Colored Jewelry

The Engagement Ruby Ring

The engagement ruby ring is one of those unusual pieces of jewelry that seems quite out of the ordinary when it comes to bridal jewelry. When most people think of engagement rings, they think of diamonds and not the other precious stones like Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire. This would be a mistake because although no [...]

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How Chocolate Diamonds Became Popular

Chocolate diamonds have been in vogue for the past 5 years now and was popularized by the promotion of brown colored diamonds to precious stone status. Prevously, about a decade ago, no one looked at champage, cognac and brown colored diamonds. They were considered non gem material and highly flawed. Today that has changed with [...]

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How The Pink Diamond Ring Became Popular

The pink diamond is one of the most popular types of colored diamonds available today. Its popularity stems from the multimillion dollar pink diamond engagement rings that have graced the red carpet by many celebrity brides to be. The most famous one of course is Jennifer Lopez who received a huge square pink diamond engagement [...]

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Tanzanite Ring Guide

As far as popular blue gemstones go, tanzanite second only to blue sapphire is very well known in the Western world. It is often termed as a semi precious gemstone which is a bit of a misnomer because a nice quality tanzanite ring with just a few carats of tanzanite as a center stone can [...]

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Aquamarine Engagement Rings

Aquamarine engagement rings are a great choice whether you are getting engaged for the first time or not. Normally you see this sea foam blue green member of the beryl family of gemstones (which also includes emerald) in cocktail gemstone rings or birthstone rings. Do not be afraid of using this great gemstone as your [...]

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The Rare Beauty Of Pink Diamonds

Most people have been educated to look for diamonds with little or no color. When you go to the bridal section of a jewelry store the first thing they want to show you is the color range chart from D-Z. They explain the colorless and near colorless range in great detail so most diamond shoppers [...]

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How Zambian Emeralds Changed The Look Of Emerald Jewelry

Emeralds have always been a mixed bag when it comes to jewelry. Emerald is one of the few precious stones that are expected to contain wisps, tiny fractures and fissures in the affordable quality and so most consumers had to accept that their emeralds would always have a multitude of inclusions. However, today many consumers [...]

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The Beauty of The Emerald Cut In Emerald Rings

Emerald has been known in the ancient world as the greenest of green stones. It was a revered gem in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and India. In fact Cleopatra was famous for wearing emeralds as much as Elizabeth Taylor was known for wearing some of the most collectible diamonds ever to come to market. The [...]

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The Incredible Variety and Allure of Pearl Rings

Pearls are some of the most versatile gems around. They come in myriad qualities, colors, shapes and sizes. What’s there not to like about pearls? Although technically an organic gem, pearls have a more feminine appeal then fossil gems and can be worked into most any design. The range of qualities is so vast in [...]

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Pink Rings – There’s A Pink Gemstone For Every Finger

You would be hard pressed to find a woman or girl that did not like pink as a fashion color. Pink rings have to be up there as women’s’ all time favorite fun jewelry. Many years ago pink jewelry took off as a fashion statement when every woman started wearing pink ice rings. Women no [...]

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Tanzanite Earrings Light Up A Woman's Face

Tanzanite earrings are a popular choice for gemstone earrings because the color is a pretty violet that is a bit more feminine than the inky dark sapphire. the color goes well with casual wear whether it be with denims or brief summer dresses. It is a playful color that invites all sorts of accessorizing and [...]

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The Tanzanite Ring – A Historical Perspective

A tanzanite ring is the most popular type of blue stone ring second to blue topaz and blue sapphire. Although technically not a precious stone, its beauty and color signify its entry into the world of big and expensive colored gemstone rings. Its deep velvety violet color is a natural match for the sparkle of [...]

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Why Women Love Tanzanite Rings

Tanzanite has been a popular gemstone in the US for the last 15 years or so. It is a velvety bluish purplish stone that is trichroic, meaning it will show 3 different colors from 3 different angles. Sometimes it appears more bluish and at other more purplish. Tanzanite comes in all amnner of sizes and [...]

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Titanium Jewelry – The New Couture Jewelry With a Dash of Color

Space age metals are showing their stylish side in jewelry items crafted out of titanium and other exotic metals that were previously considered high tech industrial. Check out these titanium earrings to the right with a section that has been anodized red. This metal is very well suited for jewelry and especially earrings because it [...]

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