any good quality diamond jewelry store in melboune?
confusing guy asked:
I think of getting my girlfriend a 1/4 diamond stud earrings. I have been walking into jewelry stores in the city and also tried browsing through the website. The price is around $225 to $ 300. but the thing is im not sure how to look for diamond quality… i start to get exhausted with all these stuffs because im just a simple guy who has no interest in jewelry whatsoever. and im trying to do my best for her. Anyone, girls or guys, with knowledge of jewelry, please please help me.
I think of getting my girlfriend a 1/4 diamond stud earrings. I have been walking into jewelry stores in the city and also tried browsing through the website. The price is around $225 to $ 300. but the thing is im not sure how to look for diamond quality… i start to get exhausted with all these stuffs because im just a simple guy who has no interest in jewelry whatsoever. and im trying to do my best for her. Anyone, girls or guys, with knowledge of jewelry, please please help me.
November 9th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
First, I am going to assume you are looking for diamond studs in 14k gold.
Now, with a budget of $225 you should get diamond studs with a minimum grade of
H-I in color, and Si1-Si2 in clarity. Tip: in diamonds with Si1-Si12 clarity (Si = “slightly included”), you should NOT see any inclusions in your diamonds while viewing them with out a jewelers loupe. Remember! Unless you got one of the best sets of eyes in the world, if you can see Si2 inclusions in this size diamonds (0.12 points carat each), you should know something is not right with the clarity grading and ask to get a different pair of studs that match the clarity. For your higher budget of $350 (I took the liberty to add to your $300 cost a little), you should get diamond studs with a minimum grade of:
G-H in color and Vs1-Vs2 in clarity. In short: Vs1-Vs2 clarity (VS = “very slightly included”) are a little better clarity than Si (slightly included), and have smaller inclusions that are also a little hard to detect even with a jewelers loupe.
I recommend that you should not settle for less quality if you paying any one of the prices I have mentioned above. In my opinion, you’ll be fine with the first and lower priced option (H-I/Si1-Si2) for $225. Not only will you’ll save more than a $100, in addition, you’ll practically get the same affect since the difference in color G/H to H/I will be almost identical to you and all others and still look as WHITE to the naked eye. Plus, clarity of Si1-Si2 will be just fine since you wouldn’t see any inclusion anyway! So to sum things up for you, unless you know your girlfriend friends are going to check her earrings every time with a loupe, you’ll be just fine with it.
Tip: you can always look what online jewelers got to offer, you’ll find tons of information too. Good luck, Jake Dejano.