Custom designed jewelry is a perfect choice for a gift for a variety of special days in one’s life including an engagement, a birthday, an anniversary, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, a retirement, or a going away gift. Giving a piece of custom jewelry that is completely unique and one-of-a-kind to a person for a special […]
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Gold has been part of American history since people were here, from the Native Americans living here thousands of years ago and today through modern times. Its history with gold has been fraught with fortunes made and lost, and it has had critical connections to banking and currency and even wars. The country has mined
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Most precious gemstones are formed in nature through the unique power of the planet involving a combination of huge pressure, minerals and heat generally coming from tectonic plate movement or volcanic activity. The process of gemstone created in this way is called metamorphism. Historically people have valued and admired gemstones due to various facts including
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A lapidary cuts natural rough stones into gemstones, as the public knows them, so they are usable in the making of custom jewelry by custom jewelers. Cutting a gemstone sounds simplistic but it is not. When a gemstone is cut into to create a shape with specific facets the final shape it becomes allows the
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Diamonds are valuable because they are somewhat rare, but its high cost per carat is really driven due to supply conditions controlled by the planet’s largest diamond company De Beers. There are several precious gemstones more rare that diamonds. Those stones include sapphires, rubies and emeralds. It just so happens that a rare colorless diamonds
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Wearing jewelry adorned in fine gemstones inlaid in high valued minerals like gold are a wonderful way to display your uniqueness and what you like. Custom jewelry is a great way to show your feelings about a loved one, show your style and flair or just to wear what is essentially a piece of art
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In mother nature the formation of emeralds starts with a growth of an emerald crystal one molecule by one molecule. Emeralds are natural gemstone crystals. An emerald’s crystals form into a matrix of crystals when the physical environment is ideal. Emerald crystal formation takes both adequate formation time and required open area to provide the
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The ruby is one of the most illustrious gemstones found in the world. The breathtaking built-in magnificent qualities of this gem makes it more special than most by precious gemstone collectors and jewelry aficionados. Since the ancient times when rubies were first found eons ago, the gemstone had been at the top of high desirability
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Most people are familiar with the popular precious metals, platinum, gold and silver. One precious metal that that is used by custom jewelers often is white gold. However, many folks do not know what precious metals compromise white gold. More than likely it is not known how it is manufactured or created or how yellow
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There is not a metal on the planet that has a phenomenal intriguing place in history like gold does. Gold has held a special place in the world for more than 5,000 years. It has been employed during that period as currency, a standard of value for currencies throughout the planet, jewelry of kings, engagement
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