Tips to Finding Perfect Wedding Jewelry

It is that one special day of your lifetime and you want everything to be perfect. Flowers, wedding dress, food and even the selection of jewelry that you wear that day have to be just right. Wedding jewelry is an important factor in your wedding as well as the other many selections that you have to choose for that memorable day. Here are some wedding jewelry tips to help you out when you make your... [Read more]

Taking Care of and Cleaning Jewelry

Jewelry are the personal touch for any personality. They help express how the person is feeling and lets everyone know what your personal style is. Unfortunately, unclean and unkept jewelry only says “I’m messy” and “Ew!” from others. Its not just about having the jewelry but taking care of it as well. As the saying goes, your precious bling can ‘be forever’, just make sure to take care... [Read more]

Tips for Buying Gold

When buying gold there are a few things that you should look into. First off you want to ensure that it is of a high quality, usually whenever you buy coins or any type of gold for that matter there are grading evolved. To get a reliable grading make sure that the gold piece you are buying has been graded more than once by different jewelers and not just from the person you are purchasing the piece... [Read more]

How Diamonds Are Formed

Diamond is derived from ‘Adamas’, a Greek word which means indestructible. Diamonds are the only gems in the world made up of a single element, which is carbon. Made up entirely of carbon atoms, they are formed in an isometric arrangement. Diamonds are formed somewhere around 120 - 200 kilometers or 75 - 120 miles below the surface of the earth. Geological experts state that diamonds were... [Read more]

History of Turquoise

Turquoise has a rich history behind it, with the use of this beautiful stone recorded as far back as six thousand years. Turquoise has been found in tombs in Egypt on the bracelets of Queen Zar dating back to around 5500 BC. Turquoise is also mentioned in works by Pliny and Aristotle and even Marco Polo. Over the ages, turquoise has been constantly referred to as the ’stone of life’. Turquoise... [Read more]

History of Rubies

During ancient times, rubies were called ‘the king of gems’. It meant a lot of different things to a lot of different tribes, people, etc. Legend has it that warriors went as far as to implant rubies under their skin to bring an enhanced sense of bravery into their battles and for protection too. It was also believed that rubies had strong healing properties, which when ground and placed... [Read more]

Different Gems and Their Colors

Black Onyx Onyx is a variety of chalcedony - and comes in different colors ranging from brown, black, grey and white. This gem is quite like agate - with the only difference being that the onyx has straight bands of color while agates have curved lines. Onyx chips quite easily. Blue Aquamarine Colors of this stone range from dark blue to light blue and even a beautiful blue-green. Top range aquamarines... [Read more]

Quartz

Quartz is derived from the German word ‘quarz’, which incidentally has Slavic origins. Czech miners called quartz ‘k?emen’. After feldspar, quartz is one of the most abundant minerals found in the continental crust of the Earth. Quartz comes in a number of varieties - with most of them being semi-precious gemstones. In the Middle East and Europe, quartz has been used quite commonly,... [Read more]

Orlando jewelry designer Lauren Sigman to be featured on The Knot (Orlando Sentinel)

Apparently, The Knot jumped at Sigman’s designs when she showed for the first time last month at the prestigious JA New York Jewelry Show, an international event that attracts exhibitors and buyers from around the world. Here is the original post: Orlando jewelry designer Lauren Sigman to be featured on The Knot (Orlando Sentinel)  Read More →

Jewelry to complement (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Diamonds and pearls. “They’re classic items,” said Holli Dobbs, designer and sales associate at Albarré Jewelry. Go here to read the rest:  Jewelry to complement (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)  Read More →

Britney Spears Tries on Nicole Richie’s Jewelry Designs (People Magazine)

• Britney Spears, scouting out jewelry from Nicole Richie’s House of Harlow line during a visit to Kitson at the Americana mall in Glendale, Calif. View post:  Britney Spears Tries on Nicole Richie’s Jewelry Designs (People Magazine)  Read More →

Filbert jewelry a sure sign of spring’s approach (Tacoma News Tribune)

I know for sure that spring has sprung because there is jewelry dangling from the tree right outside my library window. Every spring the garden begins to accessorize with brighter colors, but it is when my filbert tree struts dangling gold catkins – in a perfect imitation of expensive, chandelier earrings, than I know the big spring show is about to begin. View original post here: Filbert jewelry... [Read more]

Jewelry heist at Four Seasons Hotel might be tied to series of downtown hotel burglaries (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Police Department detectives are trying to determine whether the bandit who stole jewelry from the Four Seasons Hotel over the weekend is the so-called “Rico Suave” bandit who has struck hotels in downtown L.A. Read the rest here: Jewelry heist at Four Seasons Hotel might be tied to series of downtown hotel burglaries (Los Angeles Times)  Read More →