By Fred Cuellar
"Finally, one of many best diamond specialists breaks the silence and demystifies the realm of diamonds for normal parents such as you and me." - Gregory J. P. Godek, writer of 1001 how you can Be Romantic
Get Your Money's worthy on a very good Diamond
Buying a diamond will be the most very important and intimidating purchases you ever make. even if you are getting engaged or married, or are procuring for an anniversary, funding, or simply because, find out how to purchase a Diamond will take the strain and uncertainty from your buy, and may help you get the simplest diamond on your money.
Newly revised and fully up-to-date, How to shop for a Diamond is the single e-book out there to incorporate wholesalers' mystery pricing charts that you just, the general public, by no means get to work out! The charts are damaged down by way of carat, readability, and colour - together with a few of the sorts of colour inside of every one colour grade.
very important sections comprise:
- Matching your cash with the correct diamond
- The 4 Cs defined: readability, colour, minimize, and carat size
- Ring kinds and settings
- Insuring and taking good care of your diamond
- choosing the right jeweler
- Jewelers' tips of the trade
- Wholesalers' mystery pricing charts!
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Additional resources for How to Buy a Diamond, 6E: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth
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When you combine colors and types with grade bumping (see page 195), two diamonds can have the perception of being the same, but be from different parts of the rainbow. qxd:Layout 1 6/12/08 10:41 AM Page 24 How to Buy a Diamond When will the labs start breaking down each color into types? Who knows! I know the price guides won’t be the vanguard until at least one lab steps up to tell us that not all identical diamonds of the same color are created equal. Naturally an F(1) should cost more than an F(5).
The biggest diamond ever found in the United States is the Uncle Sam from Arkansas: 40 carats. 5 million, the highest price ever paid at auction for a diamond. qxd:Layout 1 6/12/08 10:41 AM Page 7 1 Chapter The 4 Cs Inclusions - Imperfections inside a diamond. Carbon: Black spots inside a stone. Feather: Internal cracking. Crystal: White spots inside a stone. Pinpoint: Tiny spots, smaller than a crystal. Cloud: A group of pinpoints, which may give the impression of a single large inclusion. Loupe - (pronounced “loop”) A small magnifying glass used to view gemstones.
The truth is that even though a diamond is hard (hardness being a stone’s resistance to being scratched, and the only thing that can scratch a diamond is another diamond), that doesn’t mean a diamond is tough (toughness being a stone’s resistance to breakage). You see, a diamond can cleave in four directions, meaning it can be damaged. qxd:Layout 1 6/12/08 10:41 AM Page 12 How to Buy a Diamond A diamond is the hardest thing in the world, but not the toughest. I don’t recommend wearing the highest clarity grade diamonds, because it is possible for someone to buy a VVS, or flawless diamond, and through normal wear lower the clarity grade to a VS or even SI grade.