Pearl And Diamond Jewelry Can Make A Very Special Gift
It is believed that the most intimate and beautiful gift you can give a woman is jewelry. The jewelry you choose for her would very much depend on how special that woman is for you; the more special, the more expensive would the jewelry be.
The Combination Of Pearl And Diamond Jewelry
The pearl and diamond jewelry is a special combination because it consists of two very beautiful stones. Well, the pearl is not exactly a stone, but the result of the defensive mechanism of an oyster. When a foreign body enters by mistake in our body, our body fights it back by forming pus around it and eliminating it.
Similarly, the oyster reacts to a foreign object invasion by forming a hard nacre coat over it, which is a crystalline substance produced by this mollusk. After a while (read that as a few months), the pearl is created. Unfortunately, in order to get to the pearl, the oyster is killed. This is how the natural pearl is formed.
Man made pearls or cultured pearl follow the same process with only one exception. The foreign object is forcibly pushed into the oyster to kick start the process. The pearls thus formed are in no way inferior to the natural ones.
Now that you know how a pearl is formed, you would be able to look at pearls from a different point of view; this is after all, a master piece of nature. The real value of a pearl is judged by its size, color, shape, luster, thickness of the nacre and its texture. It is very rare to get two identical pearls because of their formation - hence, real pearl jewelry is usually expensive.
The diamonds are far more expensive and choosing one would always be very difficult to the untrained person. The value of a diamond depends upon the four Cs - carat, color, cut and clarity. Carat refers to its weight with one carat weighing about 200 mgs. You will find that mentioned on the jewelry as tcw (Total Carat Weight).
The color of a diamond should be normally crystal clear. In fact diamonds are said to be able to reflect the slightest amount of light magnificently, for which they are believed to shine as fire even in darkness. However, most diamonds have some amount of impurities trapped into their core for which they reflect different hues - pink, yellow, red, blue and so on.
When you look for clarity it refers to the overall look of the diamond. Does it look flawless, or does it look like it caught something within? The clearer the stone is, the higher would be its price.
Lastly comes the cut - this is what differentiates the diamond from a dull, lusterless stone. There are three popular cutting styles - the princess cut, the brilliant cut and the emerald cut. The style of the cut would determine the brilliance of the stone and hence, the brilliant cut is he most expensive while the emerald cut is the least.
Now that you understand the background of the pearl and diamond jewelry to a large extent, you would be able to choose the right type for your gift. It is important to have these two components matched evenly in your choice of jewelry. If the pearl and diamond jewelry consists of a poor choice of pearls, the diamond's beauty would be diminished by the lack of quality of the pearl. At the same time, if the diamond quality or color in the pearl and diamond jewelry does not match well, the overall show of the pearl and diamond jewelry would be sabotaged.
