You will learn to love your diamond, or diamonds, as you do your personal human lover. You will notice some particular characteristics about this rare gem, see perhaps an obvious flaw or two, but on the whole you wish to study this creation of God and divinity some more. In a diamond or a person we refer to the total personality of the diamond. And for you to understand that until you are a trained gemologist with years of applied research into the nature of a diamond, you can learn much.



You can judge a stone and you can learn total personality, also that the crucial factors are color, clarity, cut, brilliance, and weight. You can learn how to measure them in a way to certify a fraud from a masterpiece. Study up on these factors, get well acquainted with the factors and elements. Spend time in jewelry shops and stores, and inquire about the variety of cost to the appearance of the store. The more you do this, the more likely you will be able to Loupe your eye to some spectacular bargains.

Remember your loupe is your expert companion, capable of looking inside the gem, and as the gem or diamond is tilted around, reveals all. The loupe, a glorified magnifying glass, can be held within an inch of the eye, with the diamond or gem about the same distance on the outside of the loupe.We have discussed earlier that the six basic elements to the examination of a stone is to study the stone unmounted. Any small imperfections can be found out in this way. Ensure the stone is clean. Have the jeweler clean if possible in front of you.

One last resort is to breath on it to frost it so you may wipe it clean with a clean cloth. Never use a paper napkin as those small minute wood fibres can scratch. Hold the unmounted store in a way that your fingers embrace the girdle, which is the point between the top crown and the base. This is the edge where the top and the bottom meet. View the gem under proper lighting situations.Many jewelers use numerous incandescent spotlights to highlight their product. Some gems such as rubies look better, especially when the lighting is recessed.

Diamonds do not, and you may wish to view different gemstones and diamonds in a variety of lighting so you can learn the differences lighting can make.The light should come from above or behind you, not be glaring at you from the front. Rotate the stone in your fingers in order to view it from different angles. If you arre using a loupe, which we suggest. Turn it so that you are looking both down into the stone, but hat you also look into the interior, so you have a fuller understanding of what you can see inside diamond at different depths.

A loupe if a very handy jewelry tool once you become familiar with how to use it. Like any new tool or skill, this will take you some time, but stay with it will get you riding this joy bike to success and who knows wealth. First the basics, which will take many frustrating, hopefully note, minutes. Hold your loupe between your thumb and forefinger of either hand. In much the same way, hold the gem in the same way in your other hand. Now bring your hands together, so the soft parts meet, the wrist being the pivot point.

Move both hands up to your nose or cheek. If you wear eyeglasses, you do not need to remove them. Get a steady hands with gem stones it is very important to have steady hands as you are viewing for imperfections.With your hands still together aND braced against your face, put your elbows on a table to brace you. If you do this slowly and properly you will soon have a steady hand. Practice with the loupe and remember to have it around one inch away from your eye, and also the objects you are looking at.

Be playful with the objects you are studying, enjoying your discovery moments with badly flawed gems. But great excitement car build as you will occasionally enjoy the thrill of turning a diamond or gemstone slowly, every which way, and finding only perfection glistening back at you. You look around as if God or someone else knows you have a rare gem. And they are only asking how much? At such moments your Indiana Jones comes out in you as you plan your escape with the loot.