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• Affordable Diamonds
  Affordable Diamonds. When shopping for a diamond, the first thing to bear in mind is that no two diamonds of a given carat weight are alike in every respect.
  
  
• About Us
  About Us. Our experience has taught us that buying the right diamond at the right price is no easy matter, and many people pay way over the odds, often unwittingly, for inferior stones
  
  
• How to Buy a Diamond
  How to buy a diamond. The retail diamond market consists of three broad categories: the high street jeweller, the online diamond seller and the diamond broker.
  
  
• Which metal, Platinum or White Gold?
  When considering the purchase of a diamond engagement ring, often the first question that couples ask is: should we opt for platinum or white gold?
  
  
• Engagement Rings
  Engagement rings. See the kind of savings you could make if you buy your ring from Blue Nile or another online retailer.
  
  
• Diamond Care
  Diamond Care. Diamond is the hardest of all natural materials. Only a diamond can scratch a diamond.
  
  
• Diamond Certificates
  Diamond Certificates. There can be little doubt that the GIA (Gemological Institute of America is the world's premier diamond grading laboratory.
  
  
• The 4 Cs
  The 4 Cs. Carat, colour, clarity and cut Shop for your engagement at Blue Nile.
  
  
• The Fifth C
  The Fifth C. Fine diamonds are expensive. They always have been and always will be.
  
  
• Cut and Shape
  Cut and Shape. Many people confuse the terms "cut" and "shape". The shape of a diamond is largely determined by the shape of the original uncut stone
  
  
• Coloured Gemstones
  Coloured gemstones can be very beautiful and valuable, and some naturally coloured gemstones such as pyrope garnet and amethyst are surprisingly affordable.
  
  
• Gemstone Colour
  Gemstone Colour. Natural gemstones occur in a huge variety of colours.
  
  
• Gemstone Values
  Gemstone Values. Royalty and media stars often possess expensive jewellery which, as well as diamonds, is set with emeralds, sapphires and rubies, all gemstones with a long and distinguished history.
  
  
• Healing Gemstones
  Healing Gemstones have been used throughout the ages as healing tools for both mind and body. They work through resonance and vibration, and through their mineral properties.
  
  
• Buying Gemstone Jewellery
  Buying Gemstone Jewellery can be fun, exciting and confusing.
  
  
• Aquamarine
  Aquamarine is one of the best-loved of all gemstones. It is admired for its qualities of purity (lack of inclusions) and fine blue shades.
  
  
• Moldavite
  Moldavite is one of the rarest gemstones on earth, as it is only found in a few limited areas in the south of the Czech Republic.
  
  
• Tanzanite
  Tanzanite is a truly fascinating gemstone. It occurs in only one location worldwide, the East African state of Tanzania. Its colour is an intense blue, surrounded by a fine hint of purple.
  
  
• Tsavorite
  Tsavorite is a very modern gemstone, and it has two things in common with tanzanite: it too was first found in East Africa in 1967.
  
  
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