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Italian Jewellery Earrings and Bangles

Italian Jewellery Earrings and Bangles

24/05/2018 0
Italian jewellery history really begins around three thousand years ago. This was the time of the Etruscan civilisation who loved to create stunning jewellery that in many people’s eyes cannot be beaten. There are three periods of jewellery from this era. The first is closely linked to Egyptian jewellery; the second have Greek influences and the third showing a period of decline.  Italian Jewellery Designers Had a Passion for Gold The Etruscans loved jewellery, men and women adorned r...
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Jewellery Trends of 2013

Jewellery Trends of 2013

24/05/2018 0
Jewellery Trends and Fashion With the summer catwalk season ending we thought we could take a look back at the jewellery trendsof the Spring and Summer of 2013. The Fashion Weeks of New York, London, Milan and Paris were infused by an extensive mix of classical designs and ultra-modern pieces, waif styles or warrior princesses and retro and revolution. Taking all these different looks its apparent there have been a wide range of almost conflicting styles from every fashion show and designer this...
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Wedding Cake Decider in Bake Off Final

Wedding Cake Decider in Bake Off Final

24/05/2018 0
A Piece of Cake? The Great British Bake Off final caught our attention when the final show stopper challenge was set. The three female finalists were instructed to create a three tiered wedding cake. Whilst we may be slightly biased and say that the wedding rings are in fact the most important accessory to any wedding we do not deny that in terms of a wedding feast the cake is definitely the centerpiece. So an interesting task for the amateur bakers meant combining three delicious flavoured cake...
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Removing Rings: why do we do it?

Removing Rings: why do we do it?

24/05/2018 0
Astonishingly, a recent survey has found that almost a third of married or engaged women are removing ringsin situations that are deemed as “not necessarily normal situations to do so”. What are these situations, you may ask and what are the reasons behind this strange trend.  Why Are People Removing Rings? The shocking statistic showed about 30% of women remove wedding or engagement rings when it is not necessarily deemed normal to do so, and cites the main reason as being work...
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Diamond Decorations: The Bling Factor

Diamond Decorations: The Bling Factor

24/05/2018 0
  Rolls Royce Diamond Car The world is no stranger to all sorts of everyday object having that extra sparkle with diamond decorations. This week paraded in front of our very eyes was the new Rolls Royce Celestial Phantom. Launched at the Dubai motor show Rolls Royce has seemingly departed from their usual understated elegance and gone all out with the “bling”.The new phantom is diamond encrusted. Inside. The designers have liberally sprinkled 446 diamonds in the cabin of the ca...
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How To Pick An Engagement Ring

How To Pick An Engagement Ring

23/05/2018 0
An engagement ring might just be the most important piece of jewellery you ever buy. Of course, it’s possible that prior to buying an engagement ring, you’ve never actually bought all that much other jewellery. By the time in your life when you’re picking out the ring for your one true love, it’s perfectly possible that your knowledge of jewellery stretches as far as “Shiny things are good”.But that’s just not going to cut it this time. After all, this r...
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Strange Tales, Acts of Kindness and Celebrity News

Strange Tales, Acts of Kindness and Celebrity News

23/05/2018 0
  Strange Tales in the News At ComparetheDiamond.com (formerly diamondgeezer.com) we are constantly looking out for stories that have made the headlines. And over the last few week there has been no end of diamond related news, so we thought we would share some of the strange tales, acts of kindness and celebrity news from around the world.  What Strange Tales So first up is a strange tale indeed. Did you hear about the chicken that ate the diamond earring. Yes, it may sound like...
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Engagement Ring Styles: A History of Beauty

Engagement Ring Styles: A History of Beauty

23/05/2018 0
Engagement rings have been a part of human culture for thousands of years. In fact, the Egyptians were the first culture we know of that used rings as a symbol of future betrothal. For them, the circular band symbolised both passage to the man’s heart and eternal love. Throughout the ages various engagement ring styles have been used to symbolise love and dedication, with both the Romans and Greeks using engagement rings to cement both passionate and political marriages.The concept of an e...
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Second Marriage Engagement Rings Cost More

Second Marriage Engagement Rings Cost More

23/05/2018 0
Your friends and family and even reporters will tell you how much you should spend on an engagement ring. On top of this it has been reported widely in the press that men are likely to spend nearly 150% more on an engagement or wedding ring for their second marriage, and a further four times more than that on a third!  So a Second Marriage Equals a Better Ring And the reasons are?Well…. . there are three main reasons why a second marriage engagement ring is more money.Firstly it is t...
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Sniffer Dogs the Future of Mining

Sniffer Dogs the Future of Mining

23/05/2018 0
Why Dogs Are Man’s Best Friend It is well known (or a well known saying at least) that dogs are a man’s best friend and diamonds are a girls. Well what happens when man’s best friend can be trained to locate a girls sparkling companion?  The Sniffer Dogs Back in the 1960’s countries like Sweden, Finland and Russia were having some success in the trade of what they called ore dogs at the time. Basically sniffer dogs were used by geologists to locate metal ores such as...
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Honeymoon: The perfect Getaway

Honeymoon: The perfect Getaway

16/05/2018 0
  Where is the Perfect Honeymoon Destination? After getting married there are many new and exciting prospects that you are yet to encounter. The soonest and perhaps most exciting, relaxing and shall we say passionate is the honeymoon. This is a holiday of a lifetime with the person you love – what could be better? Not to mention how new and exciting things are in your relationship now. You do however need to avoid a “honeymoon from hell”. I have a few tips for you ranging ...
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CAD/CAM design in jewellery manufacture?

CAD/CAM design in jewellery manufacture?

15/05/2018 0
  What is CAD/CAM design? For many years CAD/CAM design technology has revolutionised many industries, automating manufacturing, making design consistent, reducing human involvement and error and, above all reducing costs. CAD/CAM stands for Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture. Put simply CAD has replaced the pencil and sketchbook for designers. CAM is the rest of the process, from design to machining and production. Does this technology work in the ultra-traditional w...
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3D Printing Of Jewellery

3D Printing Of Jewellery

15/05/2018 0
The World in 3D 3D printing has stunned us all. The very idea that it is possible to print a 3D copy of a movable object has captured our imagination. Is it really possible to print rice, or, for that matter a gun or car, or how about rings and priceless pieces of jewellery in 3D?  What you Need to Know Invented in 1984 by Chuck Hull and his company, in the USA, 3D printing is the process of making a 3D solid object from any size of digital model. So fax a picture of a ring, and given the r...
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Jewellery Insurance: Something You Need to Know

Jewellery Insurance: Something You Need to Know

15/05/2018 0
Protecting Your Jewellery Most of us have, at some point had some dealings with insurance companies, whether home insurance, car insurance or jewellery insurance. Often, these dealings aren’t particularly enjoyable. Needless to say, insurers are in the business of making sure they mitigate as much of any loss as possible, which often comes back to you, the premium payer, taking the hit.We’re not saying all insurance dealings are like this, but there are some practices out out, which ...
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Dentistry: Diamonds May Be The Future?

Dentistry: Diamonds May Be The Future?

14/05/2018 0
The Many Uses for a Diamond We all appreciate the beauty and elegance of a diamond ring or pendant. For thousands of years diamonds have been associated with gifts, luxury and sparkling, exquisite splendor. Over the last few years, though, they have shown their true ability to impact on other areas of our life, and today’s research suggests that might just be dentistry.Diamonds have been used in engineering, pollution monitoring, aerospace and the treatment of skin and eye complaints since...
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