Samuelson's Diamonds Diamond Search

Our new Build-a-Ring option was featured in Baltimore Magazine’s 31 days of giving.

This new feature allows you build your ring from scratch choosing your diamond and setting!  Better yet, your new engagement ring can often be delivered in under two weeks!  With the new diamond search, you can choose from over 6,000 diamonds using criteria such as cut, clarity, color, carat, and price.

To see the write-up in Baltimore Magazine please click here.

To get started building your very own engagement ring please click here!

I LOVED THEM!! They were so helpful and treated me like “gold”, even though I had a coupon. I would highly recommend them!!

As a small family owned business that has been around since 1922, we pride ourselves on great customer service.  We treat every customer the same regardless of whether or not they are spending $500 or $50,000.

Additionally, we realize how important it is to educate our customers so that they can make the best decision when purchasing an engagement ring or a pair of our beautiful diamond earrings!

Stay tuned for our next Living Social Deal that will be up before Valentine’s Day!

Michele Diamond Deco Day (in stock)

We are dedicated to bringing our customers the finest in quality and fashion jewelry. One line that achieves this is Michele Watches. Known for their trendy look and interchangeable and colorful bands, Michele watches also have another important quality that we love…DIAMONDS! So please cruise the Michele website and contact us for the sale price – or look at our limited build-a-watch selection.  We always run sales on these watches from 25-40% off of retail!

DIAMOND SEARCH

Samuelson’s new diamond search makes it fun to choose the perfect diamond based on color, cut, clarity, price range and other diamond characteristics. There’s even an advanced search for more details like cut grade, polish, symmetry and more! CLICK HERE to check it out and please give us your feedback. The sliding bars make it easy to search and the stone information comes up when you roll over each diamond for quick viewing.

BUILD-A-RING

We have added hundreds of settings in white gold, yellow gold and platinum – with or without diamonds – to our website. Not only can you choose from any metal or style but you can place any shaped diamond in each setting to see what the finished ring will look like. Please CLICK HERE to view our settings and let us know what you like.

Not only are we are committed to bringing our customers the best in diamond selection and service, but we pride ourselves on bringing you cutting edge technology to help with your jewelry buying experience. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with feedback on our new features!

A diamond travels through many lands—and many hands—before it ends up on yours.

Mining: Roughly 65 percent of diamonds are mined in Africa, most of them in Botswana. Diamonds are found in a volcanic rock called kimberlite, which is blasted out of the mine walls in large chunks and then dumped into a crusher to be turned into smaller pieces. These are then taken to a sorting house where the diamonds are separated from the rock through a number of processes that range from using old-fashioned screens to X-rays and lasers.

A 136 carat rough diamond

Sorting, Cutting, and Polishing: In their raw state, diamonds are dull and lusterless; cutting and polishing create the fire that bring stones to life. In decades past, cutters might study a diamond for three days before cutting, but today computer scanners indicate how to cut a stone for maximum brilliance. The final step of cutting, called faceting, also polishes the stone.

Grading: Before the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) created a standardized grading scale in 1953, each retailer had his own system, confusing both customers and dealers. Today, most diamonds are sent to a GIA laboratory to be graded according to cut, color, carat, and clarity—also known as the Four C’s.

Wholesale: After they’re cut, diamonds are sold to dealers or to retailers in bourses, or exchanges. Of the 29 bourses worldwide, Antwerp’s is the largest, with half of all polished stones and 60 percent of all rough stones passing through this exchange. The transactions that take place in many of these bourses are governed by a traditional code of conduct dating back hundreds of years. Professional trust is paramount, and deals worth millions of dollars are sealed with only a handshake.

Retail: Once a retailer has purchased a diamond, it can be set into a piece of jewelry or left loose to sell to customers who want to choose or customize a setting. Some $72 billion worth of diamonds are sold in the United States each year, representing half of the world market. Most of these stones pass through New York’s Diamond District.

For a full selection of diamonds please visit our retail site by clicking here.

Article excerpt from:
The Informer: From the Mine to Your Finger
by Erin Lenczycki | Published October 2011 |
http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/504109

Mmmmm....Asian Chicken Salad and French Onion Soup

Ron Samuelson said that the company is in talks with PNC Bank, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Panera Bread and “other major retailers” to come to the site as tenants…

Well, it’s been over two years but we kept our promise. Now we welcome Panera Bread to the block as our neighbors and tenants.

Everyone loves Panera. Some of my favorite menu items are the French onion soup, Asian chicken salad and the oatmeal raisin cookies…and I can’t wait to find some more!

Here's Panera, we are to the right - click to enlarge

We’ve known about this for a few weeks and kept it on the DL, but when The Baltimore Business Journal came out with this article, we wanted to give you something fun to read. They also didn’t mention that Panera was moving next to a 90 year old institution in Baltimore, so if they’re not going to mention us, we are!

We are right next door, and we all know that people who love gourmet coffee and Asiago bagels LOVE DIAMONDS!!!

Click here to see our May 2009 blog post/press release about it. A nice pic of David and me in front of our store with a sign – “coming soon”.

One very important aspect of our business is buying diamonds, gold and silver from the public. We have a very discrete office setting in Chevy Chase, MD where you can sell your jewelry. Regardless of whether or not you decide to sell your items to us we believe strongly in education, as it is one of the most powerful tools for any consumer. Recently, we received this thank you from a client that visited us in Chevy Chase.

I had the opportunity to meet Paul this afternoon and sell two 14k gold pieces. It was a wonderful experience and he was extremely courteous and knowledgeable. He explained many facts about metals and diamonds that I never knew about. The entire appointment was very pleasant and I will now highly recommend Samuelson’s to all my friends!

We love hearing when our customers are having such positive experiences. However, the reason we are sharing this experience with you is to highlight how our family owned and operated business has survived for 90 years. We take a lot of pride in educating our customers. To be honest, we want to close the sale as much as anyone else but we want you to leave with an education as well.  Whether you are buying jewelry or selling jewelry in either of our locations, this is the type of service our customers can expect.

An exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard in an undated image courtesy of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

An article released yesterday describes the discovery of a new planet. However, this planet is significantly different from those discovered in the past (Click here to read the article). The reason is that this planet is extremely dense and consists of mostly carbon. Why does this matter? Carbon is the key ingredient in diamonds. So as the article suggests, there is a giant diamond circling Earth! Who wants to race to get their hands on this one?

Not only did we want to share this article with you but remind you that we are happy to evaluate any diamond, regardless of whether or not it is the size of a planet or significantly smaller. Please click here to schedule an appointment to visit us in either our two convenient locations in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD.

To those of you on the East Coast please stay safe this weekend and out of Irene’s way.