Trick or Treat – Halloween is Coming

Halloween is one of the most unusual modern holidays the origin of which lies in the mist of times. It comprises the mixture of traditions from Celts, Romans and Christians. Halloween is annually celebrated on the night of October 31.

According to ancient legend, this is the only day when a door to the other world is opened. It let those who live in hell penetrate to the world of living people. At night people used to lit bonfires and bring sacrifices for evil spirits to propitiate them.

Today little is left from the ancient pagan festivals, just some funny fascinating traditions. On this night people wear costumes of evil forces and organize masquerades. Some like to turn into a bat for this night, others like vampire costumes to scare the rest, but to make ensemble accomplished people used to wear Halloween jewelry.

So, Halloween jewelery – what is it? These are earrings, pendants, rings and bracelets created in a form of Halloween symbols like sculls, claws, bats, spiders, snakes, etc. They are very popular these days especially among celebrities who try not to miss an opportunity to go to the Halloween carnival. For example, a stunning actress Megan Fox wore the “Bat necklace” last year. This bat was made of 18ct rose gold and had sparkling diamond eyes. Probably, Kate Hudson could not resist bat eyes' charms as she was also seen wearing the same necklace from Jack Vartanian collection.

To be unique and charming you may use your own design of jewelry following Aaron Carter's example: he wore dollar-glasses encrusted with diamonds to view the Halloween party through. First, think over your costume you want to wear for the carnival. Then think about what kind of jewelry you would like to have, for instance a bracelet and a pair of earrings, or a pendant and a big ring. At last select the design. To make your jewelry compelling encrust it with diamonds. Even some gemstones (like eyes of a bat) can be rather captivating.

Have a nice Halloween! You still have some time to create the best ever carnival costume with terrific diamond Halloween jewelry.

"Unnatural" price for natural diamond

Diamonds are a girl's best friends – it's right, but this one is going to be the most expensive “friend”.

According to Sotheby's rare pink diamond ring will go for $27-38 million at an auction in Geneva next month. This unique diamond is graded fancy intense pink, the color which is very rare to be found in nature. The size of a gem is 24.78 carats and it has classic emerald cut with gently rounded corners. The stone is one of few that can be graded entirely flawless. However it has a flaw which is unnoticed to naked eye (probably it appeared by reason of wearing). But experts claim it will disappear after polishing.

The name of the owner of pink diamond ring is unknown. Still he-or-she is the one who had this stunning jewelry in possession for about 60 years. Currently the ring is being exhibited worldwide with the starting point in Hong Kong on October 2. It will be auctioned in Geneva on October 16, so let's keep up with the news.

April Birthstone : Diamond

Did you know ?

• Diamond is the hardest substance found in nature, everyone knows that.
• Diamond is 4 times harder than the next hardest natural mineral, corundum more specifically sapphire and ruby.
• If a diamond receives a sharp blow in one of it’s forth cleavage directions it will split. A skilled diamond setter should prevent exposing a diamond in any of these directions when mounted in a jewelry piece.

• Diamond comes in a broad color range, high refraction, high dispersion (also known as fire), very low reactivity to chemicals and rarity.
• Diamonds are in almost every color of the rainbow plus browns, grays, and white. Shades of yellow are most common, followed by colorless. Blue, black, reddish, and greenish are usually more valuable.
• Diamonds are found in a type of rock called “Kimberlite”, which comprises the core of certain volcanoes over especially thick portions of the earth’s crust.

• Diamonds are found in many areas including South Africa, Russia, and even in Arkansas in the USA.
• Many diamonds are mined in the alluvial deposits across river beds in areas such as along the coast of South Africa.
• The ancient Hindus called the Diamond “Vajra,” meaning lightening, mainly because of the sparks of light  as well as its invincible strength.
• The ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were splinters of stars fallen to earth.
• Diamond is the symbol of everlasting love.  There is nothing more convincing than a promise of an enduring relationship with the brilliant gemstone .

• The traditional metaphysical properties for the April birthstone are  balance, clarity and abundance.
• The healing properties of the April birthstone are known to be effective for health problems relating to brain diseases, pituitary glands. The Diamond is also used to draw out toxins thus being used as a remedy for poison.
• The word Diamond is derived from the Greek word “adamas” meaning “hardest metal”, clearly reflect the property of the stone.
• In the past Diamonds were reserved for royalty, the only people “entitled” to their symbolism of strength, courage and invincibility.

