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Written by Deb St. George, Publisher, 18ktgoldjewelry.org
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There is a spectacular diamond in the
Smithsonian Collection called the Blue Heart Diamond. Fans of the movie Titanic
might think the “Heart of the Ocean Diamond” was based on this stone, and it may
have been! However, this diamond hasn’t been cast in the ocean, but is safe and
sound at the Smithsonian!
It has also been called the Eugenie Blue
Diamond, although it’s uncertain that the Empress Eugenie ever owned this
particular stone. It was cut in Paris between 1909 and 1910, but the stone’s
origin – Africa or India – is unclear.
It is an enormous heart-shaped, blue diamond
weighing 30.82 carats. Its current setting is in a platinum ring, surrounded by
white diamonds. It changed hands among famous jewelers – such as Cartier and Van
Cleef & Arpels - and owners until it was bought by Harry Winston in 1959 who
mounted the diamond in its current ring setting. Winston sold the ring to
Marjorie Merriweather Post. Mrs. Post donated the ring to the Smithsonian and it
remains there with other famous blue diamonds, including the Hope Diamond and
the Heart of Eternity Diamond.
Blue Heart Diamond Click To Learn More.
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Written by Deb St. George, Publisher, 18ktgoldjewelry.org
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A diamond certificate is also known as a
Diamond Grading Report. This report comes
from the Gemological Institute of America
(GIA), and you should require this report
when you are purchasing a diamond.
With a diamond certificate, you can verify
the color, cut, carat, weight, and clarity of the
diamond. You don’t have to worry about a
diamond dealer telling you anything less than
the truth, because the certificate comes
from the GIA – not the dealer. You may be
required to pay for the certificate, but the
cost is usually low, and in many cases, it
will help you negotiate a better price on the
diamond – or keep you from purchasing a
lower quality diamond altogether.
If you buy a high quality diamond, and then
later decide to sell the diamond, you will
need to have the certificate, or you will have
a hard time selling it to someone else.
Furthermore, you can use the Diamond
Grading Report to look up the wholesale
value of the diamond in question. Use the
guide that is used by the diamond cutting
industry.
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With the Certificate, or Diamond Grading
Report, there won’t be any doubts when you
are trying to purchase a diamond. You can
easily find out what the diamond is worth.
This will prevent you from overpaying, and it
can prevent a seller from under-charging as
well.
A copy of the Diamond Grading Report
should be given to your insurance company
as well, when you insure the diamond. This
provides absolute, unquestionable proof of
the value of the diamond should it be stolen
in the future. Insurance companies cannot
argue with the report.
Avoid diamond dealers who seem reluctant
to provide a certificate! Also avoid sellers
who tell you that a certificate diamond will
cost you more – the only additional cost
should be the cost of the certificate, which
is low. If the dealer doesn’t want to provide
a certificate, then you don’t want to do
business with that dealer.
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Written by Deb St. George, Publisher, 18ktgoldjewelry.org
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Gemologists have developed
new ways to create versions that are
affordable for the average person - by
treating less desirable diamonds. These
less desirable diamonds are treated with
irradiation followed by intense heat. This
turns brown and yellowish diamonds into
beautifully colored diamonds that you can
afford. This produces stunning greens,
blues, yellows, reds, purples and other
colors. These colors are considered
permanent, but there is a possibility
they could change during repairs if a high
heat is used.
Treatments like irradiation make it possible
for more people to own these vividly colored
diamonds. Most natural colored diamonds
are rare and also extremely expensive. When
shopping for colored diamonds you need to
assume that any affordable fancy color
diamond has been treated. Ask about the
stones origin and request to view a lab
certificate to verify authenticity.
Synthetic colored diamonds are another
option if owning a colored diamond is
something you desire but cannot quite afford.
They are real diamonds, but they are created
in a lab.
Fancy colored diamonds are all the rage
these days.
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Natural fancy color diamonds get their
coloring from different trace elements present
in the stones, such as nitrogen, which
produces a yellow diamond. Diamonds can
be colored by exposure to radiation during its
creation. An example of a diamond affected
by radiation is a Green diamond.
Another way that a natural colored diamond
gets color is by its inclusions. Regarded as
flaws and undesirable in a colorless diamond,
inclusions give unique tones and brilliant
flashes of color in a fancy color diamond.
Remember that Natural fancy colored
diamonds are very expensive, any colored
diamond labeled to be sold as natural should
be accompanied by a certificate from a
respected grading lab.
Fancy colored diamonds - Click Here To Learn More
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