Tip 1: How to choose earrings with diamonds
Tip 1: How to choose earrings with diamonds
Choosing earrings with diamonds, you want to get the perfect match. Such earrings a perfect gift for a significant event or a good investment of money. Everything is important here - the size and purity of the stone, its frame, these will be earrings Dress every day, or it's a couple for grand outings, they are meant for a young girl or a respectable lady.
Instructions
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Learn more about diamondschoose a stone, you need to know by what parameters it is estimated. For brilliants, four characteristics are important: color, purity, karatnost and cut. Stones of different shades, with the exception of pale blue, are valued higher than "white". The most expensive ones are blue, pink-lilac and ruby-red. In Russia, the colors of diamonds are denoted by numbers, in other countries - in Latin letters. In diamonds there are always carbon inclusions, the less of them, the purer the stone.
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Small stones are evaluated only by weight,Large - by weight, color and purity. The unit of weight of precious stones is carat, in each carat is 0.2 grams. Fine diamonds weigh up to 0.3 carats, average to 1 carat, all stones more than 1 carat are called tapeworms. The price of stones grows not linearly, but is calculated "according to Tavernier rule", where the cost is equal to the square of the mass multiplied by the price per carat. That's why a standard diamond of 2 carats is more expensive than the same weight of 1 carat not in 2 times, but in 3. Diamonds cut is standard, round or fancy, for example, a pear, a princess, a marquis, etc.
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Each large diamond should be attacheda special certificate of a gemological laboratory or institute, depending on the country of production in which all the above characteristics of the stone are accurately described.
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Choose a style of earrings Depending on whether everyday or ceremonial you are going to purchase earrings, select the style in which they are made. For every day, more suitable stud earrings, for evening dresses - carnations with large stones, rings and semirings, for solemn occasions - earrings-Glow and design earrings.
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Even if you can afford very large diamonds in your ears, you should not do this if you have small lobes and ears. Low women go earrings rings and semirings, but sometimes the earrings-bunches seem to them too bulky. Very high women are suitable for carnations and semirings. If you want to wear earrings from diamonds every day, choose those that do not delay the earlobe.
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Choose the setting. The diamonds are accepted to be sent toplatinum, but this does not mean that they are forbidden to be sent to silver or gold. Depending on the design decision around the stone can be any metal or alloy. Nevertheless, it is the platinum that best emphasizes the game of the diamond, in addition, it is suitable for people with sensitive skin.
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Choose a designYou can buy earrings work of a famous designer or jewelry house,such as Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, but if you are interested in stud earrings, then it's better to turn to domestic producers, because Russia is one of the top three diamond suppliers, and our fine diamond cutters work fine.
Tip 2: How to choose products with diamonds
Jewelery products from diamonds today are presented very widely. However, the purchase of such jewelry is not a cheap pleasure, so it is important to know what to look for when choosing it.
Instructions
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Check the availability of supporting documentation. The store must have certificates for products with diamonds, also you can get full information about the stone itself: where and how it was mined, what cut, weight, purity. If such information is not available to you, it is better not to buy it. Also in the store must be a document confirming the status of the official point of sale of the company-supplier of products with diamonds.
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Choose an ornament, guided not onlyown taste, but also the characteristics of the stone. By color, diamonds are not only transparent, but also white, yellow, blue, black and even red. The brilliance of the stone is affected by the quality of the cut, and it is better to evaluate this parameter in daylight. The purity of a diamond depends on the amount of natural mineral inclusions available in it. As a rule, they can be seen only under the magnifying glass, but their location greatly affects the shine of the jewelry. So, if they are located closer to the center of the stone, then its ability to refract and diffuse the light will not be very high, but the location along the edges near the fastening will not significantly damage the gloss. The shape of the cut can be any, both round and, for example, pear-shaped. However, in a quality product, the shape of the diamond is always symmetrical to its central axis.
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Carefully look at the top of the stone,which is called a platform. On it there should be no inclusions, chips, scratches. All mineral inclusions must be inside the diamond, not on its faces. By the way, if you try to scratch a stone, it should not leave a trace.
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Pay attention to the quality of fasteningdiamond in the metal. If you lead an active lifestyle, give preference to a tie bar tack that will protect the stone better, and its radiance will not reduce it. If you buy the product not for every day and are very careful and careful, you can choose the option and with the usual fastening of four or six detours.