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Friday, June 5, 2015

Jewelry Hints, Tips and Tricks: How Should I Clean My Gemstones?

Know what is safe for your jewelry!


Some gemstones are very hard and others are quite soft. This means that while exposing one to heat may be perfectly fine, others can become not only damaged but destroyed by the same treatment.


Friday, August 22, 2014

Kokichi Mikimoto: The "Father" of the Modern Cultured Pearl

Before the introduction of cultured pearls, the only ones available in the market were "wild caught." While these pearls were beautiful, it was very dangerous to dive for them and many of those that were collected were not useable or of a high enough grade that they would be seen as "desirable." 


Kokicichi Mikimoto surveys his work.