Sapphire is a stone most people are familiar with, although less people are aware that Sapphire can be found in many colours; pink, purple, yellow, lilac, green, white, black and...
I always think that summery August has an appropriately vibrant gem for it's birthstone, it is of course Peridot. The lime-yellowy green colour of peridot is totally distinctive, it's eye-catching...
This month's birthstone is the well known ruby but there are other red gemstones. I labelled the boxes only with numbers as an activity for a group talk I gave,...
Ruby is the birthstone for July, the zodiac stone for Capricorn and the wedding anniversary gift for 40 years..you have to marry young to get the good ones! The name...
Pearls are said to lift a woman’s complexion with their unique lustre, no wonder they have been the pride of the rich and famous for over 4000 years. They are...
Pliny, the first century traveller wrote about emerald that “no other stone has a colour more pleasing to the human eye’ and I think on that we can agree. Emerald...
How are diamonds are priced? As, we reach the end of April it seemed remiss of me not to post something about diamonds, this month's birthstone. The price of diamonds...
Aquamarine So we are just out of March, the world turned on it's head somewhat, better late than never.. Aquamarine, March's beautiful birthstone! Aquamarine is special to me not only...
Topaz, or it's big name of 'Fluorosilicate of Aluminium' (10 points if you get that into a conversation today!) is a colourful, much loved family of gemstones. Topaz exists in...
Over the last few months I have loved seeing a resurgence of the use of malachite in jewellery. The stone to me is full of such organic vibrancy, the intense...