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The Healing Properties of Gemstones

October 3, 2014

By聽Amanda L. Colborn According to folklore and stories throughout history, many gemstones are thought to offer mystic healing to its wearer.聽 So whether shopping for a gift of fine jewelry, or considering a gift for yourself along the way, consider the healing properties of these fine gemstones. Birthday gemstones may not bake your cookies and wrap your gifts for you, but these healing gems will make you feel better while doing so. Gemstone healing powers: 聽 Amber – Thought to aid memory loss, purify the body, alleviate headaches, and bone and heart problems, Amber is known for its stress relieving

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Fall Fashion Trends Straight from the Runway!

September 26, 2014

By Amanda L. Colborn 2014’s New York Fashion Week showcased several upcoming jewelry themes for this year’s fall season. Unique pieces such as the single earring, hand bracelets and diamond chokers definitely caught our attention! Apart from the stunning individual pieces of jewelry, we were able to focus in on 5 major themes for the season: Color Feminine Features Floral Patterns Texture Color Just because it’s fall doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the colors of spring and summer! NY Fashion Week was all about color this season, especially in their jewelry. Just like these beautiful drop earrings from Yael Designs: Feminine

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Color-Changing Gemstones are Phenomenal!

September 19, 2014

By Kevin P. McVay Have you ever thought about adding color-changing gemstones to your jewelry collection? We鈥檙e not talking about well-known colored gemstones like rubies, sapphires or emeralds, but gems鈥攕uch as opal gemstones鈥攖hat actually change color depending on the lighting. From rings to pendants and everything in-between, color-changing gemstones, known as phenomenal gems, are unique and go well with many types of jewelry designs. Here are some of our favorites: Alexandrite This rare gem was discovered in 1834. During the day, it beams green or bluish-green. In incandescent light, it turns to a soft shade of red. The Alexandrite鈥檚 optical

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September Sapphires Fuel Our Fire

September 5, 2014

By Kevin P. McVay September鈥檚 birthstone is the sapphire, a beautiful gemstone that has been popular since the Middle Ages. According to folklore, sapphires bring wearers good fortune, spiritual insight and provide them with protection from envy and harm. As one of the more well-known gemstones in the world, sapphires are commonly worn in jewelry. Though blue is the most common shade, sapphires can come in a variety of colors including yellow, green and even pink. Sapphires are one of our personal favorite gems here at the 榴莲视频. They鈥檙e versatile and can be worn with just about anything, but

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Hand Bling to the Extreme

August 29, 2014

By Kevin P. McVay We recently stumbled upon an article that explains a recent fashion trend that has now hit the Hollywood stage鈥攏ails-as-jewelry. Rita Ora, a British singer, songwriter and actress, was seen with a completely customized manicure last Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards. Her nails were coated with Azature Black Diamond Nail Lacquer in Ruby Diamond. Though her nail polish contained black diamonds, what was featured on top of them is what’s getting people talking. Her manicure, applied by celebrity manicurist Barbara Warner, featured tiny hand-crafted diamond spiders and ruby bows which have been priced at around $56,000! While

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Limited Edition Emerald Ring Takes the Spotlight

August 15, 2014

By Kevin P. McVay Carelle Ltd., an 榴莲视频 member, recently announced a show-stopping custom piece鈥攁 gorgeous and expensive emerald ring. The vivid Zambian emerald at its center is 8.52 ct and is lightly included. The ring itself is set in platinum and features 1.82 ct of diamond pav茅 created from 200 stunning diamonds individually set by hand. As true with most colored gemstones, the larger its carat size, the rarer the gem. This correlation is due to the increasing difficulty of discovering natural gemstones that are larger and heavier. Carat weight, however, is only one out of four globally

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Yellow and White Gold Collide in This Spectacular New Collection

August 8, 2014

By Kevin P. McVay 榴莲视频 members have shared some truly spectacular jewelry collections with us over the last few months. Last week, we received a sneak-peak of a new collection by Jye International, Inc., the 2013 winner of the JCK Jewelers’ Choice Awards. Their new collection features stylish yellow and white gold pieces decorated with brilliant diamonds and stunning gemstones. Some of the most notable pieces include a 18k yellow gold bangle with 0.4ct of premium round diamonds, an exotic bird inspired brooch decorated with 3.07ct of multicolor sapphires and 1.24ct of diamonds and fashionable citrine stone earrings set in

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3 Reasons Why We Love Peridot, the August Birthstone

August 1, 2014

By Kevin P. McVay August鈥檚 birthstone is the magical peridot, a yellow-green to lime-green gemstone that is said to have healing properties that help bring its wearers power and influence. There are many reasons why we like the peridot, even if we weren鈥檛 born in August. The peridot might be what we need to complete the finishing touches to our perfect summer look. Here鈥檚 why we think it鈥檚 so popular: It has history. The Egyptians called it the 鈥済em of the sun.鈥� Some even believe that Cleopatra鈥檚 famous emerald collection might have actually been peridot. The Romans used the gem

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5 Reasons to Love Rubies

July 6, 2014

By Donna Jolly, RJ The birthstone of July is the fiery Ruby. As someone who has walked up and down many aisles at jewelry trade shows, I can attest to the eye-drawing power of rubies. You see one out of the corner of your eye and you cannot help but stop immediately and take a look. If you happen to run across a cluster of rubies, you might be standing outside the display case, gawking for a long time. Refreshments might be needed. There are many, many reasons to love rubies. Here are five: 1. Jewelry lovers love them. Elizabeth

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Show-stopping Sapphire

June 7, 2014

By Donna Jolly, RJ 榴莲视频 We are always posting photos of beautiful jewelry from members of the 榴莲视频 on our social networks. We noticed our online friends really liked this stunning 5.12 carat ceylon sapphire with two oval diamonds from AG Gems. We can see why. This is the type of ring that shy people should not wear, because they will get noticed–from far away! Extroverts, here’s a ring for you. What do you all think?

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