All posts by Mark Johnson

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

What are Swiss-Cut Diamonds? Swiss-Cuts Compared to Brilliant Cuts.

Diamonds
Swiss-cut diamond ring

A guide to the Swiss-cut style of diamond cut. Swiss-cut diamonds appear from time to time in second-hand jewellery. In addition, through our work at Serendipity Diamonds, we occasionally see Swiss cuts in antique jewellery items submitted for repair, ring remodelling and refinishing. In yesterday’s blog, we talked about single-cut diamonds, compared to full-cut diamonds. Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

8-Cut Diamonds – Single Cut Diamonds vs Full-Cut Diamonds

Diamond Earrings,
Single-cut diamonds within a ruby and diamond earring

Identifying the Difference Between 8-cut Diamonds and Full-Cut Diamonds The majority of small round diamonds fall within two different diamond cuts. The term ‘Single-Cut Diamond’ or ‘8-Cut Diamond’ (as they are otherwise called) refers to one of these diamond cuts. Full-cut diamonds are the other type. If you own any item of jewellery with tiny Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Small Canadamark Diamonds for Ethical Jewellers – Now in Stock

Ethical Jewellery, ,
Small CanadaMark melee diamonds

New! Ethical diamonds in small sizes. We now offer small Canadamark ethical diamonds perfect for small, independent ethical jewellers. Over the last two years, we have developed a small client base supporting this service. Update on diamond sizes. We now stock sizes from 1mm (0.005-carats) up to 4mm (0.24 carats) in G colour SI1 clarity Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk