Using a jeweler’s loupe
Nowadays, a lot of people own their own jeweler's loupe and like using it to examine their jewels. Sadly, not everyone is taught the appropriate way to use a loupe. Even while using a loupe is not particularly challenging, doing it effectively can help you analyze your own jewelry for distinguishing features, cracks, chips, and other damage without always running to the jeweler to whack your ring against anything hard. To help you choose a high-quality magnifier for your own use, I'd like to go over some of the characteristics of loupes before we look at how to use one. choosing a loupe. When choosing a loupe, consider the magnification first. There are loupes available with magnifications ranging from 2x to 30x or even higher. For our purposes, a 10x loupe is recommended because this is the magnification that gem grading laboratories use to evaluate diamonds. While increased magnification could give you an excessive expectation, less magnification might not display enough deta...