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A Buyer's Guide to Fine Diamond Earrings

While a pair of 1-carat diamond earrings is the perfect birthday gift or Valentine's Day present for someone special in your life, there are no rules against treating yourself with a set. Not only do they make any occasion sparkle, they are also a sound long-term investment. Fine diamond earrings come in a range of styles and price ranges on eBay to suit anyone's taste and budget.

Diamond stud earrings are fashioned onto a precious metal post, usually silver, gold, or platinum, that passes through the ear piercing. You can secure your diamond stud earrings with a small push-in clasp behind the earlobe. When worn this way, your 1-carat diamond earrings appear to be floating on your earlobe.

A carat is the unit of weight used to buy and sell diamonds and other precious gemstones. Equal to 200 milligrams, a carat is different from a karat, which is the measure of purity in an item of gold. Your 1-carat diamond earrings therefore weigh 200 milligrams each, not including the posts and clasps.

Diamond stud earrings may be fastened by various means. One style is the push back, while another method is the screw back, which is threaded on the inside and rotates onto the post.

This style of diamond earring fastening clasp is difficult to remove, hard to lose, and safer than other types of backing.

• Having a pair of earrings that are difficult to remove after a festive night out might feel like a hardship when all you want to do is fall into bed. Once you learn the trick to it, however, they're not that difficult. Screw-back earrings really shine when they are worn by young children, who might be tempted to remove them.
• Losing a diamond earring is a heartbreaking experience. Screw-back fastenings are more secure and less likely to fall out during exercise or when styling your hair.
• Not only are screw-back diamond earrings less likely to be removed by babies or small children, they cover up the post and protect the wearer's neck from being sharply poked.