What is a Jobbing Parcel?
Members of the UK jewellery industry, will probably be familiar with the diamond term “Jobbing Parcel”. To explain, a jobbing parcel refers to a collection or parcel of small polished diamonds, used for replacement work by jewellery setters. When diamonds are lost from engagement rings and diamond rings, replacement diamonds need to be matched and fitted by means of replacement.
Replacing diamonds from rings
Rings, missing a diamond, typically find their way to a jewellery shop. From there, the ring is usually sent to a specialist workshop to estimate the cost of replacing the diamond. A further step involves sending the ring to a diamond merchant to quote for a replacement diamond. Many jewellery workshops avoid this further step by carrying small parcels (sometimes of mixed sizes) – suitable for such replacement work.
Easy online purchase
Carrying large amounts of small, polished diamonds, we have recently added a small range of diamond parcels suitable for the jewellers bench. Many can be custom sorted by size or even by quality. Our jobbing parcel contains a mixture of sizes, evenly distributed across a range of mm. sizes.
Additional help with loose diamonds
If you regularly purchase specific sizes, or a range of sizes, please do get in touch and we will provide any help needed for the purchase of small (or large!) diamonds.
We source, stock and distribute diamonds from as small as 1mm in size. Our diamonds are ethically sourced with larger certified diamonds available with full traceability.
About Mark Johnson
Mark attended Liverpool University and went on to pursue a career in the diamond industry. After more than a decade working in polished diamonds, Mark moved to the Isle of Wight where he launched Serendipity Diamonds. He works most days from their busy Ryde showroom, photographing jewellery and writing for the Serendipity Diamonds website.
