The Lab Gem Supplier

Jewelry news isn’t always all about Low sales and lagging profits – every once in a while a story hits the news that has the general public laughing out loud.  Such was the case this past week when a jewelry retailer’s best friend – a golden retriever – gobbled up a 3 carat diamond that [...]

After too many months of poor sale to count, experts are predicting that the latter half of 2010 will show some improvement in the sales of natural diamonds.  While this is good news for ailing retailers whose business depends on diamond sales – it may not be the greatest news for shoppers.  Sure, the fact [...]

So far in 2010 we’ve seen a number of celebrities don the hat of jewelry designer as well and it seems as though the famous names attached to the designs are helping retailers to boost sales a bit in the rough waters of the economy.
In the few short months that have passed this year we’ve [...]

It’s nearly halfway through March, and the warm weather is holding in the Northeast giving residents even more hope that Spring is all but here.  Spring is a time for new beginnings: time for beautiful weather, beautiful flowers and almost more than any other time of year – beautiful engagement and wedding rings.
The warm weather [...]

The world’s most popular diamond stand in, cubic zirconia is the crystalline form of zirconium dioxide. Colorless, optically flawless and nearly as hard as diamonds, cubic zirconia gems are created under exacting conditions in the laboratory and grown into perfect cube-shaped columnar crystals. Loose cz diamonds are carefully cut in the same manner as natural diamonds and [...]

If you were a jeweler and could choose between using a natural diamond and a lab created cubic zirconia, why would you choose the synthetic gem over the real one? Cost, quality and size — the three main factors that drive the popularity of lab created and synthetic gems. The ability to create gems in [...]

Last year a California woman accused Jewelry Television of Knoxville, Tennessee of fraudulent advertising and misrepresentation in selling treated gems without full disclosure. According to an online article posted on National Jeweler, the $5 million class action suit sought to recover money spent by thousands of cable shoppers who believed they were purchasing “highly-coveted, extremely [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 and [...]