Jogia Diamonds
6 March 2007Sponsored post
Loose diamonds are single diamonds which can be set in a ring or any piece of jewelry. Loose diamonds are gaining popularity nowadays. They are available in different cuts, shapes, and sizes. You will find most people who make the use of loose diamonds in setting an engagement ring, because this kind of rings are pure beauty.
Buying a diamond is often a very stressful situation for a inexperienced consumer. Customers should clearly and precisely knows the relevant aspects they should consider before purchasing a diamond.
In this process they might need a gem merchant or they can find helpful informations on the web. But most of diamond selling websites offers only online shop without useful informations, not like Jogia diamonds.
Jogia diamonds is unique diamond selling company, based in Perth, Australia. They’re access to diamond industry is different. On Jogia diamonds website, you can find a diamond encyclopedia, which can be really helpful.
It’s a unique source of informations about diamonds, quality of diamonds and about all that magic behind these precious stones. Customers love this kind of informations, as you can read in testimonials on their site.
Derek, South Australia, Australia
Jogia diamonds offers also various guarantees about quality of their stones.
One of the most important guarantees when buying diamonds are conflict free diamonds. It’s policy to buy diamonds from reputable sellers and customers knows that these are not bloody diamonds.
All diamonds offered at Jogia diamonds, which is about 100,000 of loose diamonds, are conflict free.
All diamonds are also certified by an internationally recognized laboratory.
Thirty years in diamond business is a biggest guarantee of high quality loose diamonds, and also it guarantee your satisfaction.
With such a wide offer of loose diamonds you can be sure that you will find a diamond to perfectly match your needs and budget.
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Do NOT buy diamonds from anyone who sells with BS certificates if you do you will come unstuck!!!!!
There is NO secret to making a smart purchase, first check out who the seller is, don’t fall for all the self promotion and fancy talk.
Consumer confidence
I received a call this morning, one which we get on a regular basis.
The question is always the same, and our answer is always the same.
It usually starts with, “I am buying a diamond how can I be sure that I am getting what I am told”.
the answer is simple.
No matter where you are buying a stone you need to firstly make sure the retailer is reputable.
A good way to determine this, is by the certificate they provide you with the diamond.
If you are offered a certificate from a reputable laboratory that is recognised by the world associations you can be sure you are getting what you are told. And dealing with a reputable retailer.
If you are offered a bogus certificate or an in house certificate of valuation you should shop elsewhere.
This advice to be simple and seems logical, YET we constantly see consumers who have been caught out.
Why is this?
Well today, I would like to share what we see.
The consumer is sceptical and mistrusting by nature,YET
when they are involved in a emotional purchase and at their most vulnerable, the sharks come out to feed,playing on the feeling of the moment and the feeling between the couple.
It takes very little to convince a first time, uninformed person that they are getting a great deal, especially with very official looking paperwork.
This always ends in tears and usually the feeling is they will never trust again.
It is amazing that a few unethical traders who perpetuate these problems bring doubt on to the industry as a whole,and my personal view is that we should stand together and get rid of them once and for all.
Point out the pit falls to your customers, they do appreciate it.
Michael Cohen
Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia
Suite 1, Level 1
133 Castlereagh Street
Sydney, 2000
Tel: 02 9261 2104
Fax: 02 9261 4263
http://www.dcla.com.au
info@dcla.com.au
I recently purchased what I am told is a beautiful diamond from a Melbourne internet company.
after shopping around and gathering a huge amount of information online. from Pricescope ,Diamond talk and Diamond review ,we decided that the cut was critical and that the stone had to be certified, laser inscribed and all the other protection advised by the contributors to these sites I mentioned.
The one thing that we missed and it only dawned on us now is.
We never enjoyed the experience. YES it was a little cheaper. YES we got what we wanted although we had to pay for it upfront, before seeing it. And YES we are generally happy. BUT we miss the experience of it all. How can I explain it we had the wedding and the whole thing is official but you never had the ceremony, the party the dance the cake or the pictures ,can you see what I mean. YES we save a little money, BUT buying the stone online from this company was the most sterile experience and I can honestly say I would never ever do it again. NOT because anything went wrong or that we are unhappy . BUT as newly engaged couple we miss out on the experience, It is like buying a dress you have never seen or fitted. or choosing music with out hearing it all. I think that the internet is fantastic don’t get me wrong . BUT it is for items like plasma screens, NOT meaningful life time personal gifts. We got a good deal but we lost out on the experience and I for one am sorry for that. If price is all that matters I recommend the internet buying. BUT I missed out on the experiences of the whole wedding. It was as I said. The most STERILE thing I have done and I am SORRY for it.
IT’S the ultimate symbol of romance, used to cement a relationship or repair one.
