Tag: #jewelryblogger
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Conflicted about Diamonds
I love diamonds. If I’m honest, they’re my favorite gemstone. For me, nothing sparkles quite like a diamond. As a gemologist, of course I appreciate many gemstone varieties and I am fascinated by the complex chemistries of many gem species. But the simple way that one atom, Carbon, combines in a simple cubic structure to…
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Wishful Weekends- Maine
Summer is unofficially over as we are now past Labor Day but I wanted to share one last wishful weekend in the northeast. As I’ve said before, I’m not a huge fan of winter, but it’s funny that many of us have this great buildup of anticipation for summer, but then once it gets here…
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Wishful Weekends- Burlington, VT
Travel is something that I have always enjoyed. Well, I enjoy being other places, the flying/driving/navigating isn’t necessarily my favorite. I had a job assignment once that was 80% travel and that was fun and fit my type A personality. It was travel, but we went to the same location for 4-5 weeks in a…
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Auction Favorites- Christie’s July 2020
Tomorrow, Christie’s is holding it’s the first of its biannual Magnificent Jewels auction’s in New York and I am so excited! Magnificent Jewels is my favorite jewelry auction because the offerings are always over the top. People ask me why I enjoy looking at auction results and I think it boils down to three things:…
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Pink Diamonds
The world’s only reliable source for pink diamonds, the Argyle mine in Western Australia, is scheduled to close this year. Since 1983 the mine has produced 90% of the world’s supply of pink diamonds along with some amazing blue, violet and red stones. What will the world be like once pink diamonds from Australia become…