Sotheby’s Hong Kong recently announced the display of an extremely rare 72 carat pear shaped white diamond. Weighing in at an astonishing 72.22 carats, this is the largest flawless D-color pear shaped diamond to appear in auction in Asia. The diamond is estimated to be worth $9.5 - 12.5 million. The diamond [...]

Above: Aquamarine earrings. Click on the photo to go to the listing for these earrings. Lava Jewelry is prepared for those March birthdays, with pretty light blue aquamarine jewelry in stock. Aquamarine is the light blue variety of the mineral beryl. It is closely related to emerald, which is the green variety of beryl. The blue color [...]

Anne Rush of The Savvy Designer shares her fascinating chat with fellow designer Fernanda Medina, in this peek inside the professional jewelry design world.

When was the last time you strolled along California Street and climbed the steps of Mason? Or, if you don’t live in our fair city of San Francisco, when have you last enjoyed the nostalgic architecture of those neighborhoods built around the turn of twentieth century? Do you notice that bricks are no [...]

I finally have gotten the pictures done for the zig zag design! The first picture is kind of fuzzy, so please bare with it, but the rest turned out well. I started with just an overhand knot, then made a square knot to show you from there how to make the zig zag design. I am only [...]

Each of us is drawn to our favorite things, a collection that defines who we are and makes us unique. We prefer certain colors, identify with distinctive shapes and place value on bright and shiny things. Some may even verge on a certain aesthetic addiction- an all-black wardrobe, complete households of minimalist [...]

Gold-filled seems to be one of the metals that most people know little about. It is gaining in popularity with the ever-increasing price of metal, so I would like to shed a little light on this useful and attractive metal. Gold-filled is different from gold-plated, both in the way it is produced, and in its gold [...]

John S. Brana- Distinctive Jewelry has signed Karri Ann Frerichs, Altitude Promotions, as its San Francisco wholesale representative and press contact. Karri Ann launched Altitude Promotions in 2007 with the purpose to represent talented designers to the buying community and to increase the fashion industry’s awareness and appreciation of the local talent working right [...]

Dawn Woodward revamped her online jewelry marketing plan when traffic started pouring in as a result of an article she submitted to another website.

Creating Crystal Jewelry with Swarovski: 65 Sparkling Designs with Crystal Beads and Stones by Laura McCabe is filled with beautiful pictures of seed bead and Swarovski crystal jewelry, along with what look like detailed instructions to make each piece. If you’ve seen Laura’s beadwork and are familiar with her style, what she’s done with Swarovski crystal [...]