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    What Are the 4Cs of Diamonds? The Complete Buyer's Guide
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    What Are the 4Cs of Diamonds? The Complete Buyer's Guide
    The 4Cs are the language every diamond speaks - cut, color, clarity, and carat. Learn exactly what each C means, which matters most for the way a stone actually looks,... Read more
    November’s Wonderfully Warm-Hearted Birthstone: Citrine
    November’s Wonderfully Warm-Hearted Birthstone: Citrine
    Citrine is any quartz crystal or cluster that is yellow or orange in color. Although, often cut as a gemstone, citrine is actually somewhat rare in nature. Citrine is one... Read more
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    Shapes
    Shapes
    The cut of a diamond refers to the way the stone is shaped and polished, how the facets are arranged and how deep or shallow it’s cut. There are various... Read more
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    Carats
    Many people equate the term carat with the size of a diamond, and as carat size increases, so will the carat weight. But the operative word there is weight. Carat refers to the weight of a diamond and is equal to roughly 200 milligrams which is less than a ¼ of an ounce. A carat can also be broken up into 100 points. So ¾ of a carat is also 75 points. Read more
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    Fluorescence
    We’re all familiar with the 4Cs of diamonds – cut, color, clarity and carat weight. But diamonds also possess a quality called fluorescence that’s part of the evaluation and assessment of a diamond. It’s actually called photo-luminescence and it’s caused by small amounts of the chemical boron in the diamond. It’s activated by UV light. Read more
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    Gem cutting
    How does a lump of mineral or crystal become a dazzling diamond, ruby or sapphire? It’s an amazing process called gem cutting or lapidary and makes all the difference in the final value of the stone. It was developed first in Venice in the early 1300’s and was seen in Paris and Bruges in the mid-1400s.Good cutting is a precise art that catches the light just so, and captures the beauty of the gem. Poor cutting destroys it. Read more
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    Diamond cutting styles
    Our love of diamonds and admiration of their fire and brilliance has given rise to many different cuts of diamonds. While we still see some of the earliest styles of diamond cuts – such as the round and emerald-cut, there are many more cuts today, some of them patented by their designers and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read more
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