I’m considering the purchase of a halo setting Danny, and I’m wondering whether halo settings are easy to break because my girlfriend happens to be extremely active and plays a lot of sports. A local jeweler told me that halo...
I received an email today from a guy who indicated that he wanted my advice on starting a web site that would provide people with a way to buy the cheapest diamonds online… It was clear from the context of...
As you learned in Standards for Ideal Cut Diamonds, there are a wide variety of diamond proportions which have been considered to be “ideal cut” over the years, and the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL) is the only gemological laboratory...
Throughout history, diamond cutters have fine tuned the art of cutting a diamond so that it captures the light which enters it from above, and redirect it towards the eyes of an observer. In the early days of gem cutting,...
I spent the weekend shopping for diamond engagement rings with my girlfriend, we visited all of the popular jewelry stores in our area, and I’m trying to determine whether higher color diamonds are brighter and more brilliant than lower color...
It seems pretty obvious why a diamond cutter such as Brian Gavin would sign his work, it is not only a sign of pride, but also his personal guarantee that every Brian Gavin Signature diamond is a masterpiece that has...
Hi Danny, I purchased the diamond for my wife’s engagement ring from you about two years ago, and now we’re expecting our first child! The diamond which you helped us select for the engagement ring is a 1.70 carat, G-color,...
Hi Danny, I’m researching diamonds online, in preparation of buying a diamond engagement ring, and read the following statement on another web site: "you might not want to put a truly colorless diamond in a yellow gold setting since the...
I’m sure that you see this sort of thing all the time Danny, but I’m trying to decide between this 1.513 carat, I-color, VS-2 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond with negligible fluorescence, and this 1.543 carat, I-color, VS-2 clarity,...
