Archive for March, 2010

Colored Diamonds

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Fancy colored diamonds are all the rage these days.  Gemmologists have developed

new ways to create versions that are affordable for the average. These

less desirable diamonds are treated with irradiation followed by intense heat.  This

turns brown and yellowish diamonds into beautifully colour diamonds that you can

afford.  This produces stunning greens, blues, yellows, reds, purples and other colors

Treatments like irradiation make it possible for more people to own these vividly colored

diamonds. Most natural colored diamonds are rare and also extremely expensive.

Synthetic colored diamonds are another option if owning a colored diamond is

something you desire but cannot quite afford. They are real diamonds, but they are created

in a lab.

Natural fancy color diamonds get their color from different trace elements present

in the stones, such as nitrogen, which produces a yellow diamond.  Diamonds can

be colored by exposure to radiation during its creation.  An example of a diamond affected

by radiation is a Green diamond.

Another way that a natural colored diamond gets color is by its inclusions.  Regarded as

flaws and undesirable in a colorless diamond, inclusions give unique tones and brilliant

flashes of color in a fancy color diamond.

These colors vary from red, green, purple, violet, orange, blue and pink. The famous diamonds are The Tiffany Diamond,

which is yellow and the Hope Diamond which is blue are colored diamonds. Color

diamonds have an amazing financial track record.  The value has never decreased on

wholesale level in more than 30 years. In the 1970’s you could have bought a very high quality

blue diamond for about 50K and today the very same stone would be worth between 2 and 3 million.

Certified Diamonds

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Diamond Grading Report is otherwise known as Diamond certificates. This report issued

by Gemmological Institute of America (GIA), and you should require this report

when you are purchasing a diamond.

With a diamond certificate can be verified colour, cut, carat and clarity of diamond. You do not have to worry about  diamond dealer tell you nothing less than the truth, because the certificate come from GIA – not the dealer. in many cases,
it will help you negotiate a better price in diamond – or keep you from buying a lower quality diamond altogether.

Buyers can use the diamonds certificate to find the wholesale value. if you want to sell a high quality diamonds without this report,

Occasionally you will find a hard time selling it to someone. With the certificate or rating Diamond
Report, there will be no doubts when you are trying to buy a diamond.  This prevents you from overpaying, and

it can avoid a seller from under-charging as well.
A copy of the Diamond Certificate should be given to your insurance company as well, when you insure the diamond

.This provides absolute proof, indisputable  value of diamonds. Avoid diamond dealers who seem reluctant
to provide a certificate! Also avoid sellers  It is said that a diamond certificate will cost you more. the only additional cost
should be the cost of the certificate, which is low. also avoid dealers donot want to use GIA for certification
purpose as well.

Behind Wholesale diamond phenomenon

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Diamonds go through the hands of many wholesale traders before reaching the retail outlets, for each individual to buy it. Hence diamond wholesalers marketing largely influences the price, quality and quantity of retail diamonds that reach the international markets.

The length of the supply chain becomes a major factor in price determination. It means that the more number of wholesale traders involved in the whole process, beginning from the diamond exchange and ending in the retail outlet, the higher will be the retail price of the diamond jewelry.

Did you know that that diamonds can also be sold as a wholesale product, which is almost similar to how the food or industrial products are being sold?

it does not mean reducing wholesale diamond quality. With a short supply chain, whole seller can offered to consumers for lower prices from retailers. Now with the regular customer gaining access direct to the wholesale dealers, the retailers cannot enjoy the monopoly over the product. One of the biggest disadvantages of wholesale diamond jewelry is that the people are apprehensive about the quality of the diamond, since it is offered at a lower price.

Product warranty is one of the leading in elections wholesale jewelry. Make sure your wholesale diamond jewelry dealer discloses accurate information to you before they sell the product.even if you buy in small quantities, it can attract unwanted risks. always use insurance when making a deal with them.The wholesale diamond merchants should clearly mention the costs involved until the point of delivery .
Make sure you follow the above precautions while buying diamonds from a wholesale dealer in order to avoid any stress after the purchase.