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Learn Secret Diamond Buying Skills From a Professional Diamond Buyer
… and exactly measure each stone to do an analysis of the cutting style. This should take two to ten weeks of eye cramping work to learn. Second, get a chart of the ideal cut percentages and angles and find a diamond that has been … that greatly impact price which fall outside this brief description. The two major ones are very small pinpoints that can cloud the stone. You may not be able to see them but if the over all diamond looks cloudy or milky, it is a lower …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Jade
…can be carved, and can be taken to a high polish. Nephrite is commonly found in a darker olive green color but can also be very light green, orangey-red, black, and yellowish green. Jadeite can come in many different colors including pink, purple (often called lavender jade), blue, black, white, and the most valuable/desirable color: a vibrant green. The finest of all green jadeite colors is a saturated emerald green that is almost transparent, and it is called “…
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Gem in the Spotlight: Pearl
… discovered by a Canadian fisherman who found it inside a giant clam that he had caught off the coast of the Philippines. The Giga Pearl has a unique shape and texture, with a baroque surface that is covered in a range of colors and … to black, with many shades in between. The most valuable pearls are those with a pure, even color, such as white, pink, or silver. Luster: Luster is the intensity of light reflected from a pearl’s surface. Pearls with excellent luster …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Opal
… that opals can display. Stones with larger patches of color are valued higher than those that display only small pins (pinfire) or no play of color at all. Opals that don’t display any play of color are called “common opal”. Opal has a …. Opals can also sometimes be dyed, giving them an unnatural but fascinating body color such as a vibrant green or pink. Some opals that have cracked can sometimes be reused by making “mosaic opals” gluing smaller broken pieces of opal …
