Maia Earrings
£1,170.00 – £2,910.00
Mother. Greek Origin
Charming and very versatile for everyday wear, Maia features a pair of round brilliant cut diamonds, both set in a three-claw setting. Giving an hour-glass effect, the lower stone hangs gently from the upper one, and will throw sparkle out as you move.
Lovely in their simplicity, they are perfect for everyday wear and flattering for the glittery occasions too, especially when paired with the Maia pendant.
Each pair of earrings are available set with 2x 4mm round brilliants above, and 2x 4mm, 4.5mm, 5mm, 6mm, or 6.5mm round brilliant diamonds below.
FREE Insured delivery with Royal Mail within the UK
Delivery is free within the UK, and we will arrange delivery to your door, or to another address upon request with appropriate insurance. The outer packaging has no reference to Ethica Diamonds or the contents of the parcel. We also ship worldwide using a fully insured courier and the shipping costs are estimated at the checkout.
SHIPPING DATES
Standard Shipping
We aim to dispatch within four weeks from your order date.
In stock items can be shipped in 3-5 days.
Priority Shipping
This service expedites Standard Shipping by around a week.
CARAT
It is important to understand that a 2 carat diamond is not twice the size in diameter of a 1 carat diamond. This is because diamonds are measured by weight, not size - something that is often mistakenly ascribed. Carat weight is not the same thing as size; a one carat diamond weighs 0.2g, so a two carat stone would weigh a 0.4g, yet the dimensions would be 6.5mm and 8.0mm respectively. How large a diamond appears is also dictated by other factors such as shape and cut, so it is important to check the dimensions in millimetres (not just the carat weight!) before deciding which carat weight is the most suitable.
Stones of the same carat weight could be different sizes, depending on their depth and cut. An emerald cut stone appears larger than a round cut stone of the same carat, for example, as it is shallower.
CUT
As the only characteristic not influenced by nature, the cut determines the light dispersion of the diamond which has the greatest influence in overall appearance and sparkle and is far more than simply what shape a rough diamond has been polished into.
HEARTS AND ARROWS DIAMONDS
During the 1980s in Japan, it was discovered that when a round brilliant diamond with exceptional symmetry was viewed from the bottom through a special viewer a pattern of hearts could be seen, and when viewed from the top showed eight grey arrowheads. Diamonds displaying such exceptional symmetry account for less than 1 % of all diamonds cut. The highest grades of polish, symmetry and perfect cutting angles allow it to reflect more light than a standard cut diamond and these (H&A) diamonds are considered to be the Rolls Royce of perfectly cut round diamonds.
All round brilliant Ethica Diamonds are consistently cut by hand to coveted ‘Hearts and arrows’ cut, the best you can get for sparkle and light play.
All the other shapes that we offer are cut to exacting Ideal standards that match the finest mined or laboratory grown diamonds that are available.
COLOUR
For white or colourless diamonds, the diamond industry has adopted an alphabetical colour scale from D to Z, with D as the highest grading. These grades actually refer to a lack of colour in a diamond, with the whitest grade being D, and that’s D for most desirable and most expensive.
As you go down the scale, the diamond starts to develop a yellow or brown tint and are both less desirable and cheaper.
Every Ethica Diamond is graded as E and are consistent in colour, regardless of the cut or size. This is one grade down from D.
CLARITY
When diamonds are formed, deep underground and under extreme pressure and heat, imperfections in the crystal structure can form and mineral impurities become trapped inside the stone. The size of these impurities and imperfections determine the clarity grading of a diamond. Diamonds without such impurities are very rare.
The grading scale starts from Flawless / Internally Flawless (FL/IF), Very Very Slightly Included (VVS1/VVS2), Very Slightly Included (VS1/VS2), Slightly Included (SI1/SI2) to Included (I1, I2 and I3).
The more inclusions (also known as natural birthmarks) a stone has, the weaker the lattice structure, which can cause the diamond to fracture. More expensive diamonds have less inclusions.
Ethica Diamonds are different, however. Because they are lab created gemstones, there is full control over the carat, cut, colour and clarity, and therefore they are all of the very best standards. There are no compromises to be made and no disappointing flaws. All you have to do is choose the carat size.
CERTIFICATION
The most important aspect for us, is to give our customers a credible product that is priced fairly, looks and behaves every bit like a premium quality diamond together with all the ethical benefits.
The Ethica Diamond is grown in a laboratory utilising advanced diamond technology. This technology creates a unique gemstone optically identical to diamond and of the highest quality, colour and clarity.
These beautiful gemstones match the finest Earth mined diamonds for brilliance, hardness and longevity and each stone is certified independently by The Global Gemological Research Institute, a grading authority using international standards. The GRI provides professional and fair appraisal services for gemstones and is trusted by the industry. Their laboratories are located in the heart of the gem & jewellery districts throughout the world.
The pricing of the Ethica Diamond is fairly priced according to manufacturing research and development. It is significantly lower in cost than the equivalent mined or CVD laboratory-grown diamonds, that are unethically priced using a cartel pricing structure.
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