In starting and running a business, I have learned a huge amount about myself. It's no wonder given all of the changes and developments...

August 4th marked the one year anniversary of launching Original Eve Designs with inclusion in Vogue UK! What a year it has been!! Thank...

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!...

While I may be a gemstone gremlin who hoards rocks to smile at in my free time, most people prefer to express their appreciation for...

Diamond Family: Diamond Color: Colorless (D-Z Color Scale); Rainbow Shades (Fancy Colored Diamonds) Mohs Hardness: 10! (Diamonds are the...

Aquamarine Family: Beryl Color: Greenish blue to blue Mohs Hardness: 7.5-8 Seawater has a mystical healing power. The gentle lap of the...

Amethyst Family: Quartz Color: Bluish purple to purple to reddish purple Mohs Hardness: 7-7.5 This month we celebrate purple people with...

Garnet Family: Garnet Color: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, Purple, Gray, Black Mohs Hardness: 7-7.5 Garnet GLORIOUS Garnet!...

Tanzanite Family: Zoisite Color: Blue to violet to bluish purple Mohs Hardness: 6-6.5 While working in education at Tiffany & Co., one of...

Citrine Family: Quartz Color: Yellow to orange to brownish orange Mohs Hardness: 7 November Babies, I know that many of your were...

A Guest Blog by Rohan Agrawal G.G., F.G.A., Biased Topaz Lover and Topaz Dealer who has Financial Stake In You Liking Topaz Despite...

Topaz Family: Topaz Color: Multiple: Yellowish orange to orangy red to Red, Yellow, Pink, Blue Mohs Hardness: 8 November Babies: I have a...

Tourmaline Family: Tourmaline Color: Multiple Mohs Hardness: 7 – 7.5 October Babies, you love your opals, but you also have a second...

Opal Family: Opal Color: Multiple; Translucent to Opaque Mohs Hardness: 5.5 – 6.5 Happy Opal Birthstone, October Babies!! The Romans gave...

We decided to get a drink at a trailer park themed dive bar. In folding chairs over frozen margaritas, one of my best friends of the past...

Sapphire Family: Corundum Color: Violetish blue to blue to slightly greenish blue (But also: "Fancy Colored Sapphires" are ALL of the...

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...

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...

July Birthstone: Ruby Corundum Mohs: 9 With a luscious red hue, rubies, the birthstone of July, are the ultimate symbol of love and lust....

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...