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Sotheby’s Hong Kong will host its autumn Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction next week, and the offering includes a contemporary fine jewelry collection from Chinese jeweler Anna Hu. Anna Hu always loved jewelry and gemstones but wanted to become a cellist. But because of a severe shoulder injury, she turned to her second love, jewelry. Five pieces have been commissioned…
Tourmaline comes in a wide variety of colors, more so than almost any other gemstone species. In fact many of the Tourmaline colors have inspired their own trade names. Rubellite is a name for pink, red, purplish red, orangy red, or brownish red tourmaline, although some in the trade argue that the term shouldn’t apply…
The history of the birthstone varies, generally thought to have started with the 12 gemstones of Aaron’s breastplate. It appears that it has been decided that the Carbunkle stone may refer to Ruby or Garnet, and Sardius may refer to Carnelian, and Ligure refers to Zircon or Quartz crystal. Someone decided to modernize these gemstones,…
Some months have gotten away from what was considered the “traditional” gemstone, and have additional stones for a certain month, and the reason is the popularity or particular color of the stone or its unusual qualities. Although I have a bit of difficulty with bloodstone being added to March, then again I found some beautiful…
Throughout history, there have been many myths and legends associated with birthstones. Many cultures have believed that birthstones have magical healing powers or bring good luck. Not all cultures have agreed on which stones correspond to which months, though, so you can find different lists of birthstones over the course of time. Today, most jewelers…
Summer is coming to a close even though it is hot hot hot here in Houston. As with all fashion, even jewelry has a season and presented here is the end of summer moving into fall jewelry. Marco Bicego is perfectly suited to high-summer dressing and the transitional pre-fall season’s minidresses and multilayered looks and hopefully,…
This is not about green the color of money, or green grass, or jealousy, or eco anything, it’s just about the heavenly color green. And it is more than just a color. In retail, if you ask customers what their favorite color is, nine times out of ten you will hear if not bleu then…
The jewelry industry seems to be concerned about finding a less damaging way to create jewelry, and give back to the communities who provide their materials. Apparently, jewelers are designing sustainable jewelry and have been for a while, but it is now being brought to the attention of the consumer. And what this means is…
JCK Magazine is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and to celebrate the occasion, they are speaking to various numbers of professionals in the industry on a variety of subjects. This week JCK interviewed Tom Chatham, chief executive officer of Chatham Created Gems & Diamonds. JCK: How long have you been in the jewelry industry, and…
Top three Female Executives in the Jewelry Business, names you will recognize if you are a jewelry aficionado. NADJA SWAROVSKI It’s amazing to see how the fashion-jewelry industry has truly evolved over the last 20 years, and I hope we’ve had a positive contribution. We took a big effort to get away from the term costume…