Chalcedony-blue-cab-gemstone
Chalcedony is a gemstone I’m not at all familiar with, couldn’t pick it out if it were in a collection of other gemstones. Having come across it in a novel I read recently – a novel that had nothing whatsoever to do with gemstones – I decided to investigate it and now I can tell […]
Topaz and Citrine gemstones
The birthstones – yes, there are two – for November are Topaz and Citrine. They are not related, as being in the same family, for the Topaz belongs to a silicate mineral family whereas the Citrine belongs to the quartz family. They are similar in hardness on the Mohs Scale, for the Topaz is an […]
Pantone Colors Gemstones
Pantone Colors As you know, the Pantone Colour Institute in New Jersey, U.S. picks a specific colour for every year. Most often, their choice is applauded by the fashion industry that then incorporates it into new designs often making it the focal point. Often too the colour choice for whatever year matches well with or […]
Blue Pear cut Garnet
New Gemstones? You’ve probably heard it said many times that there’s nothing new under the sun. This, I believe, is certainly true where novel plots are concerned because there are only so many ways the plot can be twisted to make it different from all the others. But where gemstones are concerned, it is certainly […]
Zoisite Gemstones
Zoisite is a mineral or rather a group or family of minerals just like Quartz, Garnet, Beryl, Feldspar, and Chalcedony. Identifying a Zoisite gem could, therefore, be quick tricky because many of its members, just as in other gemstone families, are known by other names, e.g. Thulite, Fuchsite, Calcite, Lepidolite, Anyolite, and the most important […]
How To Clean Jewelry
How To Clean Your Jewelry: Keep your jewelry clean with a mixture of warm water and organic detergent. You can use soft toothbrush, rinse it well and dry. You can also clean it very gently with a polishing cloth. Do not clean your rhodium plated jewelry in chemical cleaners. It can wear the rhodium plating off […]
19K White Gold
Custom princess cut diamond engagement rings made by LL Private Jewellers
There is no such thing as white gold. The use of alloys hardens the gold to enhance its durability, such as silver, copper, zinc and nickel and the content of gold is indicated by carats (k). 10K gold contains 41.7% pure gold, 58.3% alloy 14K gold contains 58.5% pure gold, 41.5% alloy 18K gold contains 75% […]
Purple Tanzanite Gemstone
Unlike many other gemstones – Moonstone, Pearl, Opal, Lapis Lazuli, and Amethyst that were known in antiquity –Tanzanite is a youngster or even a baby in gem-world terms of age because it’s only 52 years old this year. Also, unlike many other gemstones, we do not know for sure who discovered the Tanzanite because there […]
Opals gemstones
The Opal is the birthstone for October but if your birthday isn’t in October, would you wear it? Your answer, most likely, depends on your belief in the supernatural, specifically a superstition that claims bad luck for the wearer whose birthday is not in October. But where did this superstition come from? Is there any […]
Living Coral
Pantone’s Colour for 2019 Every year the Pantone Color Institute (New Jersey, U.S.A.) selects a new colour for that year. This year, 2019, that colour is Living Coral that has absolutely nothing to do with Coral Reefs or the Coral gemstone that comes from those reefs in the world’s tropical and subtropical oceans. Rather, the […]
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