The delay in posts has been due to my recent trip out to southern California for my Colored Stones Grading lab class. It was a short and quick three days, all of which went by incredibly fast! I learned a lot and was lucky enough to be at the… Read More
Over at Frost Yourself, I gave some tips for stacking bracelets–wanted to share here as well! Check out my post over at Frost Yourself and be sure to follow the jewelry blog for fun reads! “Stackable jewelry continues to be a big hit and will stay that… Read More
My trip to the Carlsbad campus to take my Diamond Grading Lab class at GIA was so much fun! It included five long & intense days of learning, applying, looking at diamonds and studying. The class was the largest GIA had ever taught at once–which meant we… Read More
“The earliest diamond color grading system was based on India’s ancient class structure. Each class was limited to owning a particular diamond color.” Priests and rulers……………………white diamonds Landowners and warriors………..brown diamonds Merchants…………………………….yellow diamonds Lower class……………………………black diamonds {GIA.edu}… Read More
I am officially half way through my GIA Diamonds courses, on the road to becoming a Graduate Gemologist. You sort of know you are on the right path when you are extremely enthusiastic while reading 47 pages of cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral planes. This has been… Read More
image via Radio Netherlands I really enjoyed this informational video called Secret History of Diamonds, as seen on Hulu. It follows three different stories of people who found themselves becoming risk-takers for the love of diamonds. Some even… Read More
