GEMSTONE BLOG
Pigeon Blood Ruby
by Benji, Content Manager
Rubies are among the world’s most precious gemstones, along with diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires. Like all valuable gemstones, some varieties of rubies are more valuable than others. Since color is the...
Burmese Rubies Gemstones
by Benji, Content Manager
Every single industry has its top-level items. Some are designed that way and are catered toward the elite. Other items are created in this form by nature, quite literally. Rubies...
Pink Sapphires - Value, Meaning & Rarity
by Benji, Content Manager
Pink sapphires are a bit of a confusing term since, technically, pink sapphires are stones that are not red enough to be considered a ruby. To clarify, both sapphires and...
What is a Padparadscha Sapphire?
by Leibish Polnauer, President & Founder
When people think of rich sapphires, the beautiful blue tone is what comes to mind. However, there are actually many different colored sapphires available in the market. What is a...
Zircon FAQs: What is Zircon, Zircon Color & Jewelry
by Benji, Content Manager
The term zircon may seem familiar to many, but what most people actually think about a zircon, is something else entirely. So, what is zircon? Well, the diamond look-alike, which...
Trapiche Emeralds: Origins, Patterns, and Rarity
by Benji, Content Manager
The Trapiche Emerald, recognized as the rarest type of emerald, remains a captivating enigma in the realm of precious gemstones. While a wealth of information exists about emeralds, encompassing their...
Gemstone Colors: Understanding Hue, Tone, Saturation
by Benji, Content Manager
The most precious gemstone, the diamond, is graded based on the 4 Cs: Cut, Color, Clarity, and Carat. With colorless diamonds, every one of these specifications equally matters. When it...
Mythical Mogok
by Diana Jarrett, Content Writer
Some gemstones are so closely associated with their top place of origin that the mere mention of their source conjures up visions of breathtaking beauty. Say Golconda diamonds for instance,...
What Does Your Favorite Gemstone Say About You?
by Benji, Content Manager
Individuals in the market for a gemstone often ask themselves, ‘What gemstone best represents me?’ Gemstones, whether precious or semi-precious, are hard not to love; but what makes a person...
What is Santa Maria Aquamarine Gemstone?
by Benji, Content Manager
Aquamarine gemstones are semi-precious gemstones, a blue-green variety of the mineral beryl. While aquamarine stones are mined in locations all around the globe including Sri Lanka, the United States, Madagascar,...
The Different Types Of Rubies
by Benji, Content Manager
Although there are many gemstones with a rich red color, including garnets, spinel, opals, and diamonds; rubies are what come to mind when you think of a red gemstone. It...
Tanzanite Vs. Diamonds
by Benji, Content Manager
As much as diamonds truly are a spectacular specimen, they are a perfect example of how supply and demand works, as well as marketing in general. Diamonds are certainly hard...
What Is Your Birthstone? Getting To Know Your Birth Month’s Stone
by Benji, Content Manager
The concept of birthstones is familiar to many, including those who do not necessarily consider themselves particularly knowledgeable in the realm of gemstones. However, even those who know each month’s birthstones backwards...
Sapphires And Rubies - What Are The Differences?
by Benji, Content Manager
The thing that most people find the most shocking about rubies and sapphires when learning about them for the first time is that they are both from the same mineral....
The Rare Star Ruby - Value, Meaning & Rarity
by Benji, Content Manager
Every so often, certain processes occur within nature that coincide with one another resulting in a coincidental and magnificent creation. All gemstones are the products of similar processes with additional...
White Sapphires - Value, Meaning And Rarity
by Benji, Content Manager
While sapphires are mainly known for their blue variety, many other colors exist as well, including white. This transparent stone has been compared to a diamond due to its similarity,...
Star Sapphires - Rare And Beautiful Gemstones
by Benji, Content Manager
Every gemstone, or any kind of product for that matter, always has that unique version, which is rare, more beautiful or special than its counterparts in some way or another,...
Color Change Sapphire Gemstone Compared To Alexandrite Stones
by Benji, Content Manager
Anyone who thought a sapphire was simply a blue gemstone could not be more wrong. While stunning blue sapphires certainly do exist and are quite popular, many other colors and...
Yellow Emeralds - Value, Meaning & Rarity
by Benji, Content Manager
There are just some words that you don't imagine seeing being paired together, such as “yellow” and “emeralds,” and yet we will never really know of all the remarkable gifts...
