Pearl Description
Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors.
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Brandon Boswell
- 3 min
Pearl Quality Factors
The qualities that determine the overall value of a natural or cultured pearl or a piece of pearl jewelry are size, shape, color, luster...
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Brandon Boswell
- 7 min
Tourmaline Quality Factors
Large tourmaline crystals are often fashioned by gem sculptors into special pieces for clients looking for the unusual.
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Brandon Boswell
- 3 min
Aquamarine Quality Factors
The gem’s most valuable color is a dark blue to slightly greenish blue with moderately strong intensity.
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Brandon Boswell
- 2 min
Emerald History and Lore
Emerald’s lush green has soothed souls and excited imaginations since antiquity.
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Brandon Boswell
- 2 min
Alexandrite Quality Factors
Fine alexandrite is green to bluish green in daylight and red to purplish red in incandescent light.
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Brandon Boswell
- 6 min
Colombian Emerald Industry: Winds of Change
Colombia is synonymous with fine emerald, and production is believed to date back well over a thousand years.
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Brandon Boswell
- 2 min
GIA Field Gemologists Seek Gems in Luc Yen, Vietnam
Venture into Vietnam’s gem-rich interior...
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Brandon Boswell
- 3 min
Trapiche Gems
Trapiche gems..characterized by their six-rayed patterns, reflects a natural order in the chaotic world
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Brandon Boswell
- 4 min
Optical Effects of Phenomenal Cabochons
it is how the structure, inclusions and properties of these gemstones interact with light to return an unusual visual effect, or phenomenon,
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Brandon Boswell
- 2 min
Moonstone Description
Moonstone’s delicate beauty and its long-established heritage make it perhaps the most familiar gem-quality member of the feldspar group.
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Brandon Boswell
- 3 min
Roberto Demeglio – All About Innovation
Different fashion trends and the desire to stay with the times are changing our attitude to how we wear jewelry.
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