How to Buy Diamonds
Before purchasing a diamond, ask your Skatell's sales associate for a copy of its certificate. A diamond's certificate is an independent grading report by a gemologist that documents the major characteristics of an individual diamond, including the four C's, as seen through a high-powered microscope by a gemologist.

 

 

How to Buy Pearls
When a foreign object, such as a grain of sand, accidentally lodges in an oyster, it is coated with layer upon layer of a smooth, hard crystalline substance known as nacre. After a period of time, this natural process produces the luminescent gem called pearl.

 

Natural, or Oriental, pearls are still cultivated in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. However, most pearls sold today are cultured. The culturing process, now an important industry in Japan, was developed during the first 30 years of the 20th century by Kokichi Mikimoto, founder of the company that still bears his name. The quality of pearls varies dramatically, just like other gemstones. Like most of nature's creations, only a tiny percentage are beautiful enough for use in jewelry.

 

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