Thursday 11 September 2014

The Don’ts of Purchasing a Perfect Diamond

Purchasing a diamond may pose such a great challenge to you when you are out shopping for one. However with luck and a helping hand you will indeed get the right deal for diamond jewelry. While choosing from already certified diamond like the GIA certified loose diamonds may be easy and authentic, not everyone who wants to buy a diamond is always aware of the certification. It is for this reason that we you should be well equipped with the don’ts of purchasing a diamond.

Don’ts

When purchasing a loose diamond such as the pear loose diamondsor even the GIA certified loose diamonds always remember the following.

Never walk into a jewelry store and allow any jeweler to show you two or more diamonds of various cut qualities at the same time to try and lure you into buying one that they may consider to be the best. This will make you buy what you feel is the best which indeed may just be the best quality that they have in that store.

Another thing that you should not be caught doing is purchasing a deeply cut diamond. This is because a deeply cut diamond always carries more of its carat weight in the depth of diamond as opposed to its width. This will make the diamond to be less expensive and may in turn prove to be more appealing to you.

Though this next point may sound unrealistic to anyone who is reading it, never buy the cheapest diamonds in a store. This is because the most appropriately cut diamonds are always expensive than the fairly cut ones. Therefore the prices that are lesser, with an overwhelming incentive to carry may just be the less than well cut diamonds. Diamonds come in various cuts such as round brilliant cut diamonds, or the princess cut diamonds.

Again diamond color should be something that you must pay very high attention to. Usually under 1 grade, it is also impossible to judge the color of a diamond once it is set or mounted since the flaws will be hidden under prongs. Therefore never buy a diamond without seeing it loose under a loupe to determine what you are getting, so never buy an already set diamond unless you have done the check under the loupe.

Never buy a jeweler’s own graded diamonds. Diamonds are usually GIA Certified loose diamonds, or probably EGL certified loose diamonds. Other authentic lab grading also exist and therefore you should not be pushed into buying a jeweler’s own grading system. In fact when it comes to color spectrum GIA certification is usually the most reliable.

In addition to these never buy a diamond that you have observed under the store lights. Store lighting is usually designed to make diamonds look their very best. So irrespective of the diamond stone that you want to buy even if it’s a cushion cut diamond make sure you ask for a direct sunlight source, or simply a place with natural light under which you can observe the diamond stone.

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