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Buying Guides White Gold Rings for Every Occasion How white gold actually works, why it needs re-plating, which carat to choose, and the best white gold… 7 min read Buying Guides Buying Jewellery as a Gift: How to Choose Something They Will Wear How to buy jewellery as a gift without getting it wrong: reading what they already wear, sizing a… 7 min read Wedding Ring Guides Why Some Married Women Leave Their Wedding Rings at Home Work, safety, swelling, chemicals and plain forgetfulness: the real reasons a wedding ring gets left in a dish… 7 min read Wedding Ring Guides Can You Change Your Wedding Ring? Yes, you can change your wedding ring. Resizing, reshanking, resetting stones, adding a band, and what to do… 7 min read Buying Guides Who Chooses the Wedding Rings? Should you choose wedding rings together or separately? Three approaches, whether the rings must match, and how to… 7 min read Buying Guides Who Buys the Wedding Rings? Modern UK Etiquette Who pays for the wedding rings in the UK: the tradition, what couples actually do now, and how… 7 min read Wedding Ring Guides Who Carries the Rings at a Wedding? Ring Bearers and Alternatives Who holds the wedding rings: ring bearer, best man, maid of honour or officiant, plus the decoy-ring rule… 7 min read Buying Guides Do Wedding Rings Have to Be Diamonds? Wedding rings do not need diamonds. Plain bands, shaped bands, coloured stones and alternative metals compared honestly for… 7 min read Lab-Grown Diamonds Should You Buy a Lab-Grown Diamond? A straight assessment: the real reasons to buy one, the resale drawback nobody mentions, and who should choose… 8 min read Diamond Education Do Lab-Grown Diamonds Have Serial Numbers? Yes, a laser-inscribed report number on the girdle. How to find it, how to check it against the… 7 min read Diamond Education Which Country Is Famous for Diamond Cutting? India, and Surat in particular, cuts more diamonds than anywhere else. Where Antwerp, Israel and Amsterdam fit, and… 7 min read Diamond Education Are Pink Diamonds an “Off Colour” Diamond? No. Off colour describes a white diamond with unwanted tint. Pink is graded in a different system where… 7 min read Diamond Education Can a Diamond Change Colour? Diamond colour is permanent, with one rare exception. What chameleon diamonds do, and the five far more likely… 8 min read

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