Birthstones: A Complete Professional Guide Birthstones are one of the most commercially significant gem categories in retail jewelry—accounting for a substantial portion of all jewelry gift purchases. Yet the history…
Safe Jewellery Storage: Protecting Your Pieces Between Wears Most jewellery damage does not happen while it is being worn. It happens in the jewellery box. A diamond ring stored loosely…
Anniversary Stones and Gem Gifting: A Retailer's Guide Beyond birthstones, a rich tradition of anniversary gems provides another powerful sales framework for jewelry professionals. The anniversary stone list—covering every year…
Repair Risks for Coloured Stones: What Every Jeweller Must Know Before Starting Work A customer brings in a beautiful emerald ring for resizing. The jeweller, experienced and careful, does what…
Building a Gem Collection: A Professional Guide for Collectors and Advisors Gem collecting is one of the most satisfying and intellectually rich pursuits in the world of fine materials. Unlike…
The Zoisite Mineral Family: Tanzanite, Thulite, and Anyolite The zoisite mineral family contains some of the most commercially significant and visually diverse gems in the colored stone world. Tanzanite—one of…
Kornerupine and Sinhalite: Rare Gems of Sri Lanka and Beyond Among the rarest facetable gemstones known, kornerupine and sinhalite occupy a special place in the collector's pantheon—beautiful, durable, and so…
Gem Quality vs. Collector Quality: Understanding the Distinction In the gem trade, 'quality' means different things in different contexts. A gem that is excellent jewelry quality—eye-clean, well-cut, attractive color—may be…
Inclusions as Identification Tools: Reading What's Inside a Gem To the untrained eye, inclusions are flaws—internal features that diminish a gem's clarity grade and reduce its value. To the gemologist,…
The Future of Gemstone Mining: Sustainability, Technology, and Supply The global gemstone mining industry stands at an inflection point. Rising consumer demand for ethically sourced gems, improving traceability technology, increasing…