Buying a loose diamond is the single best way to save money on a custom ring, and also the single easiest way to get burned if you don't know where to look....
I'll say it plainly: for a natural diamond, I want a GIA report. For a lab-grown stone, IGI is the standard, and I'd rather have an IGI report than no...
Most people read a diamond grading report wrong. They flip to the 4Cs and treat the rest as fine print. A diamond grading report is a map, not a verdict,...
A 1.04 carat fancy vivid yellow radiant sat on my bench this morning, and I kept tilting it under the Optivisor just to watch the color move across the...
Yes, you should worry about clarity-enhanced diamonds, but not because they're fake. They are real diamonds. The worry is about what was done to them and...
An engagement ring turns your finger green for one reason: copper in the alloy. Most engagement rings are not pure gold. 14k gold is only 58.5% gold, and...
Forget almost all white gold if you have a metal allergy. When clients ask me about hypoallergenic metals for engagement rings, that is the first thing I...
The ring box matters less than the ring, but not by much. A good proposal box stays shut in your pocket and lets the ring do the work when it opens. A bad...
The document that actually matters when you insure an engagement ring is an appraisal from an independent appraiser, not the receipt from the store. Most...
You can get close at home. You won't nail it every time, and that's okay if you know where the errors come from. The two methods I actually trust are...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.