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What properties are important when choosing a diamond?

Friday, July 29th, 2011

“Cut: An exceptionally cut diamond can create a beautiful brilliance, and a poorly cut diamond may appear dull. Many gemologists believe how a diamond is cut is the diamond’s most important attribute. Width and depth play a huge role how light travels in the gem. If cut too shallow the diamonds radiance will be lost. The light travels out the sides. When a diamond is cut too deep the diamond will appear dull. By doing this the light travels out the bottom of the stone.
Color: Diamonds act like a prism, by doing so it divides light in to a spectrum and colors reflect light in to bright flashes called fire. The diamond acts as a filter when looking through it, the spectrum will reduce. The less amount of color in a diamond, more brilliant its fire and the better its grade. The color rating system goes as follows.
D: Positively colorless. This is the highest color grade, and in turn exceedingly rare.
E: Colorless. Small traces of color are able to be detected by a gemologist. This is also a very rare diamond.
F: Colorless. Slight color is seen by a gemologist, still considered “”Colorless”" grade; and a high quality diamond.
G-H: Almost colorless. Color is more noticeable when compared to the higher grades of diamonds. These diamonds exhibit an excellent value.
I-J: Near colorless, color is slightly detectable.
K-Z: These grades of diamond are inferior in quality. They lack fire, and brilliance that consumers look for in a good diamond.
Clarity: This is the way the (GIA) Gemological Institute of America grades a diamond for flaws, or inclusions. These can be scratches, trace minerals, or something else to detract from the pure beauty. Clarity ratings are as follows.
FL-IF: Flawless
VVS1-VVS2: Has minute inclusions, they are very difficult to see.
VS1-VS2: Slightly included not usually seen without magnification. These are less expensive than VVS1 or VVS2 grades.
SI1-SI2: These diamonds are slightly included. Some flaws are at times visible to the unaided eye.
Carat Weight: This is the actual size of the diamond.”

Fashion Jewelry – Most Popular Casual Dress Accessory

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Fashion Jewelry is a very popular accessory that we like to add when dressing causal or when we want to spice up a dressy outfit that we might wear in the evening. Cheaper jewelry is being opted by a lot of women and girls these days while earlier only the gold and silver jewelry was being used. Not only is the jewelry cheaper, but you get the same great look for less.

Anyone can purchase jewelry at all places these days. You can even accessorize you clothes with these jewelry that are showcased a lot of departmental stores. Even a casual dress can be made to look quite attractive and flamboyant by adding up a nice necklace and latest ring. You will be able to get a perfect match for every cloth in your wardrobe with so many designs and colors that they are available in. Women and young girls nowadays are not just looking to sport any kind of jewelry with their clothing, but they like the big and sparky fashion jewelry.

Everyone wants to look trendy by wearing big jewelery and the one so much in demand these days are the glass dichroic rings. These rings look exquisite with its color and fabrication available in both round and oval shapes. You may have to pay a little higher price when these are hand crafted and making use of special materials. The dichroic glass being designed with 14kt gold in the edges will cost more than the complete glass ones. The teenage girls are very fond of the dichroic glass. Dichroic rings are most found with the designs of hearts or realistic flowers on the inside of them.

One can see that one of the most special features of this dechroic glass rings are that it is made of a lot of colors making it to display so many colors while wearing them. You cannot believe that these rings are not made with paints! The color for the rings is due to the operation of the light that the rings have been exposed to. As these dichroic glass rings are hand crafted in the most ethnic way they look so pretty. High tech equipment is needed in order to complete the process of making the glass.

The manufacture of dichroic glass into its thickness is due to the treatment of oxides and silicones. The colors that the ring has is due to the metallic oxidation that has been coated on the clear or black glass. When a gold frame is added to the dichroic glass rings it gets more colors.

The ones that are most preferred are the rings amongst the necklaces bracelets and anklets as most of the people love to sport jewelry made of dichroic glass.

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