The saying, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” can easily be applied to the legendary movie star Elizabeth Taylor. She possessed an exquisite jewelry collection. Her book, “Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry,“ has fabulous pictures of her jewelry collection. It is hard to take your eyes off the 69 carat Taylor-Burton pear shaped diamond, the 33.19 carat Krupp Diamond, “The Night of the Iguana” bejeweled brooch by Schlumberger, David Webb’s coral, diamond and emerald animal bracelet, and the stunning Cartier suite of diamonds and rubies. Each page reveals a more stunning and unusual piece than the previous page. The collection included earrings, watches, brooches, necklaces, and rings. Women's watches are often overlooked when it comes to fine jewelry, but her collection had gorgeous pieces. It is also worth noting that designer jewelry was well represented.

The jewelry at Exquisite Jewelers can be very elaborate or simple, but rings, bracelets, earrings, brooches, and necklaces consists of three basic parts.

Gemstones

When it comes to gemstones, there are precious stones and semi-precious stones to choose from. Some well known precious stones are diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. Semi-precious stones are amethysts, pearls, opals, citrines, and garnets.

The metals used in settings for fine gemstones are gold, platinum and silver. Gold is measured in karats. There is 10k gold, 14k gold, 18k gold, 22k gold and 24k gold. Platinum is a rare and expensive metal. Because it is strong and durable, it is used for high quality gemstone settings. Silver has to be combined with copper to form sterling silver. Silver by itself is not strong enough to hold a gemstone.

The setting helps display the maximum beauty of the gemstone, protects it, hides any blemishes in the stone, covers up any imperfections in the cut, and it should not cause damage to the skin or clothing.

Exquisite Women's jewelry in the form of bracelets, rings, or diamond earrings can be yours once the gemstone, metal and setting have been selected. Women’s watches at Jewelry Miami are quite unique and unusual. While it may not be possible to have a fabulous collection that would rival Elizabeth Taylor’s, keep the following information in mind when buying

jewelry:

-Make sure to have a certain monetary limit for the piece of jewelry to be purchased.

-Keep the individual’s personality in mind when make the selection.

-Try to buy from a reputable jeweler.

-It is always good to know and understand the jeweler’s policy on replacement, repairs, exchanges, and refunds.

-Know the difference between carat and karat. Carat is used for the weight of the stone, and karat is used to describe the purity and firmness of the gold.