Pearls Are My Favorite
I am a pearl girl. The way pearls manipulate light is magical and ethereal. This is why so many of my recent pieces are pearl-heavy!...
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Apr 17, 20185 min read
April Birthstone: Diamond
Diamond Family: Diamond Color: Colorless (D-Z Color Scale); Rainbow Shades (Fancy Colored Diamonds) Mohs Hardness: 10! (Diamonds are the...
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Mar 1, 20181 min read
March Birthstone: Aquamarine
Aquamarine Family: Beryl Color: Greenish blue to blue Mohs Hardness: 7.5-8 Seawater has a mystical healing power. The gentle lap of the...
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Feb 6, 20181 min read
Tucson Gem Show 2018 Recap
It's the most magical time of the year when the jewelry industry's A-list suppliers and designers ascend upon the desert with their...
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Feb 1, 20182 min read
February Birthstone: Amethyst
Amethyst Family: Quartz Color: Bluish purple to purple to reddish purple Mohs Hardness: 7-7.5 This month we celebrate purple people with...
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Jan 1, 20183 min read
January Birthstone: Garnet
Garnet Family: Garnet Color: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, Purple, Gray, Black Mohs Hardness: 7-7.5 Garnet GLORIOUS Garnet!...
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Dec 4, 20173 min read
December Birthstone: Tanzanite
Tanzanite Family: Zoisite Color: Blue to violet to bluish purple Mohs Hardness: 6-6.5 While working in education at Tiffany & Co., one of...
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Nov 11, 20172 min read
November Birthstone: Citrine
Citrine Family: Quartz Color: Yellow to orange to brownish orange Mohs Hardness: 7 November Babies, I know that many of your were...
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Nov 1, 20173 min read
November Birthstone: Topaz (ugh)
Topaz Family: Topaz Color: Multiple: Yellowish orange to orangy red to Red, Yellow, Pink, Blue Mohs Hardness: 8 November Babies: I have a...
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Oct 8, 20173 min read
October Birthstone: Tourmaline
Tourmaline Family: Tourmaline Color: Multiple Mohs Hardness: 7 – 7.5 October Babies, you love your opals, but you also have a second...
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Oct 1, 20173 min read
October Birthstone: Opal
Opal Family: Opal Color: Multiple; Translucent to Opaque Mohs Hardness: 5.5 – 6.5 Happy Opal Birthstone, October Babies!! The Romans gave...
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Sep 7, 20172 min read
September Birthstone: Sapphire
Sapphire Family: Corundum Color: Violetish blue to blue to slightly greenish blue (But also: "Fancy Colored Sapphires" are ALL of the...
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Aug 28, 20172 min read
August Birthstone 2: Spinel
Spinel Color: ALL of the Colors. ALL of them. Mohs Hardness: 8 (WHAT?! That's really hard!) I think it is fairly safe to say that Spinel...
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Aug 26, 20172 min read
August Birthstone: Peridot (and Sardonyx)
Peridot Family: Olivine Color: Yellowish-Green Mohs Hardness: 6.5 – 7 Ok, so August is almost over, as is summer, but it's never too late...
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Aug 3, 20172 min read
Rubies Are Red.
July Birthstone: Ruby Corundum Mohs: 9 With a luscious red hue, rubies, the birthstone of July, are the ultimate symbol of love and lust....
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Jun 25, 20174 min read
(Pearl) Variety is the Spice of Life!
It's still June, so that means: It's still Pearl Time! There are thousands of varieties of mollusks in the world, but only 20 varieties...
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Jun 19, 20175 min read
Pearl Value Factors
It is Week 3 of the month with the best birthstone, Pearl. With every pearl being created by an individual organism, affected by various...
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Jun 10, 20173 min read
Culturing Pearls
It’s still pearl month and I am basking in the luster of my favorite organic gemstone (Shhh, don’t tell my middle name, Amber, that...
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May 1, 20173 min read
May Birthstone: Emerald
Emerald Family: Beryl Color: Bluish Green - Green Mohs Hardness: 7.5 – 8 (Great for everyday wear… With care!!) Happy May! It is...
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Feb 6, 20172 min read
Tucson Gem Show 2017
This past week, I had the incredible pleasure of jetting to the jewelry industry's desert oasis for the Tucson Gem Show, spending a large...
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