Learn about morganite's durability and how to care for your morganite jewelry.

Learn about the factors that make moonstone so desirable.

了解锆石如此受欢迎的原因。

Zircon occurs in an array of colors. Its wide and varied palette of yellow, green, red, reddish brown, and blue hues makes it a favorite among collectors as well as informed consumers.

Learn about Zircon's durability and how to care for your Zircon jewelry.

Learn about the factors that make rose quartz so desirable.

Rose quartz jewelry was known to be crafted by the Assyrians around 800-600 BC. The Assyrians, along with the Romans, might have been the first to use this stone.

Rose quartz is one of the many quartz varieties used as a gem material. It gets its name from its delicate pink color, which ranges from very light (almost white) to medium-dark.

“奥德赛太阳石”系列的最后一期介绍了太阳石山矿（一个拥有大量壮观的绿色和双色宝石的新矿址）。

Lush blue velvet. Rich royal purple. Exotic tanzanite is found in only one place on earth, near majestic Kilimanjaro

Tanzanite is relatively new to the colored stone galaxy. Almost overnight, tanzanite was popular with leading jewelry designers and other gem professionals, as well as with customers who had an eye for beautiful and unusual gems.

According to Hindu mythology, moonstone is made of solidified moonbeams.

Learn about ametrine's durability and how to care for your ametrine jewelry.

Transparent, bicolored quartz with the colors of both amethyst and citrine in the same gem is called ametrine or amethyst-citrine.

The world’s only commercial source of ametrine is the Anahi mine in southeastern Bolivia. Legend has it that a Spanish conquistador discovered the mine’s location in the 1600s and introduced the gem to Europeans when he presented several specimens to his queen.

A review of Diamonds: An Early History of the King of Gems by Jack Ogden.

Review of Figures & Faces: The Art of Jewelry by Patrick Mauriès and Évelyne Possémé

Review of Geology: A Very Short Introduction by Jan Zalasiewicz.

Review of Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present by John Boardman and Claudia Wagner.

Review of Symphony of Jewels: Anna Hu Opus 2 by Janet Zapata with Sarah Davis.