
Emerald History and Lore
Emerald’s lush green has soothed souls and excited imaginations since antiquity.


Opal History and Lore
Writers have compared opals to volcanoes, galaxies, and fireworks. Admirers gave extraordinary opals poetic names like Pandora, Light of the World, and Empress.

Emerald Description
Emerald is the green to greenish blue variety of beryl, a mineral species that also includes aquamarine as well as beryls in other colors.

Citrine History and Lore
Natural citrine is rare, and today most citrine quartz is the result of heat treatment of amethyst quartz. Even so, gems from the Victorian era have surfaced, and it’s not hard to imagine that citrine was treasured even in earlier times.

Emerald Journey
Emerald is the green to greenish blue variety of beryl, a mineral species that also includes aquamarine as well as beryls in other colors.

Sapphire History and Lore
Traditionally, sapphire symbolizes nobility, truth, sincerity, and faithfulness.

Topaz Description
Topaz actually has an exceptionally wide color range that, besides brown, includes various tones and saturations of blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple. Colorless topaz is plentiful, and is often treated to give it a blue color

Topaz History and Lore
Most authorities agree that the name topaz comes from Topazios, the old Greek name for a small island in the Red Sea, now called Zabargad. (The island never produced topaz, but it was once a source of peridot, which was confused with topaz before the development of modern mineralogy.)

Tourmaline Care and Cleaning Guide
Learn about tourmaline's durability and how to care for your tourmaline jewelry.



Pearl History and Lore
People have coveted natural pearls as symbols of wealth and status for thousands of years.

Pearl Journey
Perfect shining spheres. Lustrous baroque forms. Seductive strands, warm to the touch. Pearls are simply and purely organic

Peridot Description
Peridot is the gem variety of the mineral olivine. Its chemical composition includes iron and magnesium, and iron is the cause of its attractive yellowish green colors.

Peridot History and Lore
Peridot has always been associated with light. In fact, the Egyptians called it the “gem of the sun.”
Ruby Description

Ruby Care and Cleaning Guide
Learn about ruby's durability and how to care for your ruby jewelry.



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