WHAT IS A DIAMOND TRIGON?
The name trigon is such an odd name. Trigon sounds kind of Star Trek to me: “Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons!“ But in reality, a trigon is nothing more than a triangular [Read More…]
Clarity
DO INCLUSIONS GROW OR APPEAR IN DIAMONDS?
A good portion of the public actually believes that flaws, imperfections and inclusions can grow and develop inside a diamond after they purchase it. “It’s ALIVE!” They believe that one day, they can look down [Read More…]
DIAMOND CUT VS CLARITY?
Which is better when it comes to Quality and the 4 C’s? Cut or clarity? It’s a great debate. Here’s a little story to illustrate my topic… A guy walks into the store… (Sounds like [Read More…]
WHAT’S A SAILOR DIAMOND?
Sailor diamond? The first time I ever Heard of a sailor diamond, I was standing in the office and my boss was looking at a customer’s diamond with a 10x jeweler’s loupe. The customer was [Read More…]
MICROSCOPE CLARITY TO COMPARE DIAMONDS
Comparing… It’s the best way to truly understand diamonds and quality. Especially when it comes to clarity. Viewing clarity is such an eye-opener. For you can read all about clarity, view vague graphs and diagrams, [Read More…]
GIA WILL NOT GRADE THESE TYPES OF DIAMONDS
Here’s something that most people don’t know… GIA (The Gemological Institute of America) does not grade every diamond sent to them. Sure jewelers can try. They can send them a bunch of stones… But if [Read More…]
HOW TO BUY A GREAT DIAMOND – INFOGRAPHIC
You can buy a great diamond with just a few pieces of knowledge. Tips and Tricks… A visual guide that shows you what clarity, what color, and what cut of diamond matters the most. It’s [Read More…]
PEOPLE ALWAYS CONFUSE COLOR AND CLARITY
All the time I get people coming into the store that have been out shopping and comparing diamonds… I LOVE THAT! But then, I quickly find out that as much as they’re trying to decipher [Read More…]
MEMORIZE YOUR INCLUSIONS
Put on your thinking cap! If you want to keep your diamond from being switched, stolen, or swapped out… This is what you need to do: Memorize your Inclusions! I can’t emphasize this enough. Every [Read More…]
FANCY YELLOW LAB-CREATED DIAMONDS? FANCY? YELLOW? WHAT?
I am blown away at this… In a good way! For they now make lab-created (lab-grown) fancy colored diamonds! WHAT? I was shocked, but pleasantly surprised. For at James Allen, they now sell fancy yellow [Read More…]
HOW DIAMOND CLARITY IS GRADED
Did you ever notice how one SI2 Diamond could look totally Different than another? One Diamond could be almost Perfectly Clean, except for a Few Lines in the Center of the Stone. While another could [Read More…]
IT’S ALL LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS NOW…
Every year that goes by, lab-grown (aka lab-created) diamonds grown more in popularity than ever before. The Christmas catalog that I created for a local jeweler this year features 5 full pages of lab-grown diamond [Read More…]