Antique Diamond Aquamarine Engagement Ring

Many examples of antique aquamarine engagement rings shown can be made in white gold, yellow gold, platinum, or palladium by special order.

If you search on Internet or around your town, You can find antique rings, antique engagement rings, antique wedding rings and other spectacular estate and vintage pieces from the 1800's to the present.

Antique jewelery warm our hearts and souls with its timeless beauty and style. It is something magical about this diamond jewelry from another era and with its own story to tell. These cherished pieces glow with a soft patina that only comes from being worn, cherished and loved.

Zales diamond engagement rings

Zales jewelry from a store in 1924, six brands with over 1900 retail stores throughout North America and online at: zales and gordonsjewelers, Zale Corporation is sticking by his original vision: to provide customers with quality goods at price low potential. After decades of growth, we are more passionate than ever to being a jeweler people turn to for the perfect expression of love.
Historical Dates
1920
William Morris and Zale had a vision: to provide customers with high quality goods with the lowest price possible. Vision becomes reality with the first jewelry store Zales in Wichita Falls, Texas, on March 29, 1924. The inventory includes small appliances, cameras and cooking vessels, except in jewelry.
1925
At Zale brothers launched a revolutionary strategy with a marketing plan loan for "a penny down and a dollar a week, making jewelry and other goods available to the average working American.
1938
Success of credit policy, combined with friendly customer service, leading to a major period of expansion, about a new store every year for a total of 12 stores in Oklahoma and Texas by 1942. A purchasing cooperative system was created to centralize purchasing and distribution of goods to all stores, allowing larger quantities company to buy with low prices. Centralized purchasing concept marks the beginning of the Zales chain stores.
1941-1944
Zales jewelry meets the limited production of consumer goods during World War II, taking its current prices for jewelry, reducing costs and seeking opportunities for growth. Zales Corrigan won by Houston, his first "carriage trade" (fine jewelry) store in 1944 ultimately led to the start of Bailey Banks & Biddle brand.
1946
Zales jewelers moving its headquarters from Wichita Falls to Dallas.
1950
The company installs a computer system the first in the country and is one of the first major jewelry to begin training in governance.
1957
Zales jewelers expands its reach, opening its first store in the shopping center ─ a big change from its business only in downtown areas. In the same year, Zales announced the initial public offering of its stock (ZLC) and its shares began public trading on the American Stock Exchange next year.
1960
Following the discovery of synthetic diamond technology, diversified company, branching out into shoes, sporting goods, drug stores, furniture stores and catalog. Reflecting this diversity, company name became Zale Corporation.
1970
M.B. Zale retired as company chairman in 1970. Company sales tripled during the decade of the 1:04 billion U.S. dollars in 1980.
1984-1985
Zale Corporation presents buying 890-carat gold "Diamond peerless," the biggest diamond in the world perfect. In 1985, Zale moved its world headquarters of Irving, Texas.
1986-1989
Leveraged buy Zale Corporation Peoples Jewellers of Canada and Swarovski International of Austria is complete. Gordon jewelers, a 469-store chain, won in 1989.
1990 they
In 1992, Zale Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but next year, financially stronger company after restructuring its debt. Five years later, annual sales of over 1.3 billion dollars, showing a profit in four quarters for the first time since reconstruction.
1998
Zales Sofia corporation was started by 13 countries in contact centers across the country Prime Minister. Online shopping is set to zales.com.
1999-2000
Zale extended by two major acquisitions: Jewellers peoples of Canada and Piercing pagoda.
2007
Zale has expanded his business-www.gordonsjewelers.com start trading. Good to focus on their business base and increasing returns on equity, Zale divests Bailey Banks & Biddle brand.
2008
Zale Corporation creates a new management team led by CEO Neal Goldberg, Zale staff that includes veteran and new talent with significant retail experience. The JCK-Harrison Group Consumer Jewelry Study Zales ranked # 1 in self-consciously marks.
2009
Zale Corporation marks 85th anniversary of the opening of the first jewelry store Zales Board with a donation of one and the Zale Foundation, presented to Donald Zale, the son of company founder MB Zale.

Antique Blossom Diamond Engagement Rings

Antique Blossom Diamond Engagement Rings, also known as antique orange blossom diamond engagement rings was made originally in the middle of the 20th century.

Beautiful old art Decca Edwardian engagement ring new of 14 karat white gold ring. Gives you an attractive 4.1 mm wide first round Brilliant cut Solitaire in a Raised gallery with average - set time detail.

