Articles about Gems

Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors.

The qualities that determine the overall value of a natural or cultured pearl or a piece of pearl jewelry are size, shape, color, luster...

Large tourmaline crystals are often fashioned by gem sculptors into special pieces for clients looking for the unusual.

The gem’s most valuable color is a dark blue to slightly greenish blue with moderately strong intensity.

Emerald’s lush green has soothed souls and excited imaginations since antiquity.

Fine alexandrite is green to bluish green in daylight and red to purplish red in incandescent light.

In diamonds, rarity equals value.

Colombia is synonymous with fine emerald, and production is believed to date back well over a thousand years.

Venture into Vietnam’s gem-rich interior...

Trapiche gems..characterized by their six-rayed patterns, reflects a natural order in the chaotic world

it is how the structure, inclusions and properties of these gemstones interact with light to return an unusual visual effect, or phenomenon,

Moonstone’s delicate beauty and its long-established heritage make it perhaps the most familiar gem-quality member of the feldspar group.

Different fashion trends and the desire to stay with the times are changing our attitude to how we wear jewelry.