The Lab Gem Supplier

The pint sized and darkly tanned Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, of Jersey Shore fame, has donned the hat of jewelry designer for the New Year.  Polizzi’s public introduction into the world of jewelry actually began on the last night of 2010 as she helped ring in the New Year while wearing the first piece of her collection.  [...]

After Christie’s New York auction last week, it seems fairly clear that pink is the hottest color of diamond available.  Right on the heels of Laurence Graff’s nearly fifty million dollar pink diamond purchase in the UK, another pink diamond created quite a stir in the US. This brilliant, rectangular cut gem in a setting [...]

Jewelry dealer Laurence Graff has topped his own record for the highest purchase price of a diamond at auction.  This purchase from Sotheby’s auction house nearly doubled the previous record of just over twenty four million dollars paid in 2008 for a 35+ carat blue diamond. Graff, who wasn’t even present at the auction and [...]

Sotheby’s announced earlier this week that an upcoming auction will feature what has been referred to as one of the world’s most desirable gems.  The ultra rare pink diamond is nearly twenty five carats and is estimated by auctioneers to bring anywhere from 27 to almost forty million dollars at the November 16th auction. Natural [...]

Natural pink diamonds from the Argyle diamond mine in Australia are very beautiful, very rare and very expensive.  Some of the most beautiful and desirable jewels in the world come out of this mine, but the scarcity of these gems makes them well out of the price range of all but the richest and most [...]

It seems to be human nature to want to imbue our world with meaning. Since the dawn of civilization, man has assigned certain traits to different colors. When we buy a piece of cubic zirconia jewelry for someone we care about, the color of the cz gem and what that color means to us play [...]

Some people are starting to sport teeth that are zirconia inside and out! A new breed of advanced ceramic dental crowns has been developed that uses zirconia crystal instead of metal for the crown’s core. The zirconia is strong enough to withstand the pressures of chewing and provides improved appearance over previous dental crown materials. [...]

Pink cubic zirconia became a hot item last year, and its popularity continues to grow this year. Wholesale sales of loose pink cubic zirconia to jewelry makers and manufacturers has been sizzling in preparation for Valentine’s Day sales. This year, beautiful pink cubic zirconia gems are shouldering aside rich red lab-created rubies for attention in [...]

New Year’s Eve fashions call for some serious bling. After the disastrous year that was 2009, it’s time to look toward a happier, healthier and wealthier 2010. Glamming up your New Year’s Eve attire with some glittering jewels is one way to show your confidence that 2010 will be a far more prosperous year — particularly when [...]

Every year in February, Tucson, Arizona plays host to the world’s largest gem and mineral show in the world. With more than 40 major gem shows occurring simultaneously all over the city, every square inch of space from huge convention centers to cramped hotel rooms and even parking lots is devoted to the buying and [...]