    Typical of the period of jewelry, this is a delicate ring. Shane Blum Engravings on the Schenk with highli Polished plain belt in the back. The beautiful Ornaments would make a perfect engagement or wedding ring.

Pink Diamond Thailand, Thailand Pink Diamonds Jewelery

Thailand is an ideal place for the supply of diamonds of all shapes: oval cut diamonds, diamonds, diamonds, princess, emerald cut diamonds, marquise diamonds, and all shades of yellow diamonds, pink diamonds, diamonds Green Blue Diamonds, Red Diamonds, black diamonds and white diamonds.

Diamond Trading in Thailand

Thailand has an active Diamond Bourse. Gem dealers and diamond traders buy and sell millions of dollars of gems each day. Companies in Bangkok's vast database provides a comprehensive list of diamond companies.

Diamond & Polishing in Thailand

On the outskirts of Bangkok in the neighborhood where the new airport, a number of security-conscious companies that specialize in cutting and polishing pearls. These stones are not only intended for domestic industry Fine Jewelry, but also for export abroad. When the new airport opened in September 2006 (hopefully) security firms Brinks transport, as travel times much shorter, have to deliver their precious cargo to the international mail service.

Jewelry Diamond Manufacturers in Thailand

Jewelry abundance of large and small factories in Thailand. Designers and specialized workshops gems in large factories with hundreds of pairs of nimble hands meeting medium and gemstone fine jewelry.

Diamond consists of carbon atoms in each case, strongly linked to four other carbon atoms in one cubic structure, the diamond's unique physical characteristics, chemical and optical properties

DIAMOND. The mere mention of the word fills the mind with a variety of concepts and images. Diamond is a mineral, a natural crystalline substance, the transparent form of pure carbon. The diamond is something superb, the peerless "king of gems" that glitters, dazzles, and symbolizes purity and strength. The diamond is to recruit and the 75th Wedding day, a commitment to the infinite love. Diamond is indomitable, the hardest surface known. Diamond is exotic, formed inside the earth and shot to the surface by extraordinary volcanoes. A diamond is probably the oldest thing you've ever been, probably 3 billion years, more than two-thirds of the age of the earth. Diamond is a material of high technology, super strong for our technological society.

Diamond market in USA

In the last three years the USA diamond and jewelery market dropped from 61.6 billion dollars in 2007 to 59 billion dollars in 2009.
Until 2008, 400 diamond and jewelery stores was closing each year. In 2008 that number is 4.5 times bigger. In 2008 1800 jewelery stores was closed. In 2009 according to the JIRI (Jewelry Industry Research Institute), 750 to 1500 diamond jewelery stores were closed. In the new jewelery retail reality only Wall Mart is doing good with the biggest market share in the USA diamond and jewelery retail business.

Engagement Ring with 0.75 Carat Center Diamond

This is Vintage Style Engagement Ring with 0.75 Carat Center Diamond 14KWG Diamond Ring with Pave and Bezel Set Diamonds 0.53.

Price: $2,774.75

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Madison Avenue Diamond Robbery

NYPD is helpless and FBI joining the investigation about the notorious robbery of the jewelery store at Madison Avenue. In this violent robbery, thief shot the jewelery store employee and escape with diamond jewelery worth more than $1.200.000.

Masked thief in the middle of the day enter the jewelery store and demanded the diamond jewelery. He shot the elderly man and continued with the robbery. 

Thief took near 700 gems and the loot was so heavy so he throw away the box with Faberge Egg.

The thief took a $105,000 diamond necklace, $75,000 ruby-and-diamond necklace and a $65,000 diamond necklace. Most of the jewelery is encrusted with rubies, diamonds and sapphires, and range in price from $15,000 to $35,000.

Diamond Deck Shoes

First I had an idea that this shoes will be something with a diamonds on, but I was mislead. The brand Billionaire Boys Club, just released very simple rubber&canvas shoes that just bare a name Diamond Deck Shoes and have some draft design of the diamonds on the upper side of the shoes. So the bottom line is  -no diamonds involved.

In this moment this Diamond Deck Shoes can be bought just in Tokyo in the Ice Cream Store.

I am not sorry that this Diamond Deck Shoes are not selling in USA.

It is time to buy a diamond

Almost all business are hit by recession and the same is with a diamond jewelery industry. Before the recession diamonds and diamond jewelery was becoming more expensive. Every year the diamonds prices were highest than previous.

But not this year. The diamonds and diamond jewelery are with the same price tag as last year. The online diamond shops which are opening almost every day are with a better organization, they sell in the whole country with a broad customer base than the off line diamond shops and some of them even sell internationally. All this is influencing on the diamond and diamond jewelery prices in the good way. They becoming cheaper to buy.
Tips for best value:

- Choose a white gold instead platinum. It looks same but is cheaper.

