The Lab Gem Supplier

The mineral corundum has two more famous names – ruby and sapphire. It’s interesting that the colors don’t seem to be similar yet they come from the same rock, so to speak. When it comes to choosing a gift of jewelry it can be difficult to choose the between the red and blue version of [...]

Christmas comes but once a year, so the saying goes, and the kids can’t wait until the morning when the presents get opened and the fun begins. The holiday is a lot of work for mom and dad and the actual day is almost anticlimactic for them. All the hustle and bustle of shopping for [...]

It’s undoubtedly important to be able to perform at a functional level in any business.  The real craftsman wants his precise attention to detail in his finished product to be evident at a glance and more impressive at close inspection though. Great sculptors, painters and all other artists want their final work to be a [...]

The ruby is one of the four precious gemstones, along with diamonds, sapphires and emeralds. Only the diamond in this group is harder than the ruby. Its name comes from the Latin word which means red. Rubies do have some imperfections or inclusions but their beauty has made them very popular through the ages. The [...]

The baseball post season has already seen a couple of champagne spraying celebrations and with extra playoff rounds there are a few more to go before the season ends. Then it will be near to another time for champagne – the New Year’s Eve celebration. That night and weddings are probably the two most popular [...]

The vibrant, bold color of the ruby makes it the perfect accent for a wide variety of summer styles. Unfortunately large natural rubies can be very hard to come by and are very expensive. That doesn’t necessarily preclude those who want to express themselves with bright and bold red jewelry from doing so affordably though. [...]

Last year saw a major resurgence in bright, bold, colorful jewelry on fashion runways and celebrities quickly picked up the trend.  As the weather outside starts to get warmer there have already been plenty of celebrities donning beautifully bright and bold accessories in what is sure to be one of the biggest trends of the [...]

With the dramatic increase in popularity of jewelry with bold, brilliant and beautiful colors and the fact that July is just around the corner – you can expect to see plenty of July’s birthstone gracing the necks, fingers and ears of jewelry wearers this Summer. July’s modern birthstone is the ruby and you don’t get [...]

What could be more beautiful on a wedding day than a perfectly flawless, classic cut diamond in a gold or platinum setting?  Well according to the recent trends in wedding jewelry, a lot of things.  More and more brides are changing things up with their engagement and wedding bands by making the diamond a co-star [...]

Donald Trump’s famous daughter has a high end line of jewelry with price points geared toward shoppers with deep pockets.  The price tags on Ivanka’s line range from just under $1000 to upwards of $100,000 each, all but eliminating anyone but people with as much money as her family from owning the more expensive pieces, [...]