A Short Walk through the World of Garnets

Jan 26, 2023 | Gemstones

One of the world’s most beloved gemstones, garnet has a long lineage and a somewhat unruly family tree.  Because the garnet group is so diverse, gem garnets come in almost every color.  Let’s take a walk through the world of garnets and see how dazzling they can be....

Is Pink the Navy Blue of India?

May 31, 2021 | Designing Eye, Gemstones

“I adore Pink; it’s the Navy Blue of India,”… …revered Vogue editor Diana Vreeland exclaimed excited by the photographs taken in India by photographer Norman Parkinson. I suspect she meant just as navy blue is a classic color element in...

50 Shades of Red

Mar 5, 2015 | Gemstones

Rhodolite Garnet 15.11 caratsOrigin: Tanzania15.83×12.62×8.91 mm oval A garnet…what do you see – bursting pomegranates…flames of crimson cabernet encircling your glass? Garnet comes from the Latin word Granatum referring to the red seeds of...

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