Estate Diamond Jewelry Blog

Welcome to the Estate Diamond Jewelry Blog, where you will be able to read all about antique engagement rings and vintage engagement rings. We want to hear what you have to say! Join the discussion in the comments section.

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Jewelry vs Jewellery

July 18, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

For those who love jewelry, one of the most confusing elements is how to spell it correctly. In this article, we will give you both spellings and tell you their differences. Spoiler Alert: Both Jewelry and Jewellery are both correct spellings. “England and America, two countries separated by a common language” – George Bernard Shaw When Shaw uttered those immortal words, he had no idea how close to the truth of the matter he was.…

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Can Your Sapphire Ring Be Your Something Blue?

June 22, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

We live in a time when changes seem almost constant. Tradition is becoming something that belongs to the previous generations. And so it is the same with weddings, and the application of the “something old, new, borrowed and blue” tradition. Although most brides still observe the practice, the definitions have broadened somewhat in recent times. The question is “can sapphire be considered as something blue”?

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The Top Five Antique Jewelry Blogs

May 13, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but words are often still necessary to educate a reader as to what to look for in those beautiful jewelry pictures. In addition to keeping up and updating our own Vintage Jewelry Blog and Vintage Education Page, we at Estate Diamond Jewelry love to read other jewelry blogs. We feel that it would be impossible to keep up with the market if we didn’t follow the other voices within the…

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Everything You Need to Know About the Kimberley Process

May 10, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

Diamond jewelry is one of the most fabulous and luxurious items you can own. If you’ve ever bought one, you probably know about its physical features. But do you know the origin of your diamonds? Their journey from beneath the Earth’s surface to a notable retailer’s shop is more complicated than you might think.  Maybe you didn’t know that there are people around the world who mine diamonds to start wars. As this was an ongoing problem, governments around the world decided to put an end to it.…

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How Long Should the Engagement Ring Buying Process Take?

May 7, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

It lasts as long as it lasts. The end. Ah, if only it were so simple. The process does, of course, last as long as it lasts, but there’s a bit more to it than that, and how you define the process before you even start the actual search will determine exactly when it finishes. In reality, like so many aspects of jewelry buying and wearing, there’s no right or wrong answer. Some people agonize…

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How To Remove a Stuck Engagement Ring

May 5, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

First, we should probably say that rings don’t get smaller over time, but we should also add that weight gain, although a potential factor, isn’t the primary reason for being unable to remove a ring from a finder. As we age, our body changes. We may routinely retain a little more water that settles around the joints, we may develop arthritis which also affects the size and shape of our joints. Also, pregnancy or other…

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Which Ring Goes On The Finger First?

May 3, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

Many of the subjects we discuss regarding engagement and wedding rings have their origins in the quite recent past as, although the giving of one or the other is an ancient tradition, the circumstances for them today have changed somewhat over the past few hundred years. Indeed, until those recent historical times, it was quite common for only a single ring to be given in order to indicate that a woman “belonged” to a particular…

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Understanding Cabochon Stones

April 30, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

Often, cabochon stones are categorized alongside stones that have been cut and faceted, but this isn’t strictly accurate. The word “cabochon” comes from the French word “caboche”, meaning head, and this is a clue to how the finished stone usually looks. A cabochon is a stone that is polished to a finished shape, rather than being cut, and suits some precious and semi-precious stones more than others. In most cases, the finished stone will be…

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Historical Spotlight: Louis-François Cartier

April 5, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

It’s often easy to forget that the great design houses that we all admire so much have their roots in much smaller enterprises. Today, many high-end jewelry, fashion and perfume houses have emerged from other, longer-established relationships, but it hasn’t always been the case. Most, like Cartier, started as retailers or small-scale designers and manufacturers, and produced such high quality merchandise that word spread quickly.

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The Different Shapes of Antique Cushion Cut Diamonds

April 4, 2017 – Posted in: Jewelry Blog

Cushion cut diamonds are a little unusual in the fact that they can actually be quite a wide variety of shapes, as long as all fall within the basic geometric classification of “rectangle”, and all have a slight curve to the edges thereby resembling a cushion. In practice, though, cushion cuts would usually be either square or oblong with non-square cuts having a width:length ratio or around 1:1.15, although this can be extended to 1:1.25…

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