Gemstone Focus: Sapphires & Rubies
Here's something you might not have known: Sapphires come in every color of the rainbow, and when they are red, they're rubies. If you...
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Heather Burleson
Apr 21, 20213 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Changing Values
One of the things I am often asked to do is update appraisals from many years ago. Often, the value is similar to or even may be less...
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Heather Burleson
Apr 5, 20212 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Resale
Sometimes you have diamond pieces (usually rings) that you have inherited or no longer have use for you'd like to sell. If you have a...
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Heather Burleson
Mar 29, 20212 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Damage
While diamonds are the hardest natural substance on earth, if it weren't possible to break them, we wouldn't be able to cut them to...
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Heather Burleson
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Gold & Platinum
This next topic applies whether or not the gemstone in your jewelry is a diamond. Still, since the series has been Understanding Your...
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Heather Burleson
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Setting Style
Today we're moving from the diamonds themselves to the way they are set. Above is a graphic showing twelve common ways stones (not just...
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Heather Burleson
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Cut
While shape is the outward shape of the stone, the word cut is used to denote how well a diamond returns light. Remember physics class?...
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Heather Burleson
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Color
Diamonds are graded starting at D and going to Z before heading into Fancy Colors. D-F are colorless and are more rare and valuable than...
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Heather Burleson
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Understanding Your Diamond Appraisal: Shape
Diamonds are cut into many shapes--even more than the ten shown here-- and the shape impacts the value every time. It can also help date...
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Heather Burleson
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Jewelry Insurance: What You Need to Know
You have homeowners or renters insurance, so you would naturally think that means all the belongings in your home are covered, but that...
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Heather Burleson
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Microscope Monday!
Check out the inclusions in these natural (heated) sapphires from a bracelet. While the stones match to the unaided eye regarding color,...
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Heather Burleson
Jan 6, 20211 min read
All Hail the Wedding Set
In all my years of writing appraisals, the pieces I have valued most often are wedding sets, either for the newly engaged, longtime...
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Heather Burleson
Dec 28, 20201 min read
Boxes of Inherited Randomness?
Have you inherited boxes (or bags, or bins) of jewelry and you're not sure what it is, what it's worth, or what to do with it? Sorting...
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Heather Burleson
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Why Do I Need an Appraisal?
There are several instances in which an appraisal is required. The first and most common is insurance coverage or Retail Replacement...
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