Selecting the Best Place to Buy Certified Loose Diamonds

When thinking about buying diamonds that are loose, many people picture scenes from movies where a spy in a trench coat pulls out a velvet pouch filled with beautiful, sparkling stolen gems. Of course, this is not how it really works in most people's world, nor should it! There are much better places to buy certified loose diamonds to enhance jewelry that are not on the black market.


Brick and mortar jewelry stores that sell diamonds, both in setting and loosely, will be certified as legitimate sellers. Each loose diamond should have paperwork to go with it. This paperwork will list the location where the diamond was obtained, as well as the four “C's” that define a diamond's quality and value. These four items encompass the GIA grading report for diamonds. These grades include the stone's cut, color, carat, and clarity.

Diamonds may also be found at online jewelry stores. Any store's website should provide the certification information for the gemstones in a prominent location on the storefront, as well as each individual product's page. Its contact information should also be complete and easily found, in case there are any questions or concerns about the purchase. While buying diamonds through cloak and dagger scenarios make for exciting storytelling, the best place to go is a jewelry store. Before buying certified loose diamonds from any store, however, make sure that the proper paperwork and information is presented before making the purchase.

The Jewelry of Time - Preferred Jewelers International

When one thinks of jewelry, many will think of rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings, but not watches. Wrist and pocket watches alike deserve to be considered jewelry. You might ask why, but to me, there is a clear reason.

All jewelry of today is created as a work of wearable art. Just because watches have the additional function of telling you what the time is, doesn't make them any less a work of artistry. In many cases, a watch can surpass the artistry and value of the majority of standardized jewelry. Intricate carvings or engravings on the cover and on the back can rival the most vibrant diamond. It can inspire emotions on the level of some of the greatest paintings throughout history.

On top of the artistic value, we can't forget the skill and precision required to design, fabricate, and assemble a device with such a simple ideal, yet so complex in practice. Anyone that makes these intricate time telling machines has most likely had an amount of training and schooling to rival that of a doctor.

Just because they aren't worn on the finger, around the neck, or dangling from one's ears, doesn't mean that watches of any kind aren't jewelry. Sure, a plastic banded Casio digital watch might be a stretch in the definition, but no more than a twenty five cent plastic ring from the little candy/toy vending machines at the front of the grocery store would be.

Biologically Inspired Fine Jewelry

For millennia, humans have looked to nature for inspiration, knowledge, and power. It is no wonder that the earliest of humankind started making personal items in the image of plants and animals that they felt had magical and mystical properties. They believed that if they had items in the shape of an animal, it would impart some of the creature's power to the owner.

Jewelry was merely an extension of this belief. Many pieces are actually fashioned out of animal bones, wood, and stone because it was readily available. These hand carved pieces of jewelry had more value to the tribes people of prehistoric times because of what they represented as opposed to what they were made of.

Today, you can find pretty much any animal or plant immortalized in gold or silver. It would seem that even in our rapid evolution and new found reliance on technology, we still like jewelry in the shape of dolphins, wolves, and even leaves. I'm guessing most people think that such items are pretty, which they are, but I would like to think that there is still some magic alive and well in the world that we draw from nature. Besides, even today in our scientifically and technologically  driven world, nature still guides our path and inspires our imaginations.

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Unorthodox Jewelry Stores

Everyone knows of the big name jewelry stores tucked away in strip malls or standing on their own, but if you are looking for the cutting edge, the rebellious, and the more risqué of jewelry, you'll have to look elsewhere. Where you might ask? Any tattoo and/or piercing parlor will have what you seek.

It is at these places that will have fine jewelry made for a variety of other body locations than your standard fare. Nose, eye brow, tongue, and lip rings to name a few. These are becoming more popular and more acceptable in today's culture. The same goes for the navel enhancing bellybutton rings.

One of the newest trends is that of sub-dermal implanted studs. These can be implanted pretty much anywhere on the body and appear to be standard diamond studs suspended on the skin. Popular locations for these sub-dermal implants are just beneath the clavicle or to the sides of the small of the back.

For the more adventurous of you out there, there are plenty of piercings to be had, below the belt if you will. If this is your thing, you can expect new sensations from sexual activity.

In all cases of piercings, make sure to take the cleaning and care advice from your piercing professional to avoid any unwanted side effects and lowered rejection chances. Other than that, if you're looking to escape from the run of the mill jewelry, check out your local unorthodox jewelry stores and discover a new world of possibilities.  

The Potential of Loose Diamonds

Loose diamonds are like paint in tubes awaiting to be mixed, brushed, and smeared across a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless for the paint as they are for the diamonds. Who knows what they will become. What picture will they paint? What meaning will be hidden in the resultant creation?

Will they represent love or lust in the rings they are crafted into? Will they mean the world to the one they're given to, or be forgotten as they languish away in someone's jewelry box? Might they be a reminder of a lost love or rekindle the fiery passion of an old and tired love? Will they mark a new union or celebrate a decades old one?

Only the loose diamonds will know once they are given a home and witness the love and joy of a wedding. Or the all too often divorce of an old love. Maybe they'll see the love of generations over centuries as it winds itself down the branch of a family tree as an heirloom. There are an in-numerous amount of possibilities that these precious little gems have to become. Earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and rings are all possible canvases for the diamonds. They only wait for a skilled artisan to apply them and become a creation that is more than the sum of its parts.