Jewelry

History of Topaz

The word Topaz is thought to derive from the Sanskrit word “tapas,” meaning fire. Topaz is made of aluminum and fluorine, and it’s also known as a silicate mineral. These types of minerals make up the majority of the earth’s…
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Facts and Legends about Topaz

Pablo Neruda, the Chilean Nobel Prize winning poet,  wrote in his poem  “Las Piedras del Cielo” about his love of  gems and minerals:                             Cuando se toca el topacio,  el topacio te toca                          or, when you touch the topaz, the…
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Diamond Colors

Diamonds occur in a wide range of colors and most diamonds have at least some color tint. Truly colorless diamonds are rare. Diamond color can be added of subtracted artificially. While less color sometimes means higher value, sometimes the opposite…
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How a Diamond is Cut

A diamond is a mineral created by nature. Diamonds are formed 100 miles beneath the Earth’s surface under conditions of enormous heat and pressure. Many diamonds are carried to the earth’s surface by volcanic eruptions. Diamonds are almost pure carbon…
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Carat Weight

Soon after De Beer’s launched it’s infamous “A Diamond is Forever” campaign in the 1950s, the word carat became a part of the regular American vocabularly. The carat has been used as a weight unit for thousands of years and…
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Diamond Testing

New brides-to-be frequently flock to the nearest jewelry store to find out if their engagement rings are “real” but generally they have nothing to fear. Thanks to the combination of natural and technology, man has been able to create treated…
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De Beers

De Beers is synonymous with the world “diamonds”. De Beers is the primary driving force behind the diamond industry. De Beers Consolidated mines rose out of the competition for South African diamonds in the late 1800s. The formation of De…
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