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It
sounds obvious but you really should shop around - from the comfort of your home or office, add this page to your favourites and
you can visit all the main UK Jewellers from here.
List of UK Jewellery Links
Here's our list of the main UK Jewellers, these jewellers may have several different links to them, so we
are compiling the following quick list for your reference - saving you time and, hopefully, money:
Quck list of Jewellers
StrictlyGold.com
(http://www.strictlygold.com)
Source: The UK-Directory Search.
Are you a
Jeweller? Add yourself to our quick list by emailing
your details to jewellery@uk-directory.co.uk
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Find a local
Jeweller in your area;
There are so many
types of jewellery available to buy or sell in the UK. You
could try searching Google:
Here is a list of
some of the most popular items;
White Gold
9ct white gold,
14ct white gold and 18ct white gold - sometimes expressed
as 9k white gold, 14k white gold, 18k white gold - or
simply 9ct, 14ct or 18ct. The ct is short for carat - i.e.
18ct white gold is 18 carat white gold.
There is a full description of White Gold in the section
on this page entitled 'Your
Jewellery questions answered'.
Common types of jewellery that are made from white gold
are: white gold bands, white gold bangles, white gold bracelets,
white gold celtic jewellery, white gold chains, white gold charms,
white gold crosses, white gold cufflinks, white gold earrings,
white gold engagement rings, white gold peridot, white gold eternity rings,
white gold heart pendants, white gold hoop earrings,
white gold lockets, white gold necklaces, white gold pendants,
white gold rings, white gold solitaire rings,
white gold watches, white gold wedding bands, white gold wedding rings.
We plan to
provide selected information about each and everyone of
these types of white gold jewellery - please add this page
to your favourites and visit us again soon for
developments.
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Your Jewellery questions
answered
What is a diamond?
A diamond is a clear transparent precious gemstone composed of pure
crystallized carbon which has been highly compressed over millions of
years. Diamonds are the hardest substance known to mankind, rating a 10 on
the Mohs scale. A high quality cut diamond is highly valued because it is
extremely difficult to produce a faceted diamond and when properly cut they
have a high refractivity and brilliance. The quality and value of a diamond
is rated using the "4 C's" of colour, cut, clarity and carat
weight. The diamond is the birthstone for April.
A carat is the unit of weight by
which a diamond is measured. One carat equals 200 milligrams, or 0.2 grams.
The word comes from the carob bean, whose consistent weight was used in
times past to measure gemstones.
Any discussion about diamonds
should never ignore the biggest name in the diamond trade; De Beers.
The following is quoted directly from the De Beers website:
Since its inception in 1888, De Beers has been a major and influential
player in the diamond industry. In its early years, the company produced
over 90% of the world's diamonds, and was the only major supplier of
diamonds.
From the beginning of the 20th century, rival producers began to emerge and
present competition to De Beers, although De Beers remained (and remains to
this day), the largest supplier of rough diamonds in the world.
In the closing years of the last century, a number of factors, including
the globalising economy and fierce competition from the luxury goods
sector, led De Beers to abandon its more supply-driven than
customer-focused approach to business strategy, which De Beers felt had
become inefficient, uncompetitive and unattractive for many reasons.
Instead, De Beers introduced a new strategy for the 21st century: an
efficient and robust sales strategy, capable of identifying those diamond
businesses best placed to efficiently handle the goods De Beers has to
offer and add value to them throughout the process of bringing them ?from
the mine, to the finger?; accompanied by a suite of innovative programmes
and initiatives designed to reinvigorate the industry and to grow demand
for diamond jewellery in order to compete, more successfully with luxury
goods competition.
In 2001, De Beers went private. After a successful buyout offer approved by
93% of the shareholders.
For more information we suggest you search The Jewellery UK-Directory in
the top red bar.
The Jewellery UK-Directory
is constantly updated, so visit regularly. We will provide as much
information as we can to help you to find that special piece, engagement
ring, wedding ring or any other kind of jewellery visit The Jewellery
UK-Directory.
More of your questions answered
later - we hope these answers are useful. Send your jewellery questions to
the following address; jewellery@uk-directory.co.uk
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