- Choose diamond not bigger than 1 or 1,5 carats. It offers the best value for the price.

- Ask for a 30 day guarantee and GIA or other laboratory certificates.

Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff diamonds are not from same stone

According to a group of scientists led by Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, The famed Hope Diamond and its chief rival, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond, were not cut from the same stone. The Hope is 45.52 carats and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is 31.06 carats.

They were some speculation over the past decades that Hope diamond and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond are from the same origin. The speculations were that this two famous and valuable diamonds are cut from the same rough diamond.

The speculations were based on the fact that both diamonds, Hope diamond and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond have the same physical conditions, same color and clarity, but not the same pattern.

Scientists who were examining this two diamonds are leave the posibility that both of them are originating from the same diamond field but definitely not form the same stone.

With more than 50 years out of the display, Wittelsbach-Graff diamond is the most famous diamond people have never seen. The last time Wittelsbach-Graff diamond was on the public display in 1958.

Botsvana - The new international diamond center

Diamond trading Company Botswana (DTCB) in their effort to put Botswana on the map of the international diamond trading centers is launching the second annuallyShining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards.

Last year at the first Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards, 145 entrants were participating, but only five of them had a chance to emerge from the crowd. This five diamond jewelery designers submitted the diamond jewelery designs in fromt of the judges. The winner of the first Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards was Katja Nilsson with a jewelery design of the stunning 18 carat white and red gold necklace embeded with 674 round brilliant cut diamonds with total weight of 24.95 carats.

This year even more entrants will participate. The launch will be held at Thapong Visual Art Center said DTCB External Communications Manager, Tebogo Moribame-Setiko.

The opening will be folowed by a workshop in February and the deadline will be on First of March.

A number of sponsors will fund the wining diamond designs.

The wining pieces will be known as the Botswana collection and will go on the international road show together with Namibian Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards and South African Shining Light Diamond Jewelery Design Awards.

The whole project will allow Diamond trading Company Botswana to establish the chain which is starting at the Botswana diamond fields and diamond mines and will end in the design studios which will allow the highest profits for the country.

Handmade diamond ring - Video

Interesting and educational video about handmade diamond ring making process. I was wondering how the diamonds are attached to the diamond rings and this video is giving the answer to my question. I just had to share with people who like to know more about the diamonds and diamond jewelery making process.

Cheap diamonds are comming

Industry have an answer to the high prices of the diamonds. A new and improved technology and diamond making machines will made growing diamonds cost-competitive and even much cheaper than the real mined natural diamonds. The giant machines have a graphite-carbon core and a diamond seed at a pressure of 850,000 PSI for four days, recreating conditions similar to those 100 miles below the earth's surface.This diamonds which are grown at the laboratories are optically, chemically and physically identical to those coming from the diamond fields and diamond mines.

CHINA - Second Largest Diamond Market

With a last year raise of the trading at Shanghai Diamond exchange of 16.4% and total of 1.5 billion dollars China took the second place from Japan as the second biggest diamond market in the world. With the high 8.7% growth of the economy, diamond jewelery demand continued to grow. 

Until 2008, Japan was the second biggest market for diamonds and diamond jewelery, but China growing middle class is a huge potential market for diamonds and diamond jewelery. Although China diamond market is new (from mid 90's) the potential is great and all serious diamond traders are turning their eyes in this direction. The growing high and middle class in China is deeply influenced by the western style of living and their shopping and consumer habits are becoming similar to the consumer habits of their western counterparts.

Colored diamonds

Colorless diamonds are rare and expensive, but colored diamonds can be more rare and expensive, because colored diamonds are so uncommon and beautiful. They are so atypical that it is extremely hard to find two or more, same colored diamonds. So every colored diamond is unique. Colored diamonds can be found as pink diamonds, green diamonds, yellow diamonds and blue diamonds. Also colored diamonds can be found as a mix or combination of two or more colors.Opposite white diamonds, clarity is not so important so the rule 4C, which is important for the white (colorless) diamonds here is not so important. So for a colored diamonds the rule is more like 3C+C. Colored diamonds are graded by intensity of the color and the color itself. Also the carat weight is important and also the cut. The intensity of the color makes diamond more expensive. According to Gemological Institute of America (GIA) there are 9 (nine) different grades for the intensity of the colored diamonds.

