RECOMMENDED MINIMUM DIAMOND QUALITY
Diamond quality is a very interesting thing. It’s all subjective and based upon opinion. This means, some people may find beauty in a diamond with color (“It adds warmth“), or a diamond with a small [Read More…]
Articles by Richard Scott
COMPARE VS1 DIAMONDS AND PRICES
This will blow your mind… Really! Let’s compare diamonds. Two identical VS1 clarity diamonds (meaning very small microscopic only inclusions), with an E color (pure white), an excellent cut (triple excellent in symmetry, polish and [Read More…]
CERTIFIED DIAMOND MYTHS
A girl walks into a jewelry store to buy a certified diamond (only because she hears those are the types of diamonds you should look for). The salesperson brings out a loose diamond and is [Read More…]
DIAMOND DEAL OF THE DAY: 3 CARAT SI1, F, IDEAL CUT
TODAY… RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! August 20th, 2024, this diamond is top-notch, and comes with a beautiful price. I’m talking about this SI1, F lab-grown diamond here, and it is simply beautiful. 3 full carats [Read More…]
DO YOU KNOW YOUR SQUARE CUT DIAMONDS?
It’s hip to be square… Square diamonds have always been a popular shape of stone, even though most square diamonds are not truly square… Most are a little longer on one side (as in 5.00 [Read More…]
WATCH TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM
I LOVE watches. I own tons of them. And it never fails that when I grab one of them, the battery is dead… Or the time is off (thanks Daylight Savings), or the band is [Read More…]
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS WITH CARAT WEIGHT
One thing… MM. (Not talking about the rapper.) That’s all that really matters with carat weight. Why only 1 thing? Because carat weight is just like any weight. It’s a weight, a size, a unit [Read More…]
WHAT IS A GOOD QUALITY DIAMOND?
I’m often asked: “What is a good quality diamond?” It’s a very interesting question because it leaves so much room for controversy and opinion. What is considered good? Good quality to me? or good quality [Read More…]
DOES A CHIPPED DIAMOND LOSE VALUE?
“CRACK!” “CRAP!” You have a big beautiful diamond that you accidentally chipped. (Usually when you chip a diamond, it happens on the vulnerable part of your diamond, the girdle.) So now the question is: Does [Read More…]
THE BIGGEST LAB-GROWN DIAMOND YOU CAN BUY
WOW OH WOW! This lab-grown diamond is a beauty. It’s large, the largest lab-grown round diamond on James Allen right now… And not only is it large, it’s spectacular in quality: VS1 clarity, meaning it’s [Read More…]
CERTIFIED VS NON-CERTIFIED DIAMONDS
Certified or not? There are two types of loose diamonds you can buy: Certified diamonds and non-certified diamonds. Certified diamonds are the diamonds that come with a certificate report from an independent certification company (like [Read More…]
75% OF DIAMONDS ARE CUT POORLY!
Wait a minute… Hold up… 75%??? YES! (According to Fred Cuellar, the Diamond Guru who wrote “How to Buy a Diamond“, a huge number of stones are not living up to their full potential. Only [Read More…]