Gemstone Guides
Every Journal guide filed under gemstone guides: comparisons, buying advice and care notes from the people who make the rings.
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Gemstone GuidesNewRutilated Quartz Meaning, Properties, Colors and Value
Rutilated quartz explained: the rutile needles and their colors, the black-needle confusion with tourmalinated quartz, the real history behind Venus' hair stone, and how...
Gemstone GuidesNewBlue Goldstone Meaning: Symbolism, History and Properties
Blue goldstone is man-made glass with copper crystals, sold as blue sandstone. Its meaning, Venetian history, hardness and care, and how it compares with...
Gemstone GuidesThe Faelight Cut: Fantasy Cut Sapphire, Topaz and Ametrine Explained
Aquamarise's Faelight Cut explained: how concave starburst grooves make lab sapphire, topaz and ametrine glow, where fantasy and star cuts come from, the seven...
Gemstone GuidesEmerald Meaning: Symbolism, History, and the Gemology Behind the Green
The green of growing things. What emerald has symbolized for six thousand years — and the gemology behind it: color science, the jardin, world...
Gemstone GuidesOpal Meaning: Symbolism, History and What Each Color Stands For
Opal has stood for hope, purity and truth for two thousand years. This guide covers its symbolism, its history, the bad-luck myth, meaning by...
Gemstone GuidesAlexandrite Meaning: Symbolism, History & the Color-Change Effect
Alexandrite means transformation, and the symbolism is literal — green by day, red by lamplight. Its 1830 Russian discovery, why the color change is...
Gemstone GuidesAquamarine Meaning: Symbolism, History & Properties
What aquamarine means and where the symbolism came from — the Latin name, the documented medieval lore, why it is the same mineral as...
Gemstone GuidesAmethyst Meaning: Symbolism, History & Spiritual Properties
What amethyst really means — the Greek root, the Bacchus myth that was actually invented in 1576, bishops' rings and the Apostles at Pentecost,...
Gemstone GuidesSapphire Stone: The Complete Guide to Colors, Quality, Origins, Value and Care
What sapphire is, how trace elements create every color, how blue is graded, Kashmir to Montana origins, heat treatment and lab-grown, what sapphire is...
Gemstone GuidesEmerald Stone: The Complete Guide to Color, Clarity, Value, Origins and Care
What emerald is, why its green is rare, the jardin and clarity treatments, Colombian vs Zambian origins, how much emerald is worth per carat,...
Gemstone GuidesAquamarine Stone: The Complete Guide to Color, Quality, Value and Care
What aquamarine is, the Santa Maria blue, heat treatment, quality factors, price per carat, world sources, the Dom Pedro, durability, natural vs lab-created, the...
Gemstone GuidesAlexandrite Stone: The Complete Guide to the Color-Changing Gemstone
What alexandrite is, why it changes from green to red, how it is graded and priced per carat, natural vs lab-grown vs imitation, the...
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