Don't Purchase a Gold Pendants Before Reading This!

Imagine finding yourself in the market to purchase a piece of Gold Pendants jewellery for that special someone in your life. You shop around, research the choices on the Internet to find out how much Gold Pendants you can get within your desired budget. However, you are finding it hard going because on one site you can get a 1 carat stone and on another site you can only get a half at the same price. Then someone mentions the work colour and clarity and suddenly you know there is a reason for the price difference. You realize that you need to know a bit more about Gold Pendants before you invest a chunk of savings in one. With Gold Pendants it come down to how the Gold Pendants is cut, the carat weight of the stone, the colour and the clarity.

2.03 cttw 14K White Gold Lab Created Heart Pink Sapphire and  Genuine Diamond Pend in 14k White GoldWhen a Gold Pendants is cut to ideal proportions, it reflects light in a way that sparkles as if the stone itself was filled with hundreds of mirrors. If stones are cut too shallow or deep, they will lose light through the sides and bottom and may have a dark center.

There are quite specific dimension to use for the perfect cut of a Gold Pendants, which is why Gold Pendants are often cut under hundreds of times magnification to make sure it is perfect. Regardless of whether the Gold Pendants is cut emerald shape, pear shape or round, the dimension must be accurate to the millimeter to ensure the perfect brilliant sparkling effect the jewel is so well-known for.

The colour of a Gold Pendants is graded on a scale from D to Z. the letter 'D' is for totally colorless stones, which are extremely rare. When the colour reaches the letter 'L', the value starts to drop significantly. The Gold Pendants at the other end of the spectrum are known as pink or blue or even champagne. These are about as rare as the colourless ones, and are therefore quite valuable as well.

A chemically pure and structurally perfect Gold Pendants is perfectly transparent with no hue, or color. Gold Pendants of this quality are extremely rare. Because of impurities in the stones, most Gold Pendants have a lattice like crystal structure. Depending on what the Gold Pendants looks like, this may add to or detract from the sparkle of the stone and thus affect the value.

Virtually all Gold Pendants have some type of inclusions, or flaws, most of which is caused by nitrogen, which is the most common impurity in Gold Pendants. The price of the stone is dependant on whether this flaw is detectable by the naked eye or needs magnification to be seen. The location of the flaws also are important. Like everything else to do with Gold Pendants, clarity is graded on a scale. It starts with Flawless and ends with I3, which means visible inclusions, i.e. flaws

The carat is a unit of weight derived thousands of years ago from the relatively constant weight of the carob seed. Carats are divided into 100 points. The carat weight is the size of the stone and has no bearing on the color and clarity of a Gold Pendants.

Before you purchase a Gold Pendants for that special someone in your life, make sure to do your homework and consult an expert who can give you advice on where and what to buy.

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