Don't pay top dollar for inferior diamonds. Don't buy a diamond ring, pendent or bracelet which looks stunning and sparkling under special lights in a jewelry shop. Buy your diamonds the way the big spenders do by buying loose stones.

Get what you pay for. Let the four "Cs" help you choose the perfect stone. Color, Cut, Clarity and Carat. Contact us with the clickable link at the bottom of this page for a quote when you are thinking of a diamond purchase.

COLOR:Diamonds cover the whole spectrum of colors. The rarest of diamonds are called colorless. Colorless diamonds allow the most reflection of light. Off-white diamonds absorb light, reducing their brilliance. You can be see a diamond's color by placing it top-side up on a flat white surface and examining it from different angles. Next examine it top-side down looking through the facets. Color is graded on an alphabet scale from D to Z.

CUT: Cut has the greatest influence on color and brilliance. A round, brilliant-cut diamond has 58 facets. This shape best shows the stone's brilliance because it allows the most light to be reflected back to your eye. Stones that look lifeless or dark in the center are probably poorly cut. When a stone is cut too deeply, it forms an angle less than the critical angle of 24.5 degrees so light (and brilliance) is lost through the sides of the stone. If the stone is cut too shallow, light passes through the diamond without reflecting back.

CLARITY: Most diamonds have internal stress fractures and tiny traces of non-crystalized carbon (after all diamonds are carbon). These are called inclusions and usually can't be seen with the naked eye but can be seen in loose stones under magnification. Perfect clarity means that inclusions can't be detected when the stone is examined under a 10X lens. Inclusions make diamonds duller by absorbing light. They prevent light from being reflected back through the front of the stone. An inclusion in the center is more visible than one near the edge. The center inclusion may be mirrored by the facets, magnifying the dulling effect.

CARAT: The term came from the ancient practice of weighing diamonds against the seeds from the carob tree. The system was standardized with one carat equaling 0.2 grams. Each carat is subdivided into 100 points. A quarter-carat diamond is 25 points or 0.25 carat. Although a carat refers to the weight of a diamond, it now refers to a particular size. If properly cut, diamonds of the same weight should be around the same size. These sizes don't apply to other stones.

Contact us for a quote when you are thinking of a diamond purchase. We specialize in stones that range from 1/10th of a carat to large, multi-carat investment-quality stones. We offer specialty-shaped diamonds such as baguette, princess, marquise, pear, trillion and oval. We even have rare colored diamonds in pink, purple, green, blue, cognac, yellow, black or chocolate.

To safe-guard your diamond, for larger stones, we offer a microscopically small laser-inscribed identifying number on your diamond's girdle.

Purchase any loose diamond that's 1/3 of a carat or bigger and we will include a FREE grading analysis by a GIA (Gemological Institute of America) certified expert -- a $50 value.

Please note, due to the specialty nature of loose diamonds, we do not offer a refund or return policy.