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  • Diamond Ring Buying Tips

    It pays to learn as much as you can before purchasing a diamond ring. Knowing all about the four Cs, having a budget and thoroughly vetting your jeweler are tips that will help you buy the diamond...

  • How to Determine the Brilliance of a Diamond

    The brilliance of a diamond is made up for four components: flash, dispersion, blend and scintillation. These components all affect how a stone reflects light. Diamonds sparkle because white light...

  • How to Grade Opals

    Grading opals is sometimes challenging as they exhibit strange and beautiful colors across a broad spectrum. Opals come in vast quantities of rainbow colors, and most are mined in Australia....

  • How to Cut Gem Stones

    Gems stones are cut and polished into shapes that show off their unique qualities in order to be set in jewelry. When dealing with gems like diamonds and emeralds, the technique is called...

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