But even if you don’t have a piece to pass down, you can get your daughter a reasonably priced diamond necklace or pendant. A heart-shaped diamond is the perfect gift for a teenage girl. Nearly any design will look perfect for a teenage girl.

Choose a piece with many smaller diamonds rather than a large diamond allows you to get a diamond piece that is much more affordable. After all, if you are going to be spending thousands and thousands of dollars on a present for your daughter’s sixteenth birthday, she would probably rather a car.

Beautiful diamond jewelry doesn’t have to be expensive, so it is still a perfect fit for your growing teenage daughter. As your daughter grows up into a young woman, why not give her a piece of jewelry fit for the young woman that she is becoming. A dazzling diamond necklace necklace is a gift that your daughter will cherish for years and years to come.

All too often, women go throughout their daily life, putting everything they earn into paying the bills. Spending a whole paycheck or more on a piece of jewelry can seem frivolous and absolutely insane to someone who has lived for so long with that mindset. Even if you were never strapped for cash, you might be the type that always puts others before yourself.

If any of this sounds like you, it is time to treat yourself for once in your life. Every woman deserves a beautiful piece of jewelry. There are so many different kinds of jewelry that you can get: diamond or gemstone rings, diamond earrings, necklaces, diamond pendants, lovely diamond bracelets and more. The fact that you have spent years without indulging in something for yourself will make you treasure the jewelry even more. It is always good to treat yourself for all of the hard work you have done all your life, so go ahead and start shopping.

Sample certificate and rough diamonds

The concept of Conflict or Blood Diamonds entered the public arena when news broke that the revenues earned by the mines in Africa being used to fuel bloody conflicts through-out the region. The sudden rise in public awareness led to the development of the “Kimberly Process Certification Scheme”, organized by the UN in 2003, designed to certify the origin of rough diamonds in the trade.

The Kimberley Process requires that each time a rough diamond is traded, it is accompanied by a certificate with a legally binding guarantee that it is from a conflict free source. Participant countries or diamond traders that do not comply with the Kimberley Process are breaking the law.

As a result of the strict guidelines by 2004, the Canadian Government, as chair of the Kimberley Process, cited that 99.8% of the world’s rough diamonds are certified to be from sources not involved in funding conflict.

You can find out more about the Kimberly Process at http://www.kimberleyprocess.com/

Interested in buying a loose diamond? Check out our unique selection of certified diamonds, individually photographed for you to review at MarkBroumand.com

Round Brilliant Cuts are a very popular choice because they incorporate a combination of clarity, color, cut, and carat weight. They became very popular through the century due to the fact that diamond cutters were always trying to make the perfect round diamond. Over years of perfection, the round brilliant cut came to be.

Another very popular choice of cut is the Princess Cut Diamond. The Princess Cut has sharp, uncut, bold corners which allows the shine and sparkle to reflect from the diamond brilliantly. At MarkBroumand.com, our Princess Cut Engagement Rings come in modern, antique, and solitaire styles which will make choosing the best one very easy.

Oval Cut Diamonds are based “upon the configurations of the round brilliant diamond.” The surface area of the oval diamond is much larger than the round brilliant cut with the same carat weight. This allows customers to choose between bigger sizes with the same price. The oval shape also elongates the appearance of the hand due to the length of the oval.

We also carry several other cuts, including: emerald diamond cuts, heart shaped diamonds, asscher cuts, marquise, pear, and cushion cuts. All are beautiful, unique, and competitively priced and ready for you to take home.

The first C is Cut. Cut is extremely important in determining a diamond’s worth. A round brilliant diamond has about 58 facets and the proportion of the facets on each diamond determine a very key characteristic in a quality diamond. The better the proportion of the facet, the more light will be reflected off the diamond and into one’s eye. The diamond will also sparkle more and give off a bigger shine. The cut can also refer to the shape of the diamond such as round, princess, emerald, heart, pear, or oval.

The next C is for Carat. Carat is the size and weight of the diamond. Larger diamonds, of course, cost more per carat because of their size. Diamonds are measured in points, with 100 points per diamond. A half carat diamond has 50 points.

Clarity, the third C, describes how clear the diamond is and ranges from flawless, which is a perfect diamond, to I, meaning Included. It goes by this chart:
–Flawless: the diamond is perfect inside and out. These diamonds are the rarest of them all. Flawless diamonds are very difficult to find and they are the purest. They contain no imperfections what so ever.
–Internally Flawless: These diamonds are inernally flawless and have no imperfection inside at all. These diamonds are very rare.
–VVS1, VVS2: These diamonds have practically no imperfections. It is very difficult to see any imperfections, even under 10x magnification. Diamonds in this range are more rare than the lower clarity grades.
–VS1, VS2:  Diamonds in this range are the most sought after for being as clear as possible without the heavy price tag of VVS and Flawless Diamonds. Diamonds in this category have very small imperfections which are not visible by the naked eye and sometimes can be picked up using 10X magnification.
–SI1, SI2, SI3: Diamonds in the SI1 category tend to be eye clean with some exceptions. Some SI2 Diamonds are eye clean as well. Once in the SI3 range, you can expect to see small imperfections by the naked eye. The SI1-SI2 range is very popular because it will give you the most bang for your buck.
–I1, I2:  Diamonds with a clarity grade of I1 or I2 tend to have multiple imperfections visible by the naked eye. Diamonds in this range are great because of the relatively low cost compared to other clarity grades. Clients tend to like this range when looking for a larger size diamond at a low cost. As in life, not everything can be perfect, some of the worlds most beautiful gems can have imperfections and still be the most beautiful in the world.

Lastly, the fourth C represents color. It describes the amount of color the diamond contains. The most flawless and perfect diamond should have no color at all. Diamonds can range from colorless to yellow with slight tints of yellow, gray or brown. Some can also range from intense yellow to brown, blue, green, pink and red. These fancy colored diamonds are rare and therefore more valuable.  Their range is measured on a letter scale from D-Z, with D being exceptionally white and so forth. The color of a diamond or stone can be determined using a Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Certified set of master stones or by using a Colorimeter. The colorimeter is a computer that accurately grades a polished diamond’s color.