Jewellery Quiz Answers!

If you took our ten question quiz in our previous blog post you might be looking for these answers!

If a diamond is described as a Princess cut, is it

1. Oval
2. Square
3. Rectangular
4. Round
   The answer is 2) The Princess Cut features a straight sided rectangular outline with a brilliant style facet arrangement, resulting in a diamond with more sparkle than traditional square or rectangular diamonds. The Princess cut is the most popular "fancy shape" diamond.

2. On a hallmark, the metal type number for silver is…

1. 999
2. 123
3. 325
4. 925

The answer is 4) The 925 stamp on silver jewellery is all about the purity of the silver. It means that for every 1000 parts of material in the jewellery piece, 925 {92.5%} parts must be made of silver and no more than 75 {7.5%} parts should be a different metal.

3. In the all important choosing of a diamond, you are advised to follow the four Cs;
Cut, Colour, and which other two?

1. Carat and clearness
2. Clearness and cloudy
3. Clarity and carat
4. Clarity and custom

The answer is 3) Clarity and Carat - clarity is the measure of pureness of the stone, and carat relates to the weight not the size of the diamond.

4. In a UK hallmark, which town is the symbol of a castle?

1. London
2. Birmingham
3. Sheffield
4. Edinburgh

The answer is 4) Edinburgh. it is actually a tiny stamped image of Edinburgh Castle, and has been since 1705!

5. Which gemstone did the greeks believed prevented drunkenness? (top tip – it doesn’t!)

1. Diamond
2. Sapphire
3. Amethyst
4. Topaz

The answer is 3) Amethyst. Its name actually comes from the Greek 'not' and 'intoxicate', they firmly believed it protected the wearer from becoming drunk, they even carved drinking vessels from it!

6. What scale is commonly used by gemologists to compare relative hardness of gemstones?

1. peaks
2. Mohs
3. Marble
4. West

The answer is the MOHS scale. The MOHS scale of mineral hardness was invented by the German Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs , he studied minerals for classification, and as part if this he graded them by hardness. The hardest mineral, diamond, was given a value of 10 and other gemstones are graded below that. 

7. What is the birthstone for the month of May?

1. Emerald
2. Ruby
3. Sapphire
4. Opal

The answer is 1). It's the beautiful green emerald. Did you know because of their density, an emerald will always look bigger than a diamond of the same size.

8. What colour is an Imperial Topaz?

1. Pale blue
2. Purple
3. Reddish orange
4. Yellow and pink

The answer is 3). The highly prized “imperial topaz” is an intense golden to reddish-orange colour. More commonly, topaz is colourless to pale blue or yellow.

9. The most popular cut of a diamond is called the …

1. Perfect cut 
2. Fabulous cut
3. Brilliant cut
4. Clever cut

The answer is 3) The most popular cut of diamond is the round brilliant cut, originally developed by Marcel Tolkowsky in 1919, with a traditional total of 58 facets.

10. Which of the following is not a colour of sapphires?

1. Red 
2. Blue
3. Orange
4. Pink

The answer is 1) red. Rubies and sapphires are both members of the corundum group with the gemological properties.. The only real difference between rubies and sapphires is colour. The red form of the gem is considered to be a ruby, while any other colour of the gem is considered to be a sapphire.