'Tis the Season!
If you're planning a holiday proposal or even if you're just planning a significant jewelry gift this season, this is your friendly...
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Heather Burleson
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Gold & Platinum
This next topic applies whether or not the gemstone in your jewelry is a diamond. Still, since the series has been Understanding Your...
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Heather Burleson
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Heather Burleson
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
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?...
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Heather Burleson
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Heather Burleson
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Color
Diamonds are graded starting at D and going to Z before heading into Fancy Colors. D-F are colorless and are more rare and valuable than...
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Heather Burleson
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Shape
Diamonds are cut into many shapes--even more than the ten shown here-- and the shape impacts the value every time. It can also help date...
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Heather Burleson
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Microscope Monday!
Check out the inclusions in these natural (heated) sapphires from a bracelet. While the stones match to the unaided eye regarding color,...
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Heather Burleson
- Jan 6, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Heather Burleson
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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