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Top 10 Tips to buy a Diamond Pendant
A diamond is forever! No! We are not talking of James Bond but about the fact that it is the hardest gemstone in the world and is a hot favorite with women. If you love a woman and want to make her happy: give her diamond pendant. There are several occasions that call for a diamond pendant as a gift like celebrating marriage anniversary, birthday, Valentine ’s Day, the day you first met your girlfriend etc.
Pendant considered as one of the most beautiful accessories that is normally attached to a golden or diamond jewelry, a diamond pendant certainly has a lot of appeal to it. If you are planning to buy a diamond pendant then here are 10 tips that will make your shopping experience easier and better.
Tip 1: The Occasion
The occasion makes a lot of difference because it will help you decide whether you want the diamond pendant to go with a bracelet or a necklace.
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Tip 2: The Type
You need to also figure out the type of diamond pendant you want to give. There are basically 3 types, which are the diamond pendant locket, the diamond pendant necklace, and the diamond pendant diamond shape.
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Tip 3: Number of diamonds
While buying a diamond pendant, you need to take a decision on whether you want to buy a pendant with a solitaire or with multiple diamonds. The cost will be directly proportional to the number of diamonds in the pendant.
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Tip 4: Styles
There are different types of styles that are available for diamond pendants today. The most popular style is the diamond cross pendants, which have been made popular by fashion designers across the world. It is also considered being of high value as it glorifies the Christian symbol. Apart from that you can have other styles like the curling diamond pendant, circular or oval pendants, single or multiple hearts, beaded diamond pendants etc.
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Tip 5: 4C’s
While buying a diamond pendant, you need to check for the 4c’s, which are: cutting, color, clarity and carat weight.
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Tip 6: Diamond Cutting
The diamond cutting closely relates to the brilliance of the diamond of a pendant. The better the cutting and polishing is, the more sparkling the diamond will be. Always choose a pendant that has a round brilliant cut because it is considered to be the best and they have traditionally 58 facets. Nowadays, there are more and more modified round brilliant cutting diamonds, the number of facets can be varied.
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Tip 7: Diamond color
The most precious diamonds are those colorless and high clarity one. Due to their scarcity, they will be much more expensive. The quality of diamond is varying from products to products. For some diamond products, they will have diamond certificates issued by authorized organization like Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to prove their qualities. The color grading can be from D to Z.
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Tip 8: Diamond Clarity
It is always suggested that you should buy a diamond, which has an optimum clarity. The higher the clarity – the better will be the quality but the more expensive it will be. To observe the clarity of a diamond, try to look into the diamond closely. If you find inclusions, spots or bubbles then the diamond probably has lower clarity. Usually for the diamond 30 points or below, the clarity will not affect the appearance of the diamond very much. The clarity grading are as below:
Flawless/ Internally flawless (FL/IF), Very Very small inclusions 1/2 (VVS1/2), Very small inclusions (VS1/2), Small inclusions 1/2/3 (SI1/2), Inclusions1/2/3 (I1/2/3).
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Tip 9: Carat weight of the diamond
Since diamond is a natural forming resource, due to the environmental constraint, it is very difficult for a large diamond to be formed. The weight of the diamond is measured in carats. The higher the weight, the larger the carat, the more expensive the diamond will be.
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Tip 10: Go for the sparkling Diamond
Last but not the least; purchase a diamond pendant only from GIA authorized or reputed stores, so that you will get real and fine quality diamonds. After all, diamond is the purest form of showing love and affection for someone who is dearest to you.
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