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August 25, 2010

Is Your Diamond Real or is it Cubic Zirconia?

Author: Mariam Hoy - Categories: Jewelry Style Guide - Tags: Cubic Zirconia, Zirconia -

Diamonds are supposed to be a girl’s best friend. But you can rest assured about its authenticity only after you have conducted a few tests to that effect.  Most cubic zirconias of good quality are amazingly similar in shape, size and color, and sometimes even a good jeweler finds it difficult to tell the difference. This of course does not mean that you should take someone else’s word for it. Conduct the most common tests and find out for yourself.

The Scratch Test for testing diamonds is the oldest and most traditional. However, this test though being used often is not as accurate or reliable as once imagined. Ever

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August 21, 2010

Divorce Rings Can Signify a New Beginning

Author: Mariam Hoy - Categories: Jewelry Style Guide - Tags: New, New Beginning -

Jewelry designers have thought up something new: the divorce ring. It’s similar to an engagement ring in that it is celebrating a big life-changing occasion, even if that occasion is the break-up of a marriage. The idea behind the divorce ring appeals to many different types of people who want to have some way to tell others they are now divorced, or simply to mark the event in their own lives. Jewelry has traditionally been a way to mark big events, from graduations to weddings, so it’s not that far-fetched to include divorces. With about half the U.S. pop

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August 16, 2010

Lost Rings Returned after 15 Years

Author: Mariam Hoy - Categories: Jewelry Style Guide -

Losing one diamond ring is bad enough, but imagine losing multiple sets of diamond jewelry high-end quality and all. That’s what happened to Gail Hultgren of Australia. It wasn’t that she was careless, it’s that she had decided that the three rings wore well together, so she had them soldered together and when she misplaced one, she managed to misplace all three! The engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the eternity ring disappeared one day as she set about doing laundry. She took them off, put them on a laundry bench, and fifteen years later their disappearance was still a mystery.

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August 13, 2010

How to Tell a Real Diamond From an Imitation

Author: Mariam Hoy - Categories: Jewelry Style Guide - Tags: Diamond, Diamond Imitation -

Methods of finding out whether your diamond is fake or not

Before you can be really proud of owning a precious and sparkling diamond, you should try to find out if it is really genuine or a good imitation. Since the imitations are so similar in size, shape and color it is not easy to determine its authenticity until certain tests are conducted.

One of the most common tests is the traditional Scratch Test. Though it is widely used, it has been found to fall short and not as reliable and accurate.

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