Buying Guide For Diamond Jewellery

"Diamonds are a girl's best friends", but diamonds have the ability of making friends with everybody.

The above words are very true, have you ever heard of a person who dislikes diamonds. We have been hearing about diamonds since birth and maybe that's the reason why we feel so connected to it. Diamonds are treasured as gemstones since the time when they were used as religious icons in ancient India.

Scientifically, Diamond is the hardest natural material known on Earth. It is a crystal of tetrahedral bonded carbon atoms. Because of the material's exceptional physical characteristics, diamond is used for many purposes other than jewelry.



While purchasing diamonds there are four C points which have to be kept in mind, the below mentioned points may help you in procuring the real thing, the real diamonds.



DIAMONDS are graded by four characteristics:



CUT

There is a special formula for diamonds also. According to standards, round brilliant diamonds are cut with 58 facets. More light should be reflected to the viewer's eyes and it is possible when these facets are proportionately featured on the diamond and which is very important. Cut also refers to the shape of the diamond piece such as round brilliant, oval, marquise, pear, heart shaped and emerald. The new ones are Asher square cut and Royal radiant cut.



CARAT

Carat actually refers to the weight of the diamond. The price increases with the size. A pint constitutes 100 points. There are just 5 carats in a gram. Always go for the actual point size rather than a fractional weight, you sometimes get cheated this way. Jeweler's sale 90 diamond saying it a 1carat diamond. Always measure the stone to be on the safer side, because diamonds are not purchased every day.



COLOR

The real color of diamond used to be only white or the colorless. But now-a-days there are many colors available in market like pink, green, brown, black, yellow and many other to come.



CLARITY

Clarity is exactly the external and the internal appearances of the diamond piece. The quality of the diamond is proved by less of inclusions in it. Jewelers even have some magnifying glasses through which you can surely satisfy yourself before purchasing the diamond piece.



Although being the strongest and the toughest, it is a delicate stone which has to be given special care. It is very much prone to scratches and chipping, so while doing household chores it would be advisable to remove that piece of jewelry which has got a diamond in it. They get dirty easily and even can be washed at home only; otherwise you can go for polishing of your diamond.

I hope this guide can help you a bit with the diamond jewellery purchase....so whom are you waiting for. Just go and dazzle with diamonds all over you.



Mony Alexander has written many articles on jewellery - diamond jewellery, gold jewellery, artificial jewellery etc.