Diamond Insider: A Mervis Diamond Blog

My uncle Zed showed me a diamond today that I believe illustrates an important point: You can’t judge a diamond from its certificate alone and you really need to see it your own eyes.

This diamond looked perfectly fine by its certificate, but  when we saw the stone, it was riddled with problems. Internally, the diamond had all sorts of impurities and generally just looked cloudy. You can see that it looks like it’s got “cracks” on the inside. Read the rest of this post…

Thank you to everyone that showed up for our limerick poetry reading at The ONION happy hour. Our grand prize winner is the lovely Beverly Sharp, who submitted this clever quip:

In the Capitol’s mammoth Rotunda
His engagement ring struck me like thundah.
He had no need to guess,
‘Cause of course I said, “YES!”
(Had it not come from Mervis, I wondah…)

Beverly took home this gorgeous pendant, but we have more diamond pendants in stock, so don’t worry if you’re wanting one too. Below, you can see Ronnie chatting with two new friends.

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Please join us October 29 for a happy hour and poetry reading of Ronnie’s favorite limericks. Award winning writer, Garrison Spik, will announce the contest winner and one lucky person will walk away with a shiny new diamond pendant. Peruse all submitted limericks here:

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Thank you to Jeremy, our diamond buyer, for unearthing this hilarious video clip…

You may have seen or heard about the Lost and Found $40,000 diamond ring this past summer.
A 3.02 carat ring was found in a parking lot and we were able to track down its owner and re-unite her with her ring.

Well, something similar has happened again. On the streets of Baltimore, someone found a Mervis box with a chipped diamond ring inside. I won’t share details of the ring here, but if this could be yours, please contact us immediately. The burden of proof is on you to provide the details and the certificate and prove this is yours.

I want to thank Paul Tacorian (left) for coming to visit us this weekend and showing his latest collections.  He is seen here with Ronnie Mervis (right) and a happy customer, who tells us she is competing next week in a Miss Virginia Contest and wanted to polish up ring in preparation.

We had a great turnout of excited couples, eager to take advantage of this occasion and find the ring of their dreams. Paul was very gracious and spent time with our customers to personally explain exactly what makes a Tacori ring so special. I could hear the passion in his voice.

Tacori’s signature ring collection is defined by the unique design element of the crescent silhouette: interlocking half-moon arcs, which provide windows of light to reflect the brilliance of the diamonds placed within each crescent silhouette semi-circle.

The Tacori company was founded by Paul’s father, Haig, and even as the company has grown steadily to become a major designer name, the company is still entirely family-run. Paul, his sister Nadine, and several other family members, continue the tradition started by Haig.

We’re proud to be involved in this great event presented by the Washington Business Journal. We wish to recognize the region’s most influential women in the fifth annual Women Who Mean Business program on Thursday, November 20, 2008. Read the rest of this post…