cinnabar
Shiny_Rock
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- Nov 29, 2004
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Lots of advice in this article:
diamond buying guide
My own favourite snippet is this:
"A tip on color: Set the diamond in white gold or platinum, though platinum will set you back a few hundred more than white gold. Either way, setting the stone against silver will make it look clearer than if it''''s against yellow gold. More important, only 40-something Jersey chicks and Midwest trailer trash wear yellow gold these days. Check to make sure you are neither of those and ignore yellow gold. This is not debatable."
but there are sections on cut that will offend equally
The writer claims that he''''s an authority because he used to be a diamond trade journalist.
I feel sorry for his fiancee, who presumably has a big ugly yellow stone. And a smug husband-to-be.
cinn
(wondering whether to be a middle-aged Jersey chick or Midwest trailer trash, ooh, choices, choices ...)
diamond buying guide
My own favourite snippet is this:
"A tip on color: Set the diamond in white gold or platinum, though platinum will set you back a few hundred more than white gold. Either way, setting the stone against silver will make it look clearer than if it''''s against yellow gold. More important, only 40-something Jersey chicks and Midwest trailer trash wear yellow gold these days. Check to make sure you are neither of those and ignore yellow gold. This is not debatable."
but there are sections on cut that will offend equally
The writer claims that he''''s an authority because he used to be a diamond trade journalist.
I feel sorry for his fiancee, who presumably has a big ugly yellow stone. And a smug husband-to-be.
cinn
(wondering whether to be a middle-aged Jersey chick or Midwest trailer trash, ooh, choices, choices ...)