And with spring traditionally the time when lovers make their commitments, it’s worth knowing whether those diamonds in your ring - or your belly button or your teeth - are worth what you paid for them.
The Jewellers Association of Australia (JAA) said a buyer of a diamond worth more than $3000 should get a valuation from a registered valuer independent of the store you bought it from.
“A valuation written on the store letterhead doesn’t give you peace of mind,” JAA’s chief executive officer Ian Hadassin said.
He said people don’t buy diamonds as as investment but for the mystery and romance of the stone as they are so beautiful.
Even so, care should be taken when buying, he said, and for any diamond that weighs more than 0.4 of a carat, you should get an independent grading certificate that gives technical details of the diamond’s cut, clarity, colour and carat.
These four Cs are the key to whether you are getting value for money when you buy.
The brilliance of a diamond depends on its cut but you shouldn’t confuse the cut with the shape. Whether it’s round, square cut or pear shaped, that’s just the aesthetic. It’s the cut that creates the diamond’s reflective qualities. It’s what gives the diamond its brilliance.
Most diamonds have flaws, and most often they’re not visible to the naked eye. These flaws are either inside the stone (called inclusions), or on the surface (a blemish).
Diamonds with no or few flaws are the most highly prized as the clarity of the stone is greater, making them more brilliant.
Most flaws aren’t visible to the naked eye. But if you see a flaw, either a bubble on the surface, or a crack, it’s not worth buying.
A diamond with no colour allows more light through that a coloured one, so it has the greatest sparkle. Colourless or white diamonds are very rare and are the most expensive. More common are diamonds that have a faint or very light yellow tinge.
Coloured diamonds, for example from blue to green to bright yellow, can be more valuable because of their colours.
A carat is a diamond’s weight with one carat equal to 0.2g. Larger diamonds are very rare and therefore more expensive.
Mr Hadassin said that if you are spending a lot of money, it is wise to buy unset diamonds, get a grading certificate to confirm their qualities and then have the gems set.
“The colour may be affected by the setting, and the setting may cover up flaws,” he said.
He said you can buy unset diamonds from jewellers, some wholesalers or over the internet.
The recent film Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, highlighted the situation in parts of Africa where rebels can enslave local communities and force then to mine the diamonds to pay for their cause.
Mr Hadassin said that the diamond industry has done a good job of quarantining blood, or conflict diamonds and every diamonds is documented.
“On the invoice you get from the jeweller and on the grading certificate there should be a clause stating that these diamonds are conflict free.”
He said that every diamond had its own fingerprint and diamond experts can tell where they come from.
As romantic as they are now, diamonds have a brutal history. They are formed deep underground under intense heat and pressure over hundreds of millions of years and pushed to the surface by volcanic activity.
About 250 tonnes of ore has to be mined to produce just one carat of rough diamond, and then a rough diamond can lose up to 60 per cent of its weight when it is cut.
As well, only about a quarter of rough diamonds are suitable for cutting (the rejects are used in industry because they are so tough they are almost impossible to chip or crack and are extremely resistant to heat and chemicals), which explains why they are rare and expensive.
Bright buys
THE JAA’s Ian Hadassin offers these tips to people about to buy diamonds.
Shop around, but make sure you are comparing apples with apples.
If you are buying a large diamond or anything that is worth $1000 or more, stay away from companies that do not offer an independent valuation and a grading certificate.
It is better to buy an unset diamond because flaws cannot be hidden.
If an offer seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
Best place to buy in USA is bluenile.com or whiteflash.com/ and in Australia diamondimports.com.au
All of these sites are reliable and have the goods.
diamond exchange is a good place to buy. but they don’t always have the stones and they don’t always have certificates,I think they get the stones from India.but the prices are cheaper than Jogia.
Henny and Ronnie Bauer and Albert and Claire Cymons. own Klepner’s jewellers. Ronnie Bauer also owns Bauer Gemmological Laboratories. Bauer Gemmological Laboratories certify diamonds for Jogia diamonds in Perth and Diamond Exchange in Melbourne.
Why would anyone pay for a diamond before it is sent to Australia from an overseas seller?
Does anyone believe slogans like “The Smarter way to buy Ideal Certified Diamond” or “offers consumers over 60,000 loose diamonds for sale”. Please nobody has 60000 stones, and anyone who is misleading about something like that, won’t rip you off YES RIGHT mate.
Certification
It is very important that when choosing from a selection of loose diamonds to review the diamond certificate, referred to by diamond grading laboratories as a grading report. This is your assurance that you are getting a diamond that has been graded for color and clarity from an experienced gemologist. Never buy a diamond that does not have this report or has a certificate from a lab with lower color and clarity grading standards.
