Do’s & Don’ts
Do … clean your jewelry regularly with a safe cleaner for the type of metal and stones. … store your jewelry properly to prevent damage, such as scratches, prong damage, and knots in chains. … have your prongs checked regularly, to minimize the risk of…
Rocks, Minerals, and Organic
Organic: Amber – It is fossilized resin. Because it starts as a sticky tree resin, it sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber usually is found as yellow-orange-brown, but it also occurs in a range of colors. Pearl – It is produced within…
Diamond Substitutes
Diamond Substitutes Moissanite is 9.5 on the Mohs’ Hardness Scale. It is a naturally occurring silicon carbide and is very rare in nature. Until the 1950s, there was no other source of moissanite other than what was found in meteorites. Synthetic Moissanite is close to…
Jade
Jade is usually thought of as a green stone, but it has also been found in lavender, yellow, red, and blue. In ancient China, jade was considered more valuable than gold and was used to create intricate carvings and jewelry. In prehistoric times Jade was…
Fun Facts
The word jewellery comes from the French word jouel, which comes from the latin word jocale, which means ‘plaything’. Americans call it jewelry, but everyone else calls it jewellery. Jewelry has been worn for thousands of years for both decorative and symbolic purposes. The oldest…
Jewelry Metals
Jewelry Metals Gold Because gold is a soft metal, it is often alloyed with other metals to prevent it from bending, scratching or breaking. Silver, copper, tin, nickel, platinum, palladium, and zinc all are commonly mixed with gold. Which metals are alloyed with the gold,…
September Birthstone: Sapphire
The September birthstone is usually thought of as the blue gem variety of corundum, but it comes in all the colors (pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, black, and colorless) except red (ruby). Light red, pink, and violet are usually called sapphires. The coloring in blue…
August Birthstone: Peridot
Peridot is the yellow green gem variety of olivine. It is found in various places around the world with Arizona being the main source in the U.S. Its name probably comes from the Arabic faridat, meaning gem. It was the most popular stone during the…
July Birthstone: Ruby
The name Ruby comes from the Latin word ruber, meaning “red”. It is second after the diamond in hardness. Rubies are a variety of corundum. They get their color from trace amounts of the element chromium. The ruby is also traditionally given for the 15th…
June Birthstones: Pearl, Alexandrite & Moonstone
Pearls originate from oceans and lakes from around the world. Pearls are organic gems that grow inside the tissue of a living saltwater or freshwater mollusk. Cultured pearls are a product of a technicians implanting a piece of mantle tissue or a mother-of-pearl shell bead…
Jewelry Insurance
Your jewelry is more than metal and stone. It’s personal.
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