Citrine Gemstones and Jewelry Buying Guides
Like brown, orange has never been one of my favourite colours until I discovered the corresponding coloured gems – brown or chocolate diamonds and orange, orange-red, and tangerine gemstones. Now,...
Like brown, orange has never been one of my favourite colours until I discovered the corresponding coloured gems – brown or chocolate diamonds and orange, orange-red, and tangerine gemstones. Now,...
For those of us who are not gemologists and know little about chemistry, I’d wager that the subject of minerals is not something we are familiar with but it is...
When I think of the word ‘greenery’ the first image that comes to mind is the green stuff florists put in their bouquets, green stuff of every description, leaves, ferns...
Engagement Rings Getting engaged is surely one of life’s happiest and most significant events for the ring signals acceptance to the formal proposal of marriage and exclaims to the world...
This beautiful custom sapphire and diamond engagement ring is a 19K white gold and is of cast manufacture. The ring has a center sapphire set in a four prong setting with a halo...
Diamonds and Fancies We all know certain words are used when we speak of diamonds, e.g. ice, bling, rock and we know about the 4 Cs – colour, cut, clarity, carat...
The Spinel is a most interesting gem. Maybe you know it? But could you identify it in a group of gems where there is no caption to say which is...
Topaz in that beautiful warm golden colour is the birthstone for November with the Blue Topaz being one of December’s birthstones. But Topaz is not limited to just these two colours; rather, Topaz colours...
My introduction to the gem world began with my grandmother’s pearls. That was many years ago so how I came to see them is a mystery but I do know and...
A Garnet, the birthstone for January, is the beautiful deep-red stone often found in antique jewellery that is sometimes mistaken for a ruby. This description is true but only to...
A recently conducted survey revealed a rather surprising result: many of us are superstitious. So I ask you: are you superstitious? Would you cross the road to avoid walking under...
This custom engagement ring is 19k white gold and is hand assembled from hand carved cast and hand fabricated components. The ring setting has a prong set princess cut diamond with a...