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Diamonds 4 C's- Cut, Color, Clarity, Carat

 

The Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut are the major and important components of a diamond. Normally a good number of people not spending their time in reviewing these components while purchasing a diamond, this may bring them to a false conclusion on buying a low quality diamond without their knowledge.
Generally all the diamonds will be classified based on these four C’s say Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut. It is important for every buyer that they should have prior knowledge on these C’s before going to purchase a diamond.
Cut

The primary thing in these four C’s is the cut quality, when a diamond is not holding a good cut quality then this diamond will not be considered even if it have good components as color and clarity. When a diamond get’s a good cut after that only it will emerge out of its rough condition, and actually this cut quality only brings a majesty look and appearance to that diamond, in general the type of diamond cut decides that how much sparkle does the diamond should radiate. Among all the types of diamond cut the brilliant rounded cut is most dynamically practices the gem’s sparkle.
Color

Most of the diamonds comes in normal color range which is said to be pale yellow or brown color, other than this any coloring if found is said to be fancy color diamonds. These Fancy color diamonds are very precious and very rare in the market and sure the price will be very high. The colorless diamonds are the purest form of diamonds and these colorless diamonds will be in bright white in appearance.
Clarity

The Clarity of the diamond will always depends upon the number of scratches and flaws on that particular diamond. In our diamond market there are different categories in defining these flaws and scratches on the diamond to order the diamonds. The reduced number of flaws and scratches determines the clarity of those diamonds. The first quality of a diamond is said to be Flaw Less i.e. FL and others is Severely Included which denotes the Flaws that were included in those diamonds. Commercially available diamonds are graded as SI1, SI2 and etc. This denotes the Severely Included 1, Severely Included 2 and so on. The higher quality in this grading are said to be VS and VVS i.e. Very Slightly Included and Very Very Slightly Included.
Carat

Carat denotes the weight of any diamond, where in olden days carob seed was used to determine a carat of a diamond but later a carat was declared as 200 Milligrams. The price may increase by each carat increases, at our Jeweler’s market the common carat weights of diamonds are 0.50, 1.00, 1.25 and etc. A piece of diamond weighs 1.00 is equal to two separate diamonds that weighs 0.50 where the price is same, those who are interest in buying multiple diamonds instead of single large piece is possible.

The above parameter’s describes the each and every important component that used to determine the good quality diamond. These Important components say four C’s Carat, Color, Clarity and Cut only helps to determine the precious and quality diamond. Among these C’s the Cut quality of a diamond plays an important role where the brilliant cut will emerges a majesty look to that particular diamond. When you going to purchase a diamond in a Jeweler’s shop with these 4C’s in your mind i.e. the carat, color, cut and clarity. It also recommended having a budget, when you working on a budget the important thing to notify is no one will investigate to the quality that much you do. There are so many moderate diamonds available in the market with more number of sparkling in it, so it’s your hard effect to find the best one among these.

Most of the people will buy diamond for their Engagement where they purchasing the diamond the salesperson or the seller may easily cheat the customers by selling a low quality diamond or may charge extra price on those purchasing diamonds. These can be reduced only when our customers got educated in diamond’s quality analysis, in this quality analysis the 4C’s only plays a vital role i.e. the Carat, Cut, Clarity and Color. The price of any diamond will be purely based on these 4C’s and another important aspect is having a budget where the diamond ranges in prices.

It is always recommended in having a review before going to purchase a diamond. There are lot and lot of sources in Internet describing with 4C’s say Carat, Cut, Clarity and Color, these explains on how to identify the quality diamonds. In purchasing the ring for engagement not only we have to investigate for 4C’s also we have to check whether this ring is not a second hand Jewel. Many offline dealers and sellers will sale a second hand jewel to a customer on the prices of New.

With all this it is highly recommended in having an expert’s suggestion where you come across with so many details relating in finding a Precious and Brilliant diamond, these instructions may entirely be processed by the diamond stone authority. There are various laboratories that always deal with the quality of a diamond such trusted Institutions are GIA i.e. Gemology Institute of America, AGS i.e. American Gem Society, and IGI i.e. International Gemology Institute. With these institutional bodies you can easily identify the high quality diamonds. You can pay a little more for a diamond with these certifications. Normally these certification numbers will be written on the thin edge of the stone itself.

As we conclude with our 4C’s components Carat, Color, Cut, and Clarity these will help a buyer in purchasing a quality diamond. It is highly recommended in having an expert’s guidance and also to have more number of reviews on online Jewelers and do not forget to check GIA and AGS in the gem stone. Always omit the offline Jewelry stores that also make sale on second hand Jewels.

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