Thanks for visiting Diana’s blog. Here’s where we share all sorts of fun things for fervent jewelry fans (otherwise known as aficionados) –trends, interesting gemstones (ever seen a Burma Ruby?), how to care for fine jewelry and lots more.
The Beauty in a Flaw
Star sapphires and rubies take their place among fine gems due to mineral inclusions that, when cut properly from a raw crystal, form a visible star on top of a domed, cabochon gem when viewed in overhead light. The mineral inclusions include rutile, which is a mineral silk common in
Put Your Look Together
We want to look and feel put together. But we are pressed for time, easily distracted triple-taskers, and whatever we can toss into the backseat goes there without a second thought. When I decided to begin a jewelry career 15 years ago, I realized that every woman I knew loved wearing jewelry
Game . . . Set . . . Match
The tennis bracelet got its name from Chris Evert, whose bracelet of diamonds set side by side in matching prongs, fell off when she was playing at the US Open in 1987. She requested that the match be stopped until the bracelet was found. It was, and the rest is
Inquiring Mind: Garnets
Garnets: Not Just Dark Red Garnet, I serenade thee… Very few know your true glory as a gem is revealed in a breathtaking palette of hues. Citrus orange, sherry red, honeyed gold, raspberry, olive, spearmint, lime, basil, and pale, sea green and near-black. Fewer still realize that your sparkling radiance
Inner World: Crystal with Skid Marks
This photograph (by a fellow gemologist, Laurianne Lognay) made me laugh. Snugged into a sapphire, this crystal made marks like an ice skater doing practice turns. It’s another example of how heat, pressure, and time create random, spontaneous patterns, colors, and moods that we have above ground. This crystal probably
Burmese Sapphires and Rubies
One of the benefits of online business is developing relationships with good people from all over the globe. This allows me to bring you the rare and formerly unobtainable except by developing discreet, potentially unfortunate connections in far-flung places. I’ve always studied gemology in order to serve my clients from