Clarity refers to the presence, or rather, the absence of internal (inclusions) or external (blemishes) flaws. Flawless colored stones are probably harder to find than flawless diamonds, but flawlessness is not fussed about as much in the case of colored stones as diamonds simply because flaws don’t show themselves as much in the former. And this is a continual attribute, meaning that the lighter the stone, the more the clarity required. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the steps you will follow in order to Evaluate, Examine, Select & Care Gemstones. You probably don’t know yet what you are looking for and what you are not looking for. Don’t worry, just follow me through this: Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a good source of cheap diamonds, by which I mean cheap diamonds and cheap gemstones below or near dump value. Read the rest of this entry »

Seven days of the week, 365 days of the year, local newspaper carries classified ads, which, among other things, are with reference to sale of jewelry. Some of the people who place these ads in the Classifieds can be classified as totally desperate guys who will take almost anything that sounds reasonable (to them), while the others are those who are not ready to be the least bit reasonable, who think they have, like, forever to sell their stuff and will not take a dime less than what they think is the price they should get. However, the twist in the tale is that Read the rest of this entry »

Let me put things into perspective first. You have tried in your life at some time or the other to sell jewelry, or you have followed my advice over the last few weeks and really liked the experience. You felt like this is your thing, that you can really make stacks of money if you had a little more knowledge and experience in diamonds and jewelry industry. And now you are hungry for more. Read the rest of this entry »