When it’s time to buy a diamond, we spend a significant amount of time juggling diamond characteristics to find a gemstone with a combination of qualities that suits out style, our needs, and our budget. Diamond color nearly always plays an important role in our search, because color shadings in what should be a white [...]
HPHT was first used to turn yellowish diamonds into fancy colored diamonds, but now it is also used to transform some unpopular brownish diamonds into more expensive colorless diamonds.
Some companies claim HPHT isn’t a treatment at all, calling it a technique that finishes the job nature started. That attitude, and the fact that the process [...]
The Darya-I-Nur Diamond is one of the world’s largest diamonds and is one of the most rare because of its pale pink color. It weighs about 182 carats. Its exact weight is unknown because its been mounted in its brooch setting for over 130 years. Its Persian name ‘Darya-I-Nur’ translates into English as the ‘Sea [...]
A lariat necklace is one long strand, usually with a loop at each end, and some items hanging from the loops.
If you use Beadalon, you will also need crimp beads. If you use Bead Cord, you will tie knots instead of using crimp beads. Depending on your knot-tying ability, and the sizes of the holes [...]
It doesn’t come as a surprise that the Fall 2009 collection for the French fashion house Chanel is largely inspired by Russia. There was so much French influence in Russia from the 1600s on, it’s about time the French were inspired by the Russians.
Adore the Matreshka Doll Bag. It’s certainly kitschy, but somehow it just [...]
I have to admit that despite my love for clothes, I am not a big shopper during my travels. The last 3 summers in Paris I bought a silk handmade scarf for my mom, Louis Vuitton coin purse and a speedy strap, an Eiffel Tower keychain, and a bunch of vintage poster reproductions…all mementos of [...]
Diamonds are the supreme gift of love. Their radiant beauty matches our own radiant emotion.
A diamond’s beauty comes from the light it returns,called brilliance and fire. These qualities live in every stone. Yet they can only be released through the cut.
For centuries, cutters sought to unlock the secret of perfect light return. But their efforts [...]
Many may wonder what branded diamonds have to do with the right hand ring. Plenty,you may want a custom Right Hand Ring and want name brand Diamonds in the Mounting. You may even want a brand name piece of jewelry too.A lot is being written about branded diamonds, branding in the jewelry marketplace. So many [...]
Hearts On Fire diamonds are known the world over as being the most perfectly cut diamonds available. Only the most extraordinary rough material is selected and used by Hearts On Fire in creating their signature diamonds. Furthermore, each and every facet is perfectly aligned and polished providing superior light performance. This level of craftsmanship and [...]
Independent diamond certification is essential for authenticity and also insurance purposes.
A certified diamond provides consumers with confidence, security and increases comfort levels while making a decision on which loose diamond to purchase. Before purchasing a loose diamond, you should expect to review a copy of its diamond certificate, as this is your only guarantee of [...]
