Diamonds are unique, precious and durable and symbolise long lasting love between two people. Reaching hardness 10 on the Moh's scale, a diamond is the world's hardest substance. In 1477 the first written report of a gentleman successfully proposing to a woman, by presenting a diamond ring involved Archduke Maximilian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy. Until the 15th century only nobility, royalty and priests were allowed to wear diamond jewellery.

Today, the worlds diamond centres are located in Antwerp (Belgium), Tel Aviv (Israel), Mumbai (India) and New York (USA) where our partner is based.

When examining a diamond one should always take into consideration its four main characteristics: Carat weight, Colour, Cut and Clarity, known as the 4 C's. These factors will help you to make an intelligent choice with confidence.

COLOR
Diamonds come in all colours of the rainbow. These fancy-coloured diamonds are a class by themselves and can sometimes command a much higher price per carat than colourless diamonds. The most rare diamond colours are red, pink, green and blue, which is caused by traces of boron but also fancy yellow, fancy intense yellow or vivid yellow. Most diamonds however have traces of yellow or brown. The absence of all traces of colours is very rare and highly priced. To determine the colour grade of a "white" or more correctly "colourless" diamond the alphabet is used. It starts with the "D" signifying the least traces of colour in a diamond, the whitest, rarest and therefore the best, and continues through to letter "Z". Grades D, E and F are considered the colourless range and are the most valuable.