Ultrasonic jewelry cleaners are the best things to use for cleaning your jewelry and gemstones. Umm, let me revise that statement… For cleaning some jewelry and some gemstones. SOME? Ultrasonic cleaners really do an awesome [Read More…]
The Mohs Scale of Hardness is a scale that lists the hardness of minerals from weakest to strongest. Friedrich Mohs: The Mohs Scale was developed in 1812 by a German mineralogist named Friedrich Mohs. Mohs [Read More…]
Just about every jewelry store in the U.S. carries tanzanite … Even Amazon has some great deals on tanzanite jewelry here. They should, the good ole USA. buys most of the tanzanites mined today. But [Read More…]
Moissanite is simply a man-made diamond look-a-like. The first time I ever encountered moissanite was about 5 years ago. A customer brought in their “diamond” engagement ring to sell. I remember the jeweler louping the [Read More…]
Colored pearls are wonderful. I can’t stop looking at them. They’re simply beautiful. All the hue variations, luster, shine and endless assortment of sizes are just breathtaking. But what does it all mean? Do certain [Read More…]
You’d think buying a mother’s ring would be easy. But there are actually quite a few options that you’ll have to decide on before you make that all important mother’s ring purchase. What kind of [Read More…]
Some gemstones look awesome in 14kt white gold, others do not. It all depends on the saturation and hue of the gemstone. Point blank, the best stones that look great in a white gold or [Read More…]
Lets face it, things happen. Jewelers break stones. Jewelers are human just like everyone else. Jewelers can break stones and diamonds during repairs. But why does this happen? What can you do about it? Good [Read More…]
It doesn’t happen that often, but every now and then I have ladies asking me about wearing a gemstone as their engagement ring. Now some women are only thinking about using gemstones as the side [Read More…]
This is such a common problem, yet it baffles so many people. What causes the gemstones or diamonds in your engagement ring or wedding band to loosen up? “WHY???” What can be done about loose [Read More…]