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If your diamond was purchased in 1970, and it was a D color, and flawless, and weighed 1.00 carat, you probably paid around $3500.00 for it. If you purchased that same diamond in 1980, you would have paid $63,000.00 for it.
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Today’s featured Etsy shop is Katrin Lerman Jewelry, a shop featuring handmade jewelry.
Each piece is created entirely by using sterling silver wire and high quality genuine gemstones. First, I create the desired shape/shell for a piece out of thick sterling silver wire. Then I string on the gemstones and wrap the entire piece with [...]
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Oryx - The Inflight Magazine of Qatar Airways - January 2008
Style Resolutions
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The results of my poll show that I have a very diverse group of readers visiting my blog. The most interest seems to be in my features of Etsy shops. So for those people… I have another feature lined up for next Monday.
For those interested in metal, I plan to write about goldfill soon.
And for [...]
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Today’s gemstone of the day is another pretty pink gem: rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite gets its name from the Greek, meaning “rose colored.” It is a manganese carbonate mineral with a hardness of only about 3.5-4 on Moh’s scale. Rhodochrosite forms by the oxidation of manganese-bearing ores in a carbonate environment (for example, stalagmites and stalactites in [...]
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Today’s featured Etsy shop is byapryl, a shop featuring sculptures of trees out of wire and accented with gemstone “leaves”. Her work ranges from small birthstone trees and ornaments to more elaborate trees for use a cake tops and centerpieces for weddings and anniversaries.
I asked Apryl a few questions about herself and her work.
Tell me [...]
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The perplexity of the mysterious red glow emitted by the hope diamond has recently been explained. The famed Hope Diamond, a 45.52 carat deep-blue diamond housed in the Smithsonian Museum, has been long viewed as a cursed gemstone. It was believed the diamond was stolen from the eye of a sculpted idol of [...]
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Chopard’s Chopardissimo ring is my hot holiday pick of the day.…and I am truly in LOVE! When I saw this ring come into our store I actually gasped! Not only is it in my new favorite gold color, rose gold, but it is Chopard…which says it all, this ring is simple and chic with [...]
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