Ask the Jeweler
Your hometown jewelers, Chris, Tod and Earl have over 75 years combined experience in fine gems and precious metals. We are your local resource for all of your jewelry needs. Listed below are tidbits about gems that we just love to share. Do you have a question? Submit it to askthejeweler@petersenjewelers.com and you may see your question on this webpage and in the weekly paper!
How many facets are in an Ideal Cut Diamond?
With 58 exactly placed facets, the Ideal Cut Diamond produces the ultimate luster and beauty.
Posted: 2010-7-5-1
Posted: 2010-7-5-1
What is the flat top of the diamond called by jewelers?
The top of a diamond is its table. In an Ideal Cut Diamond the table is 53-57% of the total width of the round diamond.
Posted: 2010-7-12
Posted: 2010-7-12
What makes the alexandrite, June's birthstone, so special?
People love this gemstone because under daylight it is a greenish-blue and under incandescent light it is a purplish-red.
Posted: 2010-6-7
Posted: 2010-6-7
What is an Ideal Cut Diamond?
It is a round brilliant diamond that has been cut to exact and mathematically proven proportions so that the maximum amount of light entering the diamond will be reflected internally and back out of the top of the diamond.
Posted: 2010-6-27
Posted: 2010-6-27
In diamond selection is Clarity really more important than Cut?
Actually, Cut is more important than Clarity, because Cut gives the diamond its sparkle, and this brilliance is what diamond quality is all about.
Posted: 2010-6-21
Posted: 2010-6-21
Which one of the 4 C's of diamond buying is most important?
Clarity is the most important variable when making a diamond purchase.
Posted: 2010-6-14
Posted: 2010-6-14
What are the dimensions of an Ideal Cut Diamond?
In an Ideal Cut Diamond the height of the crown will be 14.2 -16.2% of the width of the diamond. The pavilion of the diamond will be 42.2 – 43.8% of the width of the diamond.
Posted: 2010-07-26
Posted: 2010-07-26
What is the faceted area on the top part of a diamond called?
This is the crown and the faceted part of the bottom of the diamond is the pavilion.
Posted: 2010-07-18
Posted: 2010-07-18
Q. Where are agates found now?
A. When the Nahe R. mine was exhausted, Idar-Oberstein, the cutting center in Germany, started importing agates from Brazil. Idar-Oberstein is still today one of the world’s finest gemstone cutting centers.
Posted: 2010-05-28
Posted: 2010-05-28
Where were early agates found?
As early as 1497 agates were mined in the Nahe River valley in Germany.
Posted: 2010-05-23
Posted: 2010-05-23