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Everlon Diamond Knot Ring

Give an “Everlon Diamond Knot Ring” for Any Occasion.

You may be familiar with this ring from the Everlon Commercial. If you haven’t heard of the Everlon Diamond Knot Ring I am here to enlighten you.  This is a unique ring that can can be given as a promise ring, birthday, anniversary or Valentine’s Day gift.

Everlon has made it easy for any female to wear one of their pieces.  By adding more diamonds or a larger centerpiece diamond it opens the door for a more mature woman and not just younger women.

Today’s example is being pulled from Zales as they are one of the most popular retailers for the Everlon Diamond Knot Collection.  They offer Everlon rings as well as the Everlon Diamond Knot Bracelets, pendants,  and earrings.

The ring that I have chosen to review is a very accessible piece of jewelery even in this economy.  While it is offered in yellow gold as well as silver, our ring is the 14Kwhite gold variety with a 1/6 carat diamond nestled in the knot.   It is a very romantic setting where two loops lock to hug a diamond into place.

The price for this ring in white gold is $399.99 and comes with free packaging in a matte black box, silver ribbon and personal message.  Pieces with more diamonds or larger diamonds can range up to $2499.99 for a glamorous  1 carat diamond ring laced in diamonds.

While we have chosen to review  a 1/6 ct. diamond it is offered in higher carat weights with pavé accents lined along the knot.  You will also see similar pieces in the earrings and pendants.

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James Allen Diamond Ring

18k White Gold Channel Set Carre Cut James Allen Diamond Engagement Ring Review:

Channel Set Diamond Engagement Ring

Today I have selected a wedding ring that one can only fall in love with. This one came straight out of the “Design Your Own Engagement Ring” tool from the James Allen Site (one of our premier Diamond Online Retailers).

I chose the diamond setting for its throne-like positioning of the diamond.  It gives an aire of confidence and elegance much like a queen would present on a throne.  The channel setting serves to accentuate and frame the diamond and therefore preparing the eyes for the diamond stone that has been chosen.

The Engagement Ring Setting is created of 18K White Gold with  24 carre diamonds totaling a minimum of 0.60 ct.  The prongs on the setting can take any diamond shape ranging from 0.50 carat to 3.50 carats.

Because the channel diamonds are a square cut I felt it was important to continue with the theme and thus I have selected a princess cut diamond for the engagement ring setting.  You also could have chosen an asscher cut diamond and that would also work beautifully.

This Princess Cut Diamond is a 1.92 carat premium cut diamond. I purposely chose a diamond just under the threshhold of the next whole number carat weight.  Doing this saves  you a few hundred dollars that can help you upgrade in the other characteristics like color or clarity. Believe me, no one will notice that it is a 1.92 carat diamond instead of a 2.00 carat diamond.

Since I made the wise decision to buy under the carat weight break I was able to pay up for this diamond’s G rated Color, VS2 Clarity,  Premium Cut and most importantly its GIA certification.

Your Investment for this Wedding Ring is:

• 18K White Gold Channel Setting – $1,100.00
• 1.92 carat Princess Cut Diamond – $13,570.00
• TOTAL* – $14,670.00 (*not including shipping or taxes)

**Please keep in mind that is an actual real engagement ring example that I have created. If this diamond happens to sell my example will no longer be valid for buying purposes. You can however choose something similar to fit what I have presented or another diamond more customized to your tastes.

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Blue Nile Diamond Ring

We are going to be featuring  several diamond ring settings with a diamond. I will be reviewing the various featured diamond retailers that I mention in the “Jeweler Ratings” page as well as testing their Design Your Own ring” tools.

Blue Nile Graduated Diamond Ring & Band

Today’s engagement ring is from Blue Nile. I designed it using the Design Your Own Engagement Ring” tool.

It’s a charming,  rather elegant and classy ring with many accent diamonds. They have titled it “Graduated Diamond Ring and Band” in platinum.

In this case we have chosen a diamond setting and a band that are made to go together.  The ring setting is accented with 10 round diamonds with a total carat of 0.10. The average clarity is SI1 and color is H.

The case of the band is also very similar, however there are 12 diamonds instead of 10. The number of diamonds and carats can vary depending on the size of the ring. This goes for the band as well as the setting.

These are rather standard characteristics. One doesn’t really need to place extraordinary stones into a pave setting since they aren’t really the stars of the show.

The diamond that I chose is a fairly nice diamond of 2.00 carats with  color of  H, diamond clarity VS1 and Very Good cut.    Although the setting can take a diamond size ranging from 0.20 to 2.10 for a round brilliant shape. If your tastes incline more towards a square shape diamond like an princess cut, emerald cut, asscher cut or cushion cut then the top of the carat weight range can be 4.50 carats.

The approximate price tag for the diamond stone, setting and band is the following:

• Diamond: $17,600.00
• Setting: $1,000.00
• Band: $1,000.00
• TOTAL: $19,600.00

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Celebrity Jewelry

Paris and Paris Engagement Rings

Celebrity jewelry is always exciting for people to see.  Paris Hilton who is the fashion icon for decadence is not one to shy away from making a statement with her accesories.  This was especially the case with her engagement to Paris Latsis, the greek shipping heir.  A union of those heavy hitters, apart from sharing the same name (how cute) was sure to prove to  us that they are a force to reckon with when it comes to celebrity rings.  Although the Paris duo didn’t make it to the alter (are we surprised?), she was fortunate enough to receive not just an eyeful of an engagement diamond ring, she received a second one! One was a 24 carat canary diamond valued at $5 million while the other one was a 15 carat white diamond ring valued at $2.2 milion. How many people do you know who could wear $7.2 million in high profile celebrity wedding rings on one hand?

The big questions is if she returned those diamonds after the separation, I don’t think so.  She should donate them to the Wonder Twins.  Anyway not even money and the same first name could keep them together. Easy come, easy go.  Better luck next time.

The value of the

P.S. Anyone can look good with that many diamonds hanging off of her, right?

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Conflict Diamonds

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Conflict diamonds, also referred to as blood diamonds, are diamonds that are sold to fund  rebel fighting, terrorist groups and other illegal activities that cost the lives and limps of men women and children. Historically the countries that has been most affected by illegal trade of blood diamonds are Sierra Leone, Angola, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo — all places where citizens have been terrorized, mutilated and killed by groups in control of the local diamond trade.

Amnesty International have launched an intense campaign to fight the trade of conflict diamonds. Many reports have been filed against governments who have turned the other way or failed to control the blood diamond market.

The one of the first steps to eliminating the occurence for conflict diamond violence is to eliminate the opportunities to use diamonds for currency in the affected areas. We as consumers have to be critical and vigilent to not buy these blood stained diamonds. If we eliminate the market for conflict diamonds, the use of these for currency and trading will minimize.

Additionally we must support peace in these regions and governments who are willing to fight corruption and the trade of diamonds for political favors, weapons or power.

Since 2000 the U.N. has has battled the  conflict diamond trade with sanctions on several African nations and partnered with the World Diamond Council, Jewelers of America, and Belgian Association of Rough Diamond Traders to eradicate the consumer market for blood diamonds.

Note: All of the diamond jewelers that we recommend are free of conflict diamonds.

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