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I would love a dollar for every time I’ve been asked for a pink sapphire as a substitute for exorbitantly priced pink diamonds. I have compassion for the sapphires because…

Did you know garnets come in many colours and are not always red? I think garnets are the most underrated precious stone and I can't understand why. Even royal crowns are…

Ceylon Sapphire I know a mother is never meant to have favourites amongst her children, but I must admit that of all the gemstones I’ve worked with, the Ceylon Blue…

Cobalt Blue Spinel. Such an enigma! It’s neither purple nor blue. It tricks the eye in different lights. It’s Royal Blue, Indigo, and Imperial Purple. It is aristocratic, rare, and…

Did you know sapphires come in all colours except red? They are precious gemstones that belong to the mineral species corundum. It's a form of aluminium oxide that we call…