Past Present And Future Ring
There are many men who understand how much women love jewelry. What they don’t understand is that jewelry to a woman is usually more about the sentiment involved rather than the price. Though it is great fun to get an expensive piece of jewelry, it is even more meaningful to a [...]
Care For Your Jewelry as if it is Your Baby
You have to remove your jewelry whenever you are doing activities that are risky. These activities may cause an impact or expose the jewelry to chemicals. Don’t wear your jewelry when you’re playing sports or doing house hold chores.
If you have rings that can’t be removed [...]
Simple Tips on How to Appraise Jewelry
If you have a collection of jewelry, it is important that you possess the skill in appraising your jewelry. It is important to estimate or determine the value of your accessories because that would gauge the extent of the investment you are putting into your jewelry. Jewelry are valuable [...]
The Truth behind the Sparkle: A Guide to Buying Jewelry
Even the most affordable pieces of jewelry are still costlier than most of the everyday things we purchase. Furthermore, its easy for people with untrained eyes to be fooled into paying a lot for fake jewelry. Use the tips below to ensure you’re making the smart [...]
Bigger is not Always Better:
Understanding How Gemstones are Weighed and Measured
Although bigger seems better and more expensive, it’s not always so in the world of jewelry. In fact, size isn’t even synonymous with carat weight and you need to keep that in mind when shopping for gemstones.
Carat Weight versus Size
Diamonds and colored gemstones alike are [...]
Understanding the Clarity and Transparency of Gemstones Crystal Clear
Clarity, together with cut, color, and carat weight, is one of the four important C’s used for evaluating and appraising gemstones. Clarity determines the level of flawlessness of a given gemstone. With great clarity comes great transparency as well. Transparency determines the ability of light to pass [...]
How to Determine the Price Value of Color in Gemstones
Gemstones may come in a rainbow of colors, but the jewelry industry uses a universally defined system to grade it. Color accompanies clarity, cut, and carat weight to make up the 4C’s and can greatly affect the aesthetic value of gemstones. Many people mistakenly believe that [...]
Quick Guide to Popular and Precious Gemstones
Alexandrite - this is a beautiful gemstone named after a Russian czar. The gemstone is a basic crysoberyl type, and is best noted for it’s color changing properties depending on the shade of light it is exposed to. Alexandrite shifts between greenish to blue, to purple and even crimson [...]
Knowing the Different Cuts for Gemstones:
Cutting Loose from Jewelry Misassumptions
When grading and appraising gemstones, cut may not be as influential as the other C’s like color, clarity, and carat weight, but it is definitely an influencing factor when it comes to the gemstones overall beauty. To properly evaluate the cut of a given gemstone, you [...]
Jewelry with a Capital J, Understanding Basic Jewelry Terms, Processes, and Techniques
It is easy to feel intimidated and out-of-place when you’re visiting a high-class jewelry shop for the first time. To avoid making unwanted and uniformed purchases, improve your knowledge about jewelry starting with the tips below. If you speak the same language people in [...]