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February 13, 2014

How to Buy Jewelry Like a Jeweler

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The more expensive a piece is, the more time you should spend assessing it.
If a stone is large, you should ask to have it pulled so you can inspect it loose. Flaws are hidden under prongs. Pink gold can enhance pink stones. A common trick is to set a brownish diamond in yellow gold prongs to make it appear more like a canary. - - | VICE United States

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 13, 2014 12:37 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Eureka!*

Wasn't that what Archimedes in his bath exclaimed when he was working on the problem of whether the jeweler used all of the precious metals the jeweler had been given to make the crown?

*A piece of schoolboy knowledge, but that is the sort of knowledge one needs.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at February 13, 2014 6:09 PM

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