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St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations

We’re just about a week away from one of the biggest party nights of the year, St. Patrick’s Day is a day filled with frolic and fun and green as far as the eye can see.  Party goers are clad from head toe – shoes, socks, pants, coats, hats and jewels in the color green [...]

What’s in a Name? Understanding Lab Created Gem Terminology

What’s in a name? Sometimes quite a bit. Although laymen may use the terms lab, created, simulated and synthetic indiscriminately when talking about gemstones, wholesale gem experts understand that while some of these terms are interchangeable, others can indicate distinct differences in composition or production that affect the quality of the gem being offered for [...]

Both Nature and Man Create Cubic Zirconia Look Alikes

Since the ability to create look alike gems in the laboratory, all that glitters in the jewelry case is not diamonds. It’s usually cubic zirconia, the popular manmade diamond and crystal gem look alike that can be created so flawlessly that your eye can’t distinguish it from Mother Nature’s handiwork. But even cubic zirconia has [...]

Cubic Zirconia Makes Holiday Jewelry Gift Affordable

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but it’s cubic zirconia that will ensure there’s a tiny, bow-bedecked jeweler’s box under the tree this holiday. Husbands, boyfriends and partners who traditionally give their special someone a jewelry gift to commemorate special occasions are choosing affordable jewelry elegantly set with white cubic zirconia diamonds and colored cubic [...]

Have You Seen PehnecGems New Video?

PehnecGems is proud to announce the launch of our new You Tube video. Catch the PehnecGems video above or on You Tube for a glimpse of our comprehensive selection of top-quality cubic zirconia and lab created gems. The No. 1 wholesale supplier of cubic zirconia and lab created gems, PehnecGems offers one of the Internet’s [...]

Why Artists Choose Loose Cubic Zirconia

Artists are using loose cubic zirconia and lab created gems to make a statement in their artwork. Similar to the “green” jewelry movement that uses only lab created gems that do not harm the earth or its citizens, eco art uses manmade rather than natural gems to make a statement about man’s relationship to his environment.
One [...]

Napoleon Returns Gems to Popularity

Natural gems and precious metals have been used throughout human history to indicate wealth and importance and as an expression of esteem and love. Trends have come and gone, influenced by human skill, geography, economics and sometimes by the personal fancies of an extraordinarily influential individual. Today, we continue our march through Jewelry Trends Through [...]

Jewelry Trends Through the Ages

Through the ages, jewelry has defined our relationships to each other and to our world. Trends have see-sawed back and forth from gold to silver, from flashy to discrete, from diamonds to colored gems. But the use of jewels as an adornment and an expression of love, wealth and esteem has remained constant.
For centuries precious metals [...]