COLORED GEMSTONE ENGAGEMENT RINGS
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist One of the hottest trends in engagement rings involves the use of colored gemstones, although actually this [...]
Getting the Royal Treatment
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Call it the “William and Kate effect” if you like, but there is no denying the influence [...]
BASIC BLACK
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist In fashion, black never goes out of style. The lustrous, opaque black material known as “jet” has [...]
Tantalizing Tanzanite
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Tanzanite, December’s birthstone, is notable for a number of reasons. To begin with, this beautiful gemstone exhibits [...]
Ruby Lite
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Without question, ruby is one of the rarest, most valuable, and highly desirable of gemstones. Finer pure-red [...]
DIVINELY DIVA
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist When the term “diva” was originally coined to mean the primary female singer in an opera company, [...]
FOR THE SPORT OF IT
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Essentially, the highly proficient watch known as a “chronograph” occupies the same place on wearers’ wrists that [...]
A TASTE FOR HONEY
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist If you think that royalty only wear diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, you should know that one [...]
How Gemstones Get Their Color
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist The color that a gemstone displays is largely determined by the unique way that its individual crystalline [...]