Colored diamonds intensity grading

1.Faint

2.Very Light

3.Light                     

4.Fancy Light

5.Fancy

6.Fancy Dark

7.Fancy Intense

8.Fancy Deep                                              

9.Fancy Vivid

For example, a Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond is more expensive than Fancy Intense Blue Diamond with a identical cut and carat weight. 

Rubies

Rubies are considered as a precious stones, just like diamonds, emeralds and sapphires.

Rubies are pink or red gemstones or many variates between this two colors. The name ruby, comes from the Latin word for red. Rubies are red because there are presence of chromium. Rubies are variety of aluminum oxide or corundum. The price of rubies are mainly determined by color and then clarity, cut and carat size.

The most precious rubies are red or pigeon blood-red rubies. The biggest source of this first class premium pigeon's blood rubies is Burma, where most of the rubies are blood rubies. Burmese rubies and other game stones are banned by USA and EU, because the mining operations are in the hands of the brutal Burmese junta. Worker conditions in the Burmese rubies and game stones mines are shockingly bad. Child labor is common and also a diseases like AIDS.    

Diamonds - They are strong and hard but still require care

It is best to live this job to professionals.
Take care for your diamonds by visiting the store where you buy the diamond jewelery or just go to the nearest diamond store.
The professionals will clean the diamond jewelery from any grease which can get on the diamond from your skin. The human skin have some natural oil and even the smallest touch can live some grease on the diamond jewelery. The ultrasonic cleaners are not a wise choice because can be bad for a diamond jewelery settings and even for the diamonds if there are some cracks. The professional jeweler will also check the settings and make any necessary repairs if needed.
The visits to the diamond professionals can be two or three times annually.
If diamonds get dirty and you just do not have a time to go to the diamond jewelery shop, mix some mild liquid detergent with water and clean the diamonds with a soft cloth. Some diamond jewelery shops are also providing a cleaning cloth for their clients. Avoid to wear diamonds if you just apply some body lotion or other body products.
Keep the diamonds separate because the diamond can be scratch only by other diamond. also the diamonds can scratch other jewelery. The worst case is to keep in the same jewelery box a diamonds jewelery and soft natural pearls.

Easy diamond deal

It seams there is nothing easier than doing a diamonds robberies.

A white male in his 20s, casually dressed, enter a Tiffany jewelery shop and after 45 minutes of talking and examining some diamond jewelery pieces, grabbed a 5.76 carat diamond platinum ring and stormed out of the jewelery shop. This happened on the December 28 and the police is still in the dark. The diamond platinum ring was worth $186.000.

The robber entered the jewelery store and he start to talk with a salesman about anniversary present for his brother. He asked the salesmen to show him some diamond watches, diamond rings and other diamond jewelery pieces. After 45 minutes of conversation and watching around the shop, he just grabed the most expensive piece of diamond jewelery and stormed out of the shop.

Really BIG DIAMONDS

Diamond big as icebergs, continents and Earth

Scientists come out with a most exciting hypotheses about the geological structure of the Solar System most strange planets like Neptune and Uranus. These remote planets which are gas giants can be covered with sea of melted diamond and with a chunks of hard diamonds big as icebergs.
Are the scientists just confirming the 40 year old prophecy of the Science Fiction writers like Arthur C. Clarke?
In one of his books he wrote that the core of Jupiter can be a solid diamond big as the whole planet Earth.

A new experiment made in the laboratory revealed some exciting data about this possible phenomena. Also this is one of the possible explanations about the Neptune’s magnetic field.

The experiment produce a liquid diamond using pressure and electricity similar to Neptune and Uranus pressures and electricity.

Diamonds marked the 2010 Golden Globes

The best proof that diamonds are matching the red carpet was this year Golden Globe Awards. Many of the nominees and attendees wore diamonds and diamond jewelery at the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards. The circus happened on Sunday in Los Angeles.

A many styles and diamond designers were shoved on the red carpet. Some of the diamond jewelery was placed on some most unexpected ways.

Marion Cotillard was wearing a 12 carat diamond hair-clips by Chopard, Nicole Kidman had a 19th century diamond bow brooch by Fred Leighton and Rose Burne wore a diamond flower brooch designed by Neil Lane. Mo'Nique wore 15 karat Everlon Diamond Knot pave diamond circle link bracelet and Everlon Diamond Knot drop earrings.

The most glamorous in the diamond way of speaking was Carey Mulligan with a 19th-century, pear-shaped, diamond crown ring, 20 carat - 19th-century, diamond riviere necklace in her hair, 3.5-carat, pear-shaped, old-mine-cut diamond drop earrings and a 19th-century, diamond swallow cuff bracelet, all of which were designed by Fred Leighton.