What to Know Before Buying a Diamond (beyond the 4 C’s)
Clarity grading matters, but always look at a diamond (with magnification and without) before buying it
Our best advice right from the start: After observing hundreds of thousands of diamonds, the best advice we can give is to look at any diamond in person before buying it. Every diamond is different, and two diamonds of the same quality will not look exactly the same, no matter what the salesperson tries to tell you. Diamond grading is important, and should be considered, but no one should ever buy a diamond based on its grading alone.
You can’t judge a diamond piece’s value based on total carat weight
Clusters of small diamonds have significantly less value than one large stone […]
January’s Birthstone is Garnet
Happy New Year everyone! January’s birthstone is garnet, a stone displayed here in this 14k white gold and garnet ring with diamond accents. The checkerboard cut is popular in garnets and we really tried to show off its fancy facets.
Garnet has been inlaid as a gemstone since the bronze age. Its more commonly known for its dark red color, but it comes in a variety of other colors including green, purple, and even blue.
We have many January babies on the Silver City team, so Garnet is an extra popular stone with us. If your interested in Garnet, come in and check out our inventory which includes the beautiful ring shown above.
Until next time, have a happy January! […]
Our Christmas Coupon
Merry Christmas from Silver City!
Everyone knows Christmas is a special time of year, and we are celebrating it with a new 25% off jewelry coupon! Available until December 25th, use this coupon to get 25% off any jewelry piece in our store.
Now we know that in today’s world 25% off might not sound that exciting, but 25% off our already low prices results in a deal that you can not get anywhere else. We’ve explained in previous posts that, unlike other stores, we don’t price our pieces outrageously high just so they can be discounted in the future.
With 25% off applied, most of our pieces will cost less then 60% of their appraised value!
So for any of […]
Blue Zircon is December’s Birthstone
Merry Christmas! Today we bring you December’s birthstone blue zircon, an under-appreciated gemstone with many great qualities. Not to be confused with Cubic Zirconia-the most common diamond simulant, Zircon is a natural gemstone that comes in many shades. It often has great clarity with few inclusions and is known for its fire and brilliance.
We have this 14k white gold and blue zircon ring and many other zircon pieces on sale today at Silver City, so don’t forget us if you need a gift for any December babies!
The light blue color reminds us of Christmas, and we are going to be very active for Christmas here at SilverCityJewelers.com. Stay tuned for more articles, products, and special […]
We will be closed for Black Friday, Here’s a citrine to celebrate Thanksgiving!
In a lot of places it’s starting to feel like Thanksgiving is becoming nothing more then Black Friday Eve. At Silver City, we always try to recognize that the most important things in life are family and friends, and so this year we will be closing from Thanksgiving through the weekend.
Karats or Carats?
Easily the most confusing pair of words in the jewelry business, “carat” is a measure of weight equal to one-fifth of a gram while “karat” is the measure of fineness of gold. Today we’re going to highlight the difference between the meanings of karat and carat and how the confusing words came about. Both are pronounced the same as our favorite orange vegetable, “carrot”, but they actually came about from a different piece of vegetation- the carob seed.
Carob seeds were a seed that almost always grew to be the same size and weight as all the other carob seeds. Ancient jewelers found that they were small enough and consistent enough to be used to measure the weight of diamonds […]