Some diamond merchants will offer what they term “In house appraisals/certificates” in an attempt to justify the color/clarity grade, as well as the dimensions and characteristics of their loose diamonds. These reports are analogous to the fox guarding the hen-house and will not provide you with any guarantees on the accuracy of the purported diamond color or clarity grades. Additionally,this type of an “appraisal” may very well be inflated causing you to pay higher premiums than is justified.
Independent Grading Laboratories
You should always insist on certified diamonds that have been graded by an independent and unbiased grading lab. This kind of certification is the only way to confirm that you are getting what you paid for with the size, color, clarity, dimensions, and properties of the loose diamonds.
Are all Independent Grading Laboratories Created Equal?
The answer is an emphatic NO!
There are Independent Diamond Grading Laboratories out there whose grading standards, criterion, and competence are lacking. These laboratories are known for routinely grading diamonds at 1-2 Color/Clarity grades higher than actually warranted. You are paying “more” for “less”.
Something all consumers of jewellery and specifically diamond jewellery should know.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CHEAP GOLD OR DIAMONDS.
Gold is traded every day at world gold prices, the same is true for diamonds, they trade on the Rappaport diamond list, this list is not available to the public because it is a true wholesale list.
BUT all diamonds have a price.
If you are told it is a cheap diamond what it actually means is that it is an inferior diamond, it has been misgraded or misrepresented. SIMPLE AS THAT.
The next time you get offered a cheap diamond or cheap gold ask your self WHY.
Michael Cohen
Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia
Suite 1, Level 1
133 Castlereagh Street
Sydney, 2000
Tel: 02 9261 2104
Fax: 02 9261 4263
http://www.dcla.com.au
info@dcla.com.au
If you are buying on the net, make sure you are buying from a legitimate seller. A good way to distinguish is buy the quality of the certificates they offer. If they sell stones with GIA, DCLA, AGS, HRD. And they have the stones in stock you are safe. If not, then shop somewhere else. Never pay upfront! you must see the stone first!!!!!
Diamond in the rough
A diamond is a pretty big investment and let’s face it, unless you purchase a rather large one chances are you won’t be able to see if it’s flawed, miscoloured or cut badly. Plus there are stones that pretend to be the real deal – could you tell a mossanite or quarts apart? If this worries you, fear not; Modern Wedding found a laboratory that can set your heart to rest…
The knight in shining lab coat
The Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia (DCLA) is here to protect you when you buy your sparkling rock. Their expertise lies in grading diamonds according to the 4Cs (which determine the quality and value of a diamond), so you know what you’re getting and can make sure that you don’t get ripped off. Additionally as an independent grading laboratory the DCLA provides you with an unbiased, accurate, expert grading which meets the international standard – and a certificate to go along with it!
Paper trail
It’s not hard to understand why a diamond certificate is important – it is reassurance! But why should you get one from the DCLA? Well a diamond grading report is only as good as the laboratory it comes from, and the DCLA is recognised internationally by The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), The International Diamond Council (IDC) and The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) to name a few. Plus it has a few rather impressive advantages:
By the rules
At the DCLA all diamonds are graded to a recognised standard of reference – internationally recognised grading rules and diamond master sets for colour comparison (IDC Masterset and CIBJO C2 AU Masterset). Which means that you will know everything about your diamond, from its clarity to its cut, beyond a carat of a doubt!
Faking it
The laboratory has the equipment and skills necessary to ensure proficiency and enable the detection of simulants, synthetics and treatments. In fact the DCLA has the only equipment of its kind in Australia (DTC DiamondSure and DiamondView) to detect and exclude treated and synthetic diamonds. So you can be sure that your rock is a genuine girl’s best friend.
In the works
All of the diamond graders employed by the DCLA are internationally qualified (Multiple graders). Laboratory principals are third generation in the industry and have vast experience from mining, rough diamond pricing, manufacture (marking, sawing and polishing) through to grading polished diamonds. And, just to be meticulous, the DCLA provides constant grading conditions – multiple graders anonymously grade each diamond independently of each other.
Easy peasy
To put the icing on the cake, the DCLA is a local laboratory – so you can verify your diamond at any time you like. Plus for extra protection, as the owner of the diamond, you can also register it at http://www.dcla.com.au/registry or have it laser inscribed. The DCLA have a Photoscribe cold laser inscriber – the only laser guaranteed not to damage your stone!
Website: http://www.dcla.com.au and http://www.independentlycertifieddiamonds.com
Interesting posting by online Australian diamond buyer http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=apex+diamond+fraud
Buying a diamond online. Be very careful of internet sites, that list BOGUS certificates along side international recognised certificates.in order to give them and there BOGUS certificates credibility.
Check if the certificates are in fact recognised, check the claims made by the seller.
If they are BOGUS certificates shop somewhere else.
See this link for more information on scams. http://www.diamondhelpers.com/ask/0040-scams.shtml
Mike Cohen
Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia
http://www.dcla.com.au
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