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Should you buy natural colored or treated colored diamonds?

09.04.2013


1.00ct yellow diamond

Diamonds are beautiful and they come in all colors like rainbow. While some natural colored diamonds are pricey, some are not, it depends on the rarity, size and intensity of the color. In general, blue, green, pink and red are among the most rare colors while brown and yellow are more common. Natural colored diamonds [...]

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Stand Out From the Crowd: Custom Made Necklaces and Handmade Jewelry Online

27.12.2012


Blue Sapphire

Not satisfied with the jewelry you see in stores? Do you dream of designing your own necklaces, rings and bracelets, but lack the means to create them yourself? Well, look no further. With the help of professional jewelers, you can design your own ring online. Express yourself and wow your friends with custom made necklaces. [...]

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Vintage Natural Brown Diamond Engagement Ring

31.07.2012


Vancouver colored diamonds

They are a young couple. She’s young but she has a very mature and unique taste to her jewellery. He doesn’t mind her picking her own ring so she picked a design she liked and brought it to me. She has been looking at a white diamond engagement ring and after some research she thought a light [...]

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2012 JCK Jewellery Conference

16.06.2012


Perfect Diamonds Vancouver

I attend jewellery conference in many places every year, as a designer I want to see what jewelry trends are in and get ideas and get inspired, as a GIA graduate gemologist I always check out what’s new at GIA booth (I found a book all about gemstone inclusions this year), and finally as a jewelry [...]

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5 Diamond Anniversary Band with Pink!

18.04.2012


5 diamond band

This client came to me for a 10 year anniversary diamond ring. He has already given his wife many rings before so I thought we have to do something different. I happened to have a couple of 5 diamonds anniversary bands on site so I thought swap out one diamond for pink would be a [...]

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Examing and Selecting Natural Colored Diamonds – Pink!

26.03.2012


Graduate Gemologist Vancouver

Natural pink diamonds are very beautiful. It’s the most feminine of colors and much favored by celebrities. Pink diamonds have only been found in a few mines across the world. Today, the Argyle mine in Western Australia is famous for the number of pinks it produces. Making colored diamond jewelry is no piece of cake, [...]

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Custom Made 1ct Engagement ring with pink accent diamonds

15.12.2010


Custom made ring Vancouver

After talking with this client a few times, I understand that his girlfriend likes the color pink so I suggested some pink accent diamonds in the band. I think it would be a really nice surprise for her (on top of the surprise proposal) and she would really love it! I don’t know any girls [...]

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Katy Perry and Russell Brand’s Yellow Diamond Wedding Bands

14.12.2010


Natural yellow diamond bands

The two stars are known for their eye-catching fashion style and Perry is especially famous for her “sparkly” taste.  The two diamond encrusted eternity rings are estimated to be worth $50,000-$75,000 each.

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Impressive 54.20ct vivid yellow diamond sale

14.12.2010


Fancy colored diamonds

  54.20ct Natural Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond ring. Sold for $2,322,500 at Sotheby’s New York sale of Magnificent Jewels!

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The winner for new hope diamond setting

25.11.2010


Hope diamond new setting

The Smithsonian Institution invited the public to make history by voting on one of three new setting designs for the legendary Hope Diamond. To mark the occasion, Harry Winston Inc., the famed jewelry company whose owner and namesake donated the diamond to the Smithsonian, has designed three contemporary settings, to look at these 3 designs, look at my [...]

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