Dirty diamonds

When you wash your hands with a diamond ring on, soap scum clings to it. When you put on hand lotion, it gets grease on it. In one short day, your brand new diamond could be dirty! Fortunately it takes only a few minutes to clean it.

Insuring your diamonds

Insuring a diamond takes a bit of thought, planning, and shopping around. Diamond insurance isn’t like purchasing car insurance. It is quite different. Depending on the state that you live in, there are basically three different types of policies that will cover diamonds, and all insurance policies that cover diamonds are considered Marine type policies.

How to Clean your Diamonds

Through our day to day movements our diamonds get smudged and soiled. Even diamonds get smudged and soiled. Even when we are not wearing them, they collect dust. Lotions, soaps, our natural skin oils, can cause film and grime on diamonds and inhibit their brilliance. Diamonds require cleaning so that maximum amounts of light can refract fiery brilliance. All it takes is a few minutes and a little care to keep that diamond as fiery as the day you first saw it.

Diamond care

Caring for a diamond takes more than occasional cleanings. Diamonds are forever, but they can be damaged if you are not careful. By learning how to properly care for your diamond, you will ensure that your diamond is indeed forever.

Diamond certificates

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.

Diamond certificates

Diamond certificates from independent organizations such as the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) provide a diamond grading report, that gives you valuable information about the 4 C's that were taken into consideration when the diamond was priced.

Diamond care

There are a few different ways that you can provide diamond care for your precious jewelry, in particular, there are different cleaning processes you can use to keep it looking as brilliant and sparkling as the day you brought it home from the jeweler.

National gem emeralds

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC is home to so much that's rare and wonderful on the planet. One of the more spectacular collections is the collection of gems in the Museum of Natural History.

Diamond certification

Diamond certification is essential when you're buying a diamond and is different from a jeweler's appraisal, although the certification is part of any appraisal. Many diamonds look the same, but not all of them are going to be of the quality you might like.

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