GEMSTONE PUZZLE ACTIVITY BOOK
I am a Puzzle Freak! Really… Any kind of Puzzles, Brain Games, Teasers… I love it. And I’m not the only one… So it’s a Good thing that I ran into this Gemstone Puzzle Activity [Read More…]
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GARNET BIRTHSTONE JEWELRY
January’s Birthstone: January baby’s have one of the best birthstone’s ever… The Garnet. That’s January’s one and only official birth stone. And the most common Garnet color (they come in all colors – purple, green…) [Read More…]
NEW ANIMAL WISH PEARL NECKLACE KITS
It’s NEW! Fun wish pearl animal kits! Wish pearl necklace kits have been around for a long time. If you’ve never heard about them, it’s a kit that contains an oyster, pearl, tweezers, and a [Read More…]
FREE CALENDARS FOR 2021
Here they are… Calendars! FOR FREE!!! It’s my yearly jewelry gemstone calendars. FOR 2021, OF COURSE!!!! Calendars that you can download and print. PDF files that will make this year easy and efficient. Print them [Read More…]
HAWAII LAVA ROCK CURSE
My last vacation to the Hawaii Islands landed me in Kauai. It’s a beautiful island way more remote than any of the other Hawaiian Islands I’ve been to: Hawaii (Big Island), Maui, and Oahu. While [Read More…]
CAN YOU FOOL A DIAMOND TESTER?
Can diamond testers be wrong? Can diamond testers be fooled? ABSOLUTELY! You can have a stone that’s not a diamond beep just like a diamond. In fact, a lot of jewelry stores and customers in [Read More…]
JASPER GEMSTONES – A MUST HAVE FOR JEWELRY MAKERS
Jasper… Such a beautiful gemstone, that’s often forgotten. But with these stones, you may think twice. For these gems are not only beautiful, colorful, but ideal for jewelry makers. They’re cabochon Jasper gems… And boy [Read More…]
SEPTEMBER BRINGS SAPPHIRES
Happy Birthday… It’s time to celebrate September babies with lovely gemstones. For all those born this month (the entire month of September, not partial months like Zodiac Signs) are one stone, and one stone only… [Read More…]
YES, YOU CAN BUY ROUGH DIAMONDS
Rough? Yes. RAW! Raw, uncut, real rough diamonds (Earth made), that are ideal for jewelry lover’s and jewelry makers. Rough diamonds look cool (like a meteorite). They are irregular, uneven, odd shaped, and fascinating. And, [Read More…]
THE HAWAIIAN DIAMOND IS PERIDOT?
Vacationing in Hawaii (the Big Island) years ago, this happened… I like to peruse the local jewelry stores to see what’s new, as always. When I come across a flier that made me stop, read, [Read More…]
PERIDOT GEMSTONE – AUGUST BIRTHSTONE
Peridot is the official (one and only) birthstone for the month of August. Peridot, pronounced Per-Ih-Doe (the T is silent) is actually from a parent stone called Olivine, which is a silicate of Iron and [Read More…]
WHAT IS A HERKIMER DIAMOND?
You go to Amazon and search for diamonds. You see something called “Herkimer diamond“… What is a Herkimer diamond? It sounds like a particular trade name, like Hearts on Fire, True Hearts, Tolkowsky, Centillion… It [Read More…]