{"id":96,"date":"2015-05-12T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T13:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2015-05-12T15:48:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T15:48:02","slug":"advice-buying-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/advice-buying-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Some advice about buying diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is very important that when you decide to purchase a diamond that you know exactly what it is that you will be getting, and so it is vital that you know the qualities and characteristics which the stone must have.<!--more--> Although purchasing a diamond is a highly emotional experience, your choice has to be completely rational, and therefore you need to take the following golden rules into account:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Become a diamond expert. <\/strong>Before you decide to purchase a diamond, try to read and find out everything you can about them. It will be a great help.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Always verify the diamond\u2019s characteristics<\/strong>. Because there are such differences in the prices of diamonds, you must pay close attention to their individual characteristics before choosing one to purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A diamond\u2019s certificate is important.<\/strong> A diamond\u2019s certificate is like its own identification document which guarantees all of its qualities. Thanks to the certificate it is possible to see exactly what you are purchasing, but you must also be aware that it does not guarantee the diamond\u2019s quality. To be certain that you are going to purchase a quality diamond, ensure that it comes from a prestigious laboratory and that you are in expert hands.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combination of qualities.<\/strong> A diamond has 4 essential qualities: weight, colour, purity and cut. All of these qualities are important, but you must ensure \u2013 at the time of purchasing a diamond \u2013 the cut, as this quality is critical. A diamond that is poorly cut will not have the same light and brilliance, no matter how good its colour or purity may be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we told you that this information would be enough, we would be lying. So if you want to know more about how you should purchase a diamond, continue reading in our next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is very important that when you decide to purchase a diamond that you know exactly what it is that you will be getting, and so it is vital that you know the qualities and characteristics which the stone must have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leboxwithdiamonds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}