In this comprehensive article, the author discusses thevalue factors of colored gems in five parts. This article looks at the first two parts. Future issues of the Gem Market News will continue the discussion, looking…
*Free Featured ArticlesThe fascination of deep blue matrix speckled with golden colored pyrite flecks of lapis lazuli goes back several millennia, almost to the beginning of all civilizations.
*Gem Focus & Market Pulse (Free Subscriber)De Beers Group announces collaboration and with RDI Diamonds, New York; will be exclusive grader of Rare and Forever™ diamonds.
Diamond MarketThe new decade ushered in a renewed sense of optimism during Tucson. No major new gems to drive captivate buyers this year. Price changes in certain categories drove strong dealer to dealer trading and the…
Featured ArticlesTopaz is mostly known as an affordable blue stone, or even “poor man’s aquamarine,”
Market TrendsGems are broadly classified into three categories of cutting styles from traditional, fantasy, and precision. There are often debates as to how these cuts impact value and certainly, beauty. Better cuts will impact beauty and beauty will impact value. Cutters often have a story, and that story may include responsible sourcing, the cut, and the cutter and marketing these leads to better profit.
Featured ArticlesFor our series on innovators in jewelry design, GemGuide recently had the opportunity to speak with Eugenie Niarchos about her creative inspiration and, of course, her brand Venyx World.
Featured ArticlesRainbow Garnet: All Colors on Black.... Garnet group minerals are never short of marvels. There are more than twenty-four related species of garnets, ten of which are also known as gemstones. Structurally similar, gem garnets differ from…
*Gem Focus & Market Pulse (Free Subscriber)Fancy Zoisite: A collector’s mineral from Austria to a celebrated gem of Tanzania. The name saualpite for a collector’s mineral from Saualpe in Carinthia, Austria must have sounded strange to Professor A. G. Werner of…
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