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Emeralds: The Essentials You Need to Know
Emeralds Emerald is a member of the Beryl family and is given its green hues primarily by chromium in the stone. Emeralds are one of the more highly included of the precious stones. For this reason,...
Gemstones and Diamonds in 2023:
A Promising Alternative Asset Class
The Growing Allure of Gemstones and Diamonds As the global economy continues to rebound in 2023, investors are searching for unique and promising investment opportunities. Among these, gemstones and...
Romancing the Colour in a Stone
How are you communicating colours to your customers in ways that appeal? With the seemingly unending array of coloured gemstones rising in popularity, it’s easy to get lost in the technical...
How Grading Color Gems is Different to Grading Diamonds
The 4 C’s, T and O of Natural Color Gems With the growth of the internet diamond consumer, the parlance of the 4 C's of diamonds is becoming more commonplace. There is however a little less clarity...
Ruby Sizes and Weights
Ruby Sizes and Weights One of the most useful tools a jeweller can have when designing jewellery is an idea of what different size rubies weigh. The chart below is an easy way to reference what a...
All you need to know about Fancy Colour Sapphires (Almost)
As you will know from our previous post, Sapphires come in a whole rainbow of colours, and anything that is not a blue sapphire, or red ruby in corundum, is categorised as a fancy coloured sapphire....
Know your Coloured Diamonds: The Certificate of Authenticity
When you are buying loose coloured diamonds or a coloured diamond ring – no matter where you buy it from; at home, abroad on holiday, in a jewellery store, online or direct from a gemstone dealer –...
Gem Reports and Certificates
Gem Reports and Labs When working with coloured gemstones and diamonds, today more than ever, it is important to be able to have the stones independently evaluated. Here is where the Principally to...
All You Need to Know About Fancy Coloured Diamonds (Almost)
Fancy Coloured Diamonds In the previous section we looked at Emeralds, now we turn to Fancy Coloured Diamonds. The diamond is considered to be the ultimate precious gemstone for many consumers. It...
All You Need to Know About Sapphires (Almost)
Sapphire In the last section of the gemstone guide, we took a look at Rubies. This section of the Gemstone Guide gets a bit more technical as we take a closer look at sapphires. The sapphire is also...
All You Need to Know About Rubies (Almost)
Ruby This page offers all the essential information you need about rubies. What they are, where they come from and what to look for when buying rubies. Rubies have been one of the most sought-after...
Understand how Coloured Gemstones are Different from White Diamonds
In the last section of the gemstone guide, we introduced the notion of coloured gemstones and diamonds. Now we start to look at the differences between them. While coloured stones have been used...
Death of the Family Jeweller
I wrote this blog 2 years ago, I find it as relevant today as it was then. Please let me know if your business is suffering from "the Amazon Effect" and how you are dealing with it. Some might say...
The Waitrose Paradox – Why Jewellers Need Gem Dealers
People often tell me they don’t need a Gemstone Dealer as they have their own suppliers in the East and they go to Bangkok or Hong Kong to buy for themselves once or twice a year, or they buy from...
Death of the Family Jeweller and Other Nonsense
I once heard someone say if it’s raining, don’t complain, go out and buy an umbrella!’ In most cases the internet has been the scapegoat for a business that just lacks vision and passion. If it...