Stories, guides & care
Everything we know about choosing, styling and caring for fine jewelry — written by the people who make it.
Engagement Ring Styles & Setting Types: The Complete Guide
The complete expert guide to engagement ring styles and setting types: solitaire, halo, three-stone and more, plus prong, bezel, pavé and channel...
White Topaz vs Diamond: Sparkle, Durability & Value Compared
White topaz vs diamond, compared with a jeweler's eye: composition, hardness, refractive index and dispersion, durability, price, and how white topaz measures...
Topaz vs Citrine: How to Tell Them Apart
Topaz vs citrine: how the two golden November birthstones differ in mineral, hardness, color, price, and meaning, plus five practical ways to...
Citrine Engagement Rings: The Complete Buying Guide
A jeweler's complete guide to citrine engagement rings: whether citrine is durable enough, how to judge color and quality, heat treatment, the...
Citrine Meaning: Symbolism, History