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you have chosen to discover more about Diamond Depot Direct. We started DDD
as a result of a bad experience with a diamond Ring purchase some years ago
and felt that someone needed to provide consumers with an honest alterative.
As our name implies, we are as close to the direct source, on diamonds,
pearls and jewelry as you can be in this business. This is at the heart of
what we do for our customers. With no retail store overhead we are able to
give bidders on eBay the best opportunity to get fabulous deals on
everything we put on auction. We have spent thousands of hours to achieve
this for our customers. Our way of doing business with honesty, integrity,
quality and value has produced DDD a reputation with even retail jewelry
stores buying directly from us.
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The 4 C’s of a Diamond
Diamond Cut The way a diamond is cut, its
width, depth, roundness, size and position of the facets determine the
brilliance of the stone. Even if the color and clarity are perfect, if the
diamond is not cut to good proportions, it will be dull and less impressive
to the eye.
Table:
Flat, top facet of the diamond.
Crown: Upper portion of the
diamond, above the girdle.
Girdle:
Part that separates the top and bottom of the diamond. This is the widest
part of the stone.
Pavilion:
Bottom portion of the diamond, below the girdle.
Culet:
The tip of the bottom of the diamond. This is the most fragile piece of the
stone.
Diameter:
The widest part of the diamond as measured by the girdle width.
Depth:
Total height of the diamond measured from the table to the culet.
Diamond Color The color of a diamond depends on
the quantity and nature of trace elements within the stone and how these
elements originated. Most commercially available diamonds range in color
from colorless to pale yellowish. There are other colors of diamonds known
as "fancy diamonds" which can be pink, blue, green, yellow, brown and even
black. The GIA (Gemological Institute of America) provides a letter scale in
which diamonds are graded based on their color. The following diagram
illustrates the range of color grades
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
Colorless
Near Colorless
Faint Color
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Light Color
Obvious Color
NOTE:
The colors on this chart are for demonstration purposes only. Since all
monitors display colors differently, what you see on this chart may not
represent the exact color grade.
Diamond Clarity The process of the growth and creation of
a diamond inside the earth does not occur evenly, but in several phases. In
each phase, the conditions such as temperature, pressure and cooling are not
the same and do not always remain constant. As a result, most diamonds
contain what are called inclusions, internal features caused by the
constantly changing conditions during different phases of the diamond's
creation. These inclusions come in many forms including cloud-like features,
fracture or tension cracks or even enclosed minerals that were present
during the growth process of the diamond. The GIA (Gemological Institute of
America) has designated that clarity of diamonds is graded under the
following guidelines:
FL: Diamond free from internal and
external flaws under 10X magnification.
IF: Absolutely free from internal faults under
10X magnification. May contain external features that should be so small
that they can easily be removed by polishing.
VVS1:
Very, very small inclusions in the stone, very difficult to recognize under
10X magnification. These inclusions can not be in the field of the table.
VVS2:
Very, very small inclusions anywhere in the stone, only smallest external
defects allowed.
VS1:
Only the smallest inclusions are allowable in the field of the table and
only small faults elsewhere in the stone.
VS2:
Very small internal faults. Small external defects.
F
IF
VVS1
VVS2
VS1
VS2
SI1
SI2
SI3
I1
I2
I3
Inclusions barely visible under 10X
magnification
Inclusions visible under 10X
magnification
May be visible to the naked eye if over
1ct
Visible to the naked eye
Carat Weight The weight or overall size of a
diamond is measured in carats. In fact, all gemstones are measured in
this fashion. Of course, the larger the diamond, the more you can expect
to pay for it, however the price does not increase on an even scale. A 2
carat diamond will not be twice the cost of a 1 carat diamond, despite
being twice the size. The larger the diamond, the rarer it becomes and
as such the price increases exponentially. The chart below is a basic
representation of the average sizes of diamonds for a particular carat
weight. The chart is by no means exact and should only be used as a
rough guideline and comparison.
Clarity Enhancement
Now you can afford the largest, most
beautiful diamond you've ever dreamed of - thanks to the Clarity
Enhancement Process. This revolutionary process optically eliminates
"feathers", which are naturally occurring feathers in most diamonds. The
result is a more visually stunning diamond that you can purchase for
significantly less than a similar-looking, non-enhanced diamond. Our
Diamonds are totally natural and the clarity enhancement is not visible
to the naked eye. Only your jeweler will ever know that you own a
Clarity Enhanced Diamond.
Technically it works like this:
When light travels from one medium to
another, it either changes its course or reflects in a different
direction. When light attempts to pass through a non-enhanced diamond
that has a feather, the light hits the feather and reflects off in any
number of directions. That is why we see the feather and the diamond
doesn't appear to be clean. With a clarity enhanced diamond, the light
passes through the natural feather because the material used for the
enhancement has the same optical characteristics as the diamond. The
beam of light "thinks" it's still traveling through the same material
(diamond) and continues its original course. The amount of material used
to fill the feather is so minute that the Gemological Institute of
America (GIA) has reported that the clarity enhancement process ADDS NO
WEIGHT to a diamond
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