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There Is No Such Thing As A Semi-Precious Gem

We need to ditch the semi-precious phrase. Stat.

In our overwhelming human need to stratify and rank, the jewelry industry ended up with a few arbitrary jewels crowned as the pinnacle. “Precious” gemstones: ruby, sapphire, and emerald. The rest: lumped…

Gorgeous Green Jewelry

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s a little compilation of my favorite green jewelry. From the Medieval times to the Red Carpet, green gems have been honored and revered. The king of green gems, the Emerald, has been valued for its rarity and was thought to have calming, healing powers…

How to Buy a Colored Gemstone

This will give you some essentials you need to know before you splurge on a colored gemstone piece of jewelry. All the variables mean that a colored stone purchase…