One of the ‘big four’ precious gemstones, emeralds have fascinated people for thousands of years. The name itself has become synonymous with the rich bluish-green hue of the finest examples. May babies…
Gemstones
‘Lab-created’ is one of the hottest and most controversial buzzwords in the jewelry world lately with many insiders fervently for or against these stones. On the one side you have the likes…
Gaze deep into an opal and you’d be hard-pressed to disagree with the ancients that you were looking at a rainbow trapped within a stone. Its spectacular shifting hues (known as play-of-color)…
Sapphire. Ruby. Emerald. The names of the big three gemstones are so intrinsically linked with color that as soon as you read those three words you probably thought ‘Blue. Red. Green’. And…
Nature combines two basic elements to obtain the perfect green of emerald and bring this gorgeous gemstone to the global jewelry market. Durable, everlasting, eternal and beautiful just like true love. The…
People born in March have a beautiful symbolic birthstone of the pure water color – aquamarine. This stone has been valued high since ancient times, with certain shades being more or less…
Garnets have been cherished by royalty, ancient warriors and lovers from East to West for millennia. One of the oldest gemstones, they have long been believed to offer protection to their wearer…
Everybody knows that rubies (like roses) are red and sapphires (just like violets) are blue. But what if I were to tell you that that’s not the whole story? You see, sometimes…
Did you know that December is the only month to have three birthstones? Lucky December babies get to choose between the vivid tanzanite, the alluring zircon and the ever faithful turquoise. Confused…
Revered by gem lovers and purveyors, Alexandrite is an exceptional ‘two-in-one gem’, that changes its color from a lush green to a deep raspberry red with a change in source illumination. This…