Tanzanite Buying Tips Saturday, Nov 29 2008 

Gemstones Angara 4:43 am

One of the most important factors to be considered while buying a tanzanite is its color. Although, tanzanite is considered a three-colored gemstone, the most celebrated hue is deep blue with shades of purple, violet, red or orange. Usually tanzanite has good clarity level, so one should prefer an eye clean stone. Larger carat stone have deeper color which looks attractive.

Tanzanite Buying Tips

Tanzanite Buying Tips

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Tanzanite is usually worn as pendant, necklace or earrings. When set in rings, the gemstone is very often bezel set to protect the gem. Tanzanite looks great with diamonds or white sapphires as the brilliance of these stones complements the deep luster of tanzanite and provides more strength to the setting.

 

Key Elements in Jewelry Photography Saturday, Nov 8 2008 

Jewelry Angara 4:17 am

jewelry is one of the hardest products to photograph because of the nature of it’s components. The metals, precious stones, diamonds and other elements that most fine jewelry is made up of, have reflective qualities that can easily show reflections, shadows and hard spots in photographs if the right tools are not used.

So obtaining the right tools for photographing it is essential for producing high quality jewelry photographs. In our opinion, here are the six most important elements in jewelry photography:

Continuous natural daylight lighting: To evenly reproduce the colors in jewelry

Diffused lighting: To eliminate shadows and hard spots

White Balance adjustment: To adapt your camera to the lighting environment used to photograph

Depth of Field & Focus: To get a sharp and clear image

Shutter Speed/Exposure time: To control the lightness and darkness of your image

Stable camera mounting (tripod): To ensure your camera is stable to avoid a blurred photo.

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Grading Loose Diamonds Tuesday, Nov 4 2008 

Diamond Jewelry Angara 5:39 am

Criteria to be considered while buying a diamond :Cut – The beauty of a diamond resides not only in a favorable body color, but more importantly in its optical propertiesColor – Most commercially available diamonds are classified by color, or more appropriately, the lack of colorClarity – The clarity of a diamond is determined by the number, location and type of inclusions it containsCarat Weight – The weight of diamonds, and all other gemstones, is measured in carats

Table Width – Table width is quoted as a percentage of the average width of the diamond’s girdleTotal Depth – The total depth percentage is greatly responsible for the amount of brilliance that a diamond will displayPavilion – The pavilion is the bottom portion of the diamondFluorescence – Roughly one third of diamonds available in the market fluoresceSymmetry – Symmetry is graded as Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair or Poor on a GIA report

Polish – Polish is graded the same way as symmetry: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair or Poor on a GIA

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