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We have one of the
largest diamond inventories featuring GIA Diamond Grading
Reports in the jewelry market. Please let us know what kind of
diamond you are looking for and we will contact you with the
price and availability.
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of the
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Diamond Grading Report
you are interested in.

We
have been serving you with the best value for more than half of
a century. We are specialized in diamonds with GIA Diamond
Grading Reports in any shape, size or quality. Our large diamond
inventory with GIA Diamond Grading Reports is the best source
for your diamond needs. We can accommodate you with great prices
and a big selection to choose from. We are a proud member of the
Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York.
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Diamond
Cut Chart
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Too
Deep
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Ideal
Cut
Diamond
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Too
Shallow
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Diamond
Color Chart
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| D-E-F |
G-H-I-J |
K-L-M |
N-O-P-R |
S
to Z |
| Colorless |
Near
Colorless |
Slightly
Tinted |
Very
Light Yellow |
Light
Yellow to Yellow |
The Gemological
Institute of America ( GIA ) grades many diamonds of one carat
or greater according to the four Cs: cut, color, clarity, and
carat weight. The interplay of the four Cs determines a
diamond's value.
Proper cut enhances a diamond's capacity to reflect light and
makes it sparkle more; a diamond's depth, distance from top to
bottom, should be about 58-61 percent of its width, which means
the gem should be wider than it is tall.
Most diamonds contain slight traces of yellow or brown, and the
more colorless a diamond, the greater its value; most of the
diamonds that retailers sell are in the near-colorless color
grades, or G through J.
Clarity refers to the number of spots, or inclusions, in a
diamond, and the fewer the inclusions, the clearer the diamond
and the brighter its sparkle; retailers mostly sell diamonds in
the very slightly included clarity grades and in the slightly
included clarity grades.
A diamond's value rises as its size, or carat weight, increases;
a carat is one-fifth of a gram, or about 7 / 1,000 of an ounce.
Women's
Wire Magazine says in one of their articles
about:
Hunting and Haggling for That Gem of a Deal
No matter where consumers shop, though, they can't
avoid one fact of diamond economics: as a diamond's carat weight
increases, keeping the three other Cs the same,
its price rises exponentially. At Landsberg's
store, a two-carat diamond with the same cut, color, and clarity
as a one-carat stone costs about $13,000-almost three times as
much. That's because big stones are in shorter supply than small
ones, jewelers say.
The shopper who ventures away from the big retailers
would be wise to get a referral before putting down a large sum
of money. "Go to someone whom somebody else has purchased
from," advises Norman Landsberg, who for
50 years has run a family jewelry business in New York's diamond
district. Landsberg says most of his business
comes from referrals. His store, no more than a counter about
the size of a kitchen table, is in a crowded shopping area on
West 47th Street between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the
Americas, one of the world's busiest diamond markets.
Competitors abound. Still, Landsberg's
often so busy that customers have to jostle to get near the
counter. And it's easy to see why. "We don't have the
overhead and expenses [of bigger stores]," he says.
Learn
more about GIA
Diamond Grading Reports
from GIA (Gemological Institute of
America)
Honesty, It's as important as
any other asset. Because a business that deals in truth,
openness, and fair value cannot help but do well. It is toward
this end we support the Better Business Bureau.
Norman Landsberg Jewelers
is a proud member of:
Jewelers
Vigilance Committee

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