This Valentine’s Day, don’t get your mother, girlfriend or wife another practical gift. A beautiful piece of jewelry will put a sparkle in her eye and a smile on her face.
Diamond stud earrings or a simple tennis bracelet are classic and always in style, but for the girl who has everything, try something breathtakingly different. [...]

Diamonds may get the credit for being “a girl’s best friend,” but humanity’s love affair with pearls has been going on for 4,000 years — about a millennium longer than we’ve been digging diamonds out of the dirt.
What’s more, pearls are the only “green” natural gemstone; they are a renewable resource and are harvested, rather [...]

When you are planning on buying something such as diamonds and pearls, you really want to make sure that you are as informed and knowledgeable on the subject as possible beforehand, so that you will know what to look for and can keep yourself from getting ripped off. After all we all know that there [...]

Pearls require special consideration when storing and caring for them. This is because they are grown in nature. Some pearls develop naturally when a foreign object gets lodged in an oyster or clam. The object is covered by a substance called nacre until a milky pearl is formed. While it is possible to find a [...]

Pearls are considered one of the most majestic and stunning gems in jewelry today. Whether they are cultured or natural, pearls are created by living creatures and considered organic works of art.
A natural pearl begins when a foreign object or particle becomes stuck in an oyster or a clam’s soft inner body. The object becomes [...]