For years people have inscribed the band of a ring but now it is possible to personalize the diamond too. Dalumi Diamonds has a new system called
Tattoo Your Diamond that allows you to engrave a personal message along the girdle (the belt around the diamond). The message is done with a laster and can never be erased.You sign your chosen message in your own handwriting for inscription on parchment paper. The diamond goes to the IGI lab and is returned with a photograph of the engraved message on the girdle. The Tattoo Your Diamond website has a virtual diamond you can put a message on as I've done in the picture here.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
AF Jan 11th 2007 3:00PM
And, of course, now your FL diamond is flawed.
Susanna Jan 11th 2007 7:23PM
Sure, it certainly can be erased... it can be erased be another laser.
jane Jan 18th 2007 7:16AM
as a jeweler I'd like to point out it can be very easily polished off no laser required to do so
M Jan 18th 2007 7:48AM
There is no way I'd put any writing on my 2.5 carat D-color Flawless ring!!!! My Fiance' would shit a brick..lol.
Lisa Jan 18th 2007 8:12AM
ewwwwwwwwww, more diamonds not that shit!
Lisa
Frank Jan 18th 2007 8:14AM
What's the point? You can't see it unless you study the diamond! 2.5 carat D color... maybe. Flawless...no such thing. (sounds good though)
Jewel Jan 18th 2007 8:21AM
To "M": Either you do NOT actually have a 2.5 carat D- color, Internally flawless diamond ring (which I have some doubt), or you truly epitomize pretentiousness.
Jessie, Graduate Jeweler Gemologist Jan 18th 2007 8:35AM
Guys, its an article about diamond tattooing. Not about bashing the other bloggers. I know everyone's parental influences tried to teach us manners. Lets be nice okay? As for the diamond, its an interesting idea, but, as another jeweler and a stone cutter, Jane is right. It can be polished off but it would ruin the stones proportions and a new grade for those proportions would be needed, possibly dropping the value. And D, Flawless diamonds do exsist. They are just extraordinarily expensive and even rarer, so if M has one, she's a lucky girl and should hold onto it until death parts her from this mortal coil...also go have it appraised and insured honey. For safety. Very interesting article.
Aurora Jan 18th 2007 8:56AM
D-colour and flawless diamond...that's what cubic zirconia is generally compared to. Coincidence? Better not get that "diamond" appraised or the jeweler will laugh his ass off!
Jill Jan 18th 2007 8:58AM
Why does everyone care so much what someone else does with their diamond? It's not hurting anybody if I decide to "tattoo" my diamond. Would I do it? Probably not. But, ever hear of live and let live?
Liz Jan 18th 2007 9:14AM
My sister is 26 and wears a perfect 2 carat diamond on her hand... I own a boutique and actally see lots of women with beautiful diamonds everyday. Very large as well. Why is it hard to believe that alot of people have these? Just curious??
TINA Jan 18th 2007 9:15AM
I think it's a great idea becuase if we break up then and his fault, he can't give it to someone else with my name on it.hahaha
M Jan 18th 2007 9:26AM
To the envious people on here...I feel sorry for people like you. Frank you wouldn't know your ass from your elbow and well...Jewel..your'e just sad.
Thank you Jessie for being kind and intelligent. Frank is clueless.. My stone is a flawless and it is magnificent. My Fiance' is a businessman from South Africa and it was purchased through Debeers. So hardly a jeweler laughing their ass off about that as Assrora pointed out.
Yes Jessie, I am very lucky and it sure is insured.
Bobbi Jan 18th 2007 9:28AM
Dang, gratefully all your snippy comments probably fell on deaf ears. I am guessing like 99% of these posters, 4K Flawless, posted and never came back. Such ugliness ... there are people out there that own precious gems, why not her? Get over your hurtful selves.
Diana Jan 18th 2007 9:30AM
"Diamonds are a girl's best friend" because if things go wrong you can sell them! Preserve the value. SO many ignorant Yupskadoodle people think they are immune from layoffs, serious illness and hard times. You are not.
Dennis Jan 18th 2007 9:32AM
I wonder if they can do this with fakes? Makes a lot more sense. I wouldn't spend a lot on a diamond for my woman. I think it's just too much, and makes you a magnet for a criminal.
Dennis Jan 18th 2007 9:34AM
Come on girls! Does size matter???
M Jan 18th 2007 9:51AM
Samantha..it's really none of your damn business what I wish to say in my post..so basically you can piss off. I have something beautiful that I am proud of and 2.5 carats is certainly not mediocre for me. I'd rather have the quality than size. As for 69 carats, ridiculous, unless you want to look like a drag queen which Liz Taylor happens to look like anyway.
Leslie Jan 18th 2007 9:53AM
If you want to write on your diamond then do it. I personally do not understand this country's obsession with writing names on everything. Parents drive cars with their kids names plastered all over them, everything is monogrammed ( including Nike Shox)and even huge signs in yards telling who lives there. My grandmother always said "the names of fools and monkey faces are always found in public places" and I couldnt agree more. I know who gave me my ring and to me it would be tacky to have a name or sentiment on such a beautiful stone. I also know my children's names without them being on a magnet attached to my SUV.
Johanna Jan 18th 2007 10:14AM
Alls i know is, i want a certain someone to give me that ring...tattoo or no tattoo, i'm not too picky.