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Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Setting Style

Today we're moving from the diamonds themselves to the way they are set. Above is a graphic showing twelve common ways stones (not just...

Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Cut

While shape is the outward shape of the stone, the word cut is used to denote how well a diamond returns light. Remember physics class?...

Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Clarity

Next on the list is clarity. Almost all diamonds will have some type of inclusion inside, the severity of which will determine its...

Microscope Monday!

Check out the inclusions in these natural (heated) sapphires from a bracelet. While the stones match to the unaided eye regarding color,...

All Hail the Wedding Set

In all my years of writing appraisals, the pieces I have valued most often are wedding sets, either for the newly engaged, longtime...

Why Do I Need an Appraisal?

There are several instances in which an appraisal is required. The first and most common is insurance coverage or Retail Replacement...