Due to the variety of gold-filled findings available, it can be difficult for even experienced jewelry designers to select the perfect finding (“findings” is a very general term that refers to head pins, eye pins, fastenings, brooch and earring bases, etc.). However, choosing the right finding is important, because it is literally the finishing touch to many [...]

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What the Romans hailed as the “Evening emerald” might have been “Cleopatra’s emeralds” too. Scholars now believe that many of the Egyptian queen’s emeralds would have in fact been peridot. This green olivine, mined on the island of Zabargad was known for centuries as “chrysolite” before it came to be known as peridot. The lure [...]

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Tiger Eye Quartz is a member of the quartz family available in shades of brown yellow, pink, blue and red with a silky luster. It has received its name due to the resemblance of its bands to the tiger’s eye. People of any zodiac sign, irrespective of sexes and religion can take advantage of the [...]

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Moonstone – the milky white gem – is so named for its semblance to the color of the moon. It is considered to be the most valuable variety of feldspar with unique rainbow sheen on it. Hence, it is also known as Rainbow Moonstone. Moonstones have a silvery or bluish iridescence, caused by the intergrowth [...]

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