A Mix of Fire and Water
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Opal, October's birthstone, is a curious mix of fire and water. The fire emitted by this [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Opal, October's birthstone, is a curious mix of fire and water. The fire emitted by this [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Some men are no less passionate about wristwatches than women are about diamonds. Most men have [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Fans of the vampire-based Twilight fantasy romance films are probably already familiar with the black diamond-and-platinum [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist A few decades ago, East African miners in search of the purplish-pink garnet known as rhodolite [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist While not everyone can afford a 3-carat diamond, there are techniques that any woman can employ [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Although some people think that all gold is yellow, gold is often alloyed with other metals [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist While most consumers think of diamonds in terms of carat (0.2 grams) weight, each carat is [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist If you are looking to buy jewelry for a man, you can hardly go wrong by [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist As lovers of fine jewelry increasingly gravitate toward white gold and platinum, they should know that [...]
By: Jeffrey M. Bertman Graduate Gemologist Garnet, the birthstone for January, is actually a family of more than ten different gemstones with [...]