When shopping for a diamond, whether for an engagement ring or a piece of fine jewelry, you’ll quickly encounter the term Four Cs—Cut, Color, Clarity, and Carat Weight. These four characteristics ...

Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring material in the world. In fact, its incredible hardness is reflected in the name itself — the word "diamond" is derived from the Ancient Greek word "adámas," ...

From dazzling sparkle to a restrained twinkle, there has been a shift in preferences. By Jill Newman When most people think of an ideal diamond, it is flawless — pure white, perfectly symmetrical and ...

On top of it, the marketplace for diamonds can be really confusing. There are grades of clarity and color that lead to an overall quality rating. And, of course, diamonds are very expensive. The ...

Debuting in the world of diamonds could be intimidating for newbies. Shiny valuable stones in various sizes and shapes like round, oval, princess, pear, emerald, cushion with confusing terminologies ...

Taylor Swift’s engagement ring has changed the game. After years in the shadows of cushion cuts, old mine cut rings are now back in the spotlight. Within a day of NFL star Travis Kelce’s proposal to ...

The best engagement rings capture your unique style and feature high-quality stones and settings. With a single stone set on a classic plain band, solitaire rings are extremely popular and timeless.

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So De Beers unearthed a rough stone that could fulfill the requirements. The process from procuring the uncut diamond to setting the resulting finished gems in a pair of drop earrings took over a year ...

Jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond—the largest-known deep blue diamond in the world—to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958. It arrived in a plain brown package by registered mail, ...