Find out all About JewelryKnow What You’re Doing When You Buy Jewelry-the new e-book, Jewelry Guide, everything from diamond engagement rings to precious metals is explained.I love Jewelry. Diamonds that sparkle and tell of the love and faithfulness of couples.  Gold, that golden metal that never rusts, and is always valuable. I adore the glow of deep red rubies and blue sapphires that reflect the night time sky.  The rich history of jewelry is worth knowing too. Diamonds have been the prized possessions of royalty since ancient civilizations in India. The desire to hoard gold goes back to the legend of King Midas. The delight in costume jewelry goes from rich matrons who wear copies of their fabulous diamonds, to the latest fashion jewelry.  I want to show you my delight in Jewelry, and how you to can buy the last styles and know enough to pay reasonable prices. From buying jewelry at auctions to buying it on the web, I’ll show you how.  . What determines the value and worth of diamonds?Is bigger always better?Choices in diamonds should be based on four C's: cut carat, clarity and color. If your diamond is more than one carat, you should get an appraisal automatically from the Gemological Institute of America, in Santa Monica, Calif., which grades diamonds.ColorWhat jewelers will tell you: It's ironic that in for diamonds, the ideal color is no color. A colorless diamond causes light to break up into a fiery rainbow spectrum without any outside color to mar the pyrotechnics. Icy diamonds are rare, and therefore of higher value, than stones that have an off-white or yellowish tint. Diamonds are measured on a color scale ranging from D to Z. Stones in the D to F range are considered colorless; those G to J are near colorless; stones graded K to M are faint yellow, and so on through the alphabet. Certain very deep hued stones, however, have a very high value.You need to know what color means in a Diamond. Don’t let unscrupulous jewelers tell you that a pale color, most commonly a pale yellow means that your diamond is worth more. It is worth far less than the “white” colorless stone.LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DIAMONDS-The romantic “Star of Sierra Leone”, the unique deep blue “Hope” diamond, and more.;The History of the Crown Jewels of the British Monarchs-  Learn about the legends associated with such famous gems as the Kohinoor (“Mountain of Light” in Persian)Avoid Certain Nasty Tricks to Sell Flawed Diamonds-Keep in mind when shopping that it's possible to temporarily alter the color of a diamond in a variety of ways, and that some cracks in stones can be filled with a glass-like substance you can't detect with the human eye," Learn of the First Diamond Rings Given by Dukes to their future Duchesses during the 15th Century.The beauty of Platinum for a Ring Setting, and it’s Advantages Over White Gold-A 14 carat gold head (the part of the ring that holds the stone) is abo