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01/08/2025

Lizzadro is a great museum out in the Chicago suburbs and the is a great way to get kids interested in gems and jewelry or just to see some beautiful gems and carvings. The designs in this exhibit look spectacular and the museum as a whole is worth the visit if you're in or near Chicago.

“Synergy & Symbiosis” is open now through late April at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Oak Brook, Illinois.

01/06/2025

Remember, if you're going to wear your jewelry while working or working out, be prepared to have it repaired. And always have a safe spot to store it when you can't keep it on for any reason.

Fans and experts reacted as Justin Jefferson was spotted tossing his $1 million chain down his pants while playing the Packers.

01/03/2025

So this is what you do when you get completely bodied in a rap beef. Make a ridiculous piece of jewelry based on jokes.Right now Drake could use a max win, but it doesn't seem likely no matter how many flawless diamonds you toss at it. Fun use of color though.

Crafted by jeweler Jason of Beverly Hills, Drake's new tour chain necklace required three kilos of gold and 250 carats of flawless diamonds to make.

12/27/2024

As if Iceland needed another selling point, here's another. And while these may not be true diamonds, Iceland is more than worth the visit. If they ever discover actual diamonds though... it IS a giant volcano basically. Just give it a billion years or so.

12/23/2024

While tsavorites are lovely stones and a personal favorite, rare does not inherently equal more expensive. The geographic accessibility of the mines, the cost of extraction from the mine deposit material, the national laws of the country, the material properties of the type of gem, and the overall market for the gem are other factors to consider besides the rarity when it comes to the cost of a stone. Colored stones generally don't have nearly the market demand diamonds do and are not used in nearly as many ways as diamonds are in jewelry.

Also there's the inclusion of the phrase "sawn" diamonds as if basically every diamond is not sawn in the cutting process. This article reads like it was written by someone with no jewelry knowledge trying to impress others without jewelry knowledge.

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One-Of-A-Kind Luxury Piece Celebrates The Spirit Of The Octagon With Unmatched Craftsmanship And Rare Materials

12/20/2024

There's been a lot of talk lately about the scientific applications of lab diamonds and while there are a lot of new avenues to explore, it's good to remember that not all science is cooling things to near zero Kelvin and launching telescopes into space to view the universe as it was billions of years ago. Sometimes it's just using the sticky side of tape and an optimal peeling angle*.

*Most published papers require considerable study/experience to understand what the results really infer and what qualifiers should come with those conclusions. This is why no matter how many times a study gets reported in the news, you'll never be able to wine and chocolate your way to health.

Edge-exposed exfoliation using sticky tape is shown to be a simple and reliable method for scaling up the production of ultrathin, ultraflat and ultraflexible polycrystalline diamond membranes for diverse electrical, optical, mechanical, thermal, acoustic and quantum applications.

12/18/2024

Alexandrites are magnificent stones, just fascinating color change effect and often lovely colors for both sides of it. Diamonds don't really have a similar phenomenon, but there are some that fluoresce so strongly in an uncommon color that it can appear that way. While most Diamonds fluoresce blue, some emit yellow, green, pink, orange, and other colors. If the base of the stone is one color, and the fluorescence is strong enough then it'll "change" in sunlight or other strong uv light sources (just an FYI in case you're wearing your jewelry to laser tag).

It's weird though that NJ didn't show both the green and red/purple images of the ring in the article. If your subject changes color, you might want to include both images.

The nearly 17-carat stone made history for the phenomenal gemstone the auction house said is experiencing a “notable surge” in the market.

12/16/2024

Somebody call Joe Pesci Stat!

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ICYMI, pinky rings are popping up left and right. Here, we found 13 cute options on the market.

12/13/2024

One of the weirdest parts of this story is that this is the first article to name the company. Every article mentioned the accused's name though. So anyone with interest and 2 seconds to spare could do a linkedin search and figure out the company was Tiffany & Co. It kinda feels like a low level streisand effect whereby trying to hide the company involved made it more intriguing than had they just said who it was from the get go. Not quite sure what the game plan was here.

Manufacturing supervisor took more than $1.7 million in gold, silver and platinum over a three-year period.

12/11/2024

What this article tells me, outside of the extremely high values of some gems, is that if you have enough money you think you can rename something. It's still Comiskey Park, the Sears Tower is still the Sears tower. Imagine some jeweler buying the Hope Diamond and trying to rename it. Just doesn't work.

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12/09/2024

They aren't wrong. Either diamond type is bound to make a person happy. Highly recommended for the holiday season.

Iconic chocolate brand Toblerone launched its new Diamond Truffles in a series of creative OOH ads that position the treat as the ideal addition to any gift.

12/06/2024

Here you go: soon* you'll be able to flaunt some beautiful jewelry and power medical devices and/or wearable tech with out the need to re-charge or replace batteries ever. But the repair bills will be crazy since the jeweler will need to be wearing a hazmat suit.


*soon should be read as never

The world's first carbon-14 diamond has been produced with the potential to provide power for thousands of years.