Glossary of Diamond Terms

Here's a fun one for you. I once purchased a diamond that for some reason when immersed in water it would bubble! The reason, the diamond had a pin like hole right through it, and I couldn't see it with my naked eyes. Just a friendly test, when you buy your diamond, take it home and immerse it in COLD water. Make sure there's no bubbles coming out of it :)

Every 5 years there's a special name for wedding anniversary. The 75th year of marriage is referred to has the Diamond Anniversary. Probably because it takes so long for a diamond to grow, and if you've lasted 75 years in a single marriage. Well, You deserve this anniversary!

Don't get this confused with Engagement Rings. Engagement Rings are usually just a solitaire ring, i.e. One stone. The wedding ring is the complimentary band that accompanies that solitaire ring. Decorated in many different styles, and usually consisting of a lot more diamonds, either paved or set.

Or simply stated Diamond Industry Capital of the US. Ok I probably went overboard on that. But I recently just visited 47th Street in New York, and let me tell you, it's street corner to street corner of nothing but diamond dealers. The worst part, is most of their prices were all the same. And outside of few select stores, most of what they were selling were the same. If you take a look on ebay, you'll also find a lot of diamond sellers are simply sellers on the 47th street bringing their business to the internet. However the prices are pretty steep on the internet as well. They have to be, there's a lot of overhead they have to compensate for.

The color scale on diamonds reads like this.
D - Sometimes also referred to as River +
E - Sometimes just referred to as River
F - Sometimes also referred to as Wesselton +
G - Sometimes also referred to as Top Wesselton
H- Sometimes just referred to as Wesselton

Different names, all the same meaning

The color used to describe a perfect colored diamond. However it's incorrect. The color scale starts with the letter D. Most people consider this white, what they should be saying is "absolutely colorless" The same with the rest of the letters. A diamond will not be actually white, it will be colorless with hints of other colors like yellow in them until you reach the fancy colors. If you actually see the color White in your diamond, than you're probably dealing with a milky diamond brought on by certain inclusions called twinning wisps, or polishing errors. In my opinion, do not buy a diamond that is white!