My client’s brief from our initial telephone conversation was to source a 2.00 carat round brilliant cut somewhere between G-H colour/VS-SI1 clarity on a GIA certificate with a view to have a classic solitaire ring created for his wife. Both clients met with me shortly afterwards and I had prepared in advance four brilliant cuts all with
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I would like to recommend some further gift ideas for both Him And Her. Let’s start off with Her. Gifting A Diamond for Her Gifting a diamond or gemstone for your partner has never been so popular with recent clients, all of whom still want to add the element of surprise and pleasure to the
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With auction fever slowing down, the auction houses can stand back and recover from the staggering realised prices for rare fancy coloured diamonds throughout the year. The message is loud and clear that demand for exceptional rarity exceeds supply of these truly magnificent Collectors Gems. I have collated in date order the fancy coloured record breaking
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Do you have diamonds, gemstones and old vintage jewellery gathering dust in your jewellery box? If you do, why not sort them out and let me have a look at them and I can redesign vintage jewellery and will come up with some design ideas for you. Damaged diamonds and gemstones can be unset, recut, re-polished and
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EGL Certified Diamond Over the last two weeks, there has been much noise within the industry over the credibility of honest grading from one of the franchises of the diamond grading laboratory EGL (European Gemmological Laboratory ) which has impacted on retail, the end of the Jewellery supply chain. This relates to EGL certified diamonds. The
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When did you last value your jewellery? Is it properly insured? You will doubtless have purchased jewellery for either bridal wear, a commitment piece to celebrate a milestone, a lifestyle purchase for occasional wear or may have some jewellery bequeathed by a close relative. I am sure you really love wearing your engagement and matching
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Love your jewellery! How poor cleaning and a lack of care can lead to ruin! I have seen rings deformed owing to dumbbell training in the gym and precious metals and gemstones damaged due to heavy housework and gardening in my time as a jewellery expert! A topical issue at the moment, especially with the
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The definition of bespoke according to Wikipedia is an adjective for anything commissioned to a particular specification. “Custom-made”, “made to order”, “made to measure” and sometimes “hand-made” are near-synonyms.. The word bespoke is derived from the verb to bespeak, to “speak for something”, in the specialised meaning “to give order for it to be made” or commission. Specific uses we are
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The Gemstone Collection at The Natural History Museum is one of the finest in the world. It is the National Collection, and heirloom of generations, to be inherited by future generations and enjoyed by all. If you have the time as the evenings draw in or before the Christmas shopping, take a look. The Collection
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Against expert advice, Edward Bishop heads to South Africa and saves a small fortune on a precious stone When I asked Graham Tom about buying a diamond in South Africa he looked worried. I didn’t know if this was because he was pondering the proposition in general, or simply trying to imagine how I –
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