Diamond Platinum Studs

Diamond platinum studs are truly things of beauty. Both the diamond and platinum are some of the rarest of their kinds. Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man. In addition, over 250 tons of earth has to be mined just to find one decent one-carat diamond. Platinum is the rarest of the precious metals, and it can be used in a purer form than the other metals. About 160 tons of platinum are mined every year. If this seems like a lot, compare it to its gold counterpart at approximately 1,500 tons per year.

Diamond Platinum Studs are not inexpensive. However, they will last lifetimes. If you have any doubt as to the simplistic beauty and richness of these earrings, just look at the red carpet of the 76th Annual Academy Awards. Diamond studs were making their entrances! Diane Lane showed up wearing six-carat, emerald-cut diamond studs. That's three carats per ear!

Jada Pinkett Smith, wife of the much-adored Will Smith, was dazzling in emerald-cut diamond studs that hung from a wire. Another famous face sporting the same stud-on-a-wire look was the always humorously outspoken Joan Rivers. Representing the top musical artist with diamond stud earrings was Gwen Stefani. In addition, for the younger, early 20s crowd, Selma Blair showed up with radiant-cut diamond studs.

Diamond Platinum Studs for the Non-Celebrity 

You don't have to be known around the world to get a great pair of diamond platinum studs. You just have to know how to shop. The Internet is becoming ever popular for ordering diamonds. You will find a greater selection online than at a jewelry store. In addition, the lowest prices you will come across will be online. Check a few different places and look for return policies, certified diamonds and insured carriers.

Yellow Gold Diamond Studs

When you are looking for the most traditional and classic diamond earrings go for yellow gold diamond studs. Gold has been around the longest of any of the precious metals. It was fought over in ancient times. It was used to cover the great coffin of the great Egyptian, King Tutankhamen. In fact, the entire top of the coffin was slathered in gold measuring two millimeters thick.

Gold has made people do crazy things. The luster of its rich yellow color is appealing to the human race. In the 14th century, the Incas, who called gold the "sweat of the sun," used the metal to smooth over each and every wall of their famous Temple of the Sun. In 1848, gold brought thousands of people rushing out to California to claim what they could and become rich.
It wasn't until the mid-1800s that anyone except the very rich was able to afford gold. However, once gold was found in Australia and South Africa, it became a metal that was no longer limited to one class. Nowadays gold is affordable to almost everyone. We all get to have our share of the historically spectacular metal. Twenty-four karat gold is the purest form, looking the most yellow-orangey. If that doesn't suit your wallet, try for 18 or 14 karats for yourYellow Gold Diamond Studs.

Saving Money on Yellow Gold Diamond Studs 

When you choose to purchase yellow gold diamond studs, you can save money in the department of diamond color. According to experts, a diamond is more beautiful if it is colorless. The color scale ranges from D to Z, getting yellowier as you go toward the end of the alphabet. Luckily, yellow gold tends to make yellow diamonds appear clearer. Therefore, you can get a diamond around J, K or L rating and it should look basically colorless.

Diamond Studs For Men

No, diamond studs are not men who work out regularly and look great in tight black shirts. They are, in fact, the essentials of diamond jewelry. A stud is the essence of simple, elegant, clean beauty. A stud earring does not hang, but merely looks attached to the lobe. Studs add stunning elegance to an all-black outfit. Alternatively, they bring an air of simplicity to an otherwise loud ensemble.

See Clearly with Diamond Studs 

One of the Four Cs of diamond buying is clarity. This concerns the flaws in a diamond. When discussing clarity of diamond studs, we must talk of inclusions (flaws inside the diamond), and blemishes (flaws outside the diamond). It is almost impossible for a diamond not to have any flaws because of the intense mining and cutting process that must go on. The clarity has to do with the number of flaws, the size of them and the ability to see them with or without a microscope.

I liken clarity to going to the movies. When we sit down, we tend to choose a seat that has the least number of people in front of us. We try not to sit behind tall people. If people are blocking our way, we tend to move or become agitated. Generally, there will be people in the theater with us. It is very rare that we get the whole place to ourselves. Therefore, we pick the best seat possible considering the "flaws."
This is the same with diamonds. You just have to choose which flaws you can live with and which you can't. When purchasing diamond studs on a budget, you should at least buy SI1 or SI2. The SI stands for slightly included. With this rating, your diamond will have flaws that must be magnified 10 times to see. One step up is VSI1 and VSI2, which is very slightly included. It's affordable brilliance.

Wholesale Diamond Stud Earrings

Buying wholesale diamond stud earrings is a great way to purchase diamonds as a gift for yourself or someone else without having to forego eating for a month. Granted, wholesale diamonds are still diamonds, so they won't be extremely cheap, but the prices are usually much lower than what you find in jewelry stores. As long as you know what to shop for and how to mount your earrings, you can save quite a good deal of money.

The Four Cs of diamonds are cut, clarity, color and weight. With all of these, you can give a little to purchase Wholesale Diamond Stud Earrings. You can decide if one aspect is more important to you than another is. If so, stay in the upper areas of that category, but go lower in the other three. Most people won't be able to notice any difference in your diamond and one that is considered the best in all categories.

Shopping for Wholesale Diamond Stud Earrings 

Let's say that cut is most important to you concerning your wholesale diamond stud earrings. This means that you don't care as much about how big the diamond is, how flawless it is or how colorless it is, you just want to make sure that it sparkles. A good cut means that light will enter the diamond from the top, bounce off the sides and exit the top.
A cut that is too shallow allows light to exit the bottom of the diamond. A cut that is too deep allows light to exit the side of the diamond. In both of these cases, the brilliance of the diamond is not what it could be. If you want your diamond to shine, don't go below a Very Good cut. Purchase a smaller diamond or one that has a lower clarity level. You can still get a great looking diamond with a clarity level of SI1 or 2, but you won't have to spend extra money.