April birthday girls (and boys)…you hit the birthstone jackpot with your birthstone, the diamond. You undoubtedly know that diamonds are the symbol of eternal love, but there’s so much more to them. They’re the hardest natural substance on earth. A diamond is more than 50 times harder than its closest gem relatives, the ruby and […]
If you’re an April baby, celebrating your 60th wedding anniversary, engaged, or you just love sparkly things, a diamond may be in your future. More than any other gem, buying a diamond is anxiety-provoking. It’s expensive. No two are the same. And how do you know if you’re getting what you’re paying for? That’s where […]
Does it surprise you to learn that diamonds come in every color of the rainbow, red, yellow, green, and blue? In fact the famous Hope diamond is a dark blue. Most diamonds, though, range from colorless to light yellow to brown, all of which fall in the normal spectrum. A chemically pure and structurally perfect […]
The weight of your diamond, like its color, cut, and clarity, doesn’t change, and so, like these, it’s a good identifying characteristic. It’s important to remember that a diamond’s value is determined using all 4 C’s of diamonds, not just carat weight. The GIA system for weighing diamonds is based on the carat unit of […]
What a diamond does, better than any other substance, is to flash light back to your eye. When a diamond is cut well, the result is the brightness and flashes and sparkling that make us love diamonds. The key to all this light dancing in and around your diamond is the cut and arrangement of […]
Diamond clarity is part of what makes your diamond unique and special. Like a snowflake, your diamond’s clarity reflects the way it was formed in nature, and in nature’s own way. Every diamond will have some inclusions, or markings, that help identify your very own stones. There are different names for these inclusions, like feathers, […]
Let me start by saying that every single diamond, like a snowflake, is unique. Each has its own combination of characteristics: clarity, color, cut, and carat weight, that together make it special. The Gemology Institute of America (GIA) refers to these as the Four C’s of Diamonds. Your diamond’s combination of 4 C’s doesn’t change. […]
