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Birthday Gifts that are Meant to be Special

The birthday is rapidly becoming the second most important shopping time of the year after Christmas. In today’s economy it is getting more and more difficult to justify the expense in a fine crafted piece of jewelry for anything less than an engagement or marriage though. This problem with finding a perfect gift to fit [...]

Royal Engagement Could Spell Success for Jewelers

The ring that took the jewelry world by storm nearly three decades ago is once again causing designers to get busy.  In 1981 Prince Charles used an incredible 18 carat sapphire, set in white gold, to ask for Diana’s hand in marriage and now her son has proposed to his long time girlfriend with that [...]

September Birthstones Sparkle

Most people associate the beginning of September with the final days of Summer and the return to the regular daily grind of the school year, but the month of September also has some significance in the fashion world.  The birthstone for September is the sapphire; which is bold, beautiful and can act as the perfect [...]

Celebrating 35 Years with a Stunning New Collection

Larry Jewelry, which has now been a fine jewelry fixture in Singapore for the last thirty five years, is marking their anniversary with a stunning new collection.  With remarkably beautiful pieces like “Waterfall,” which contains 68 incredible sea pearls and thirty six flawless round diamonds and “Hanging Wisteria,” with 227 tiny round diamond pieces and [...]

Lab Created Gems Fast Track Mother Nature

Lab created gems have the same optical, physical and chemical properties as natural gems. In fact, lab created gems are strictly regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In order to be labeled lab created, lab grown or synthetic, all synonymous terms according to the FTC, lab gems must have “essentially the same optical, physical, [...]

Alluring Blue Sapphire Is September Birthstone

September’s birthstone is the exquisite blue sapphire. Highly prized from ancient times, the name “Sapphire” derives from the Greek “sapphiros,” meaning beloved of Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture and fertility. Ancient peoples believed that the deep blue sky was  reflected from an enormous sapphire upon which the gods had placed the earth. A symbol of wisdom, [...]

Five Tips for Selecting Lab Created Gems

As beautiful as the diamonds, sapphires and rubies found in nature, lab created gems are selected for the same qualities as their natural counterparts. There are five primary characteristics that should be considered when selecting wholesale cubic zirconia and lab created gems: Color is a primary factor in selecting lab created gems. Wholesale cubic zirconia [...]

Lab Created Blue Sapphires

Many people consider man-made sapphires to be superior because they can be manufactured to be nearly flawless, which is very hard to find in nature. The color can also be enhanced in simulated sapphires, making for an extraordinary deep and rich blue hue. Faux sapphires are popular because blue is many people’s favorite color. Sapphire [...]