires metal to be marked by the maker and the metal quality. For sterling, the mark will be either the numbers 925 (meaning 92.5 % silver, which is sterling) or a "sterling" stamp with the ..
271: Necklaces of the Renaissance Period
The Renaissance began in Italy during the 1300's, it spread to England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and other countries during the 1400's and ending in the early 1600's. This movement rea..
272: What Colors To Wear For Weddings At Different Times
Me and my husband going to my friends wedding and I am wearing an oriental style dress that is in a champagne/gold color. The Chinese are big into silver, jade (a semi-precious stone which is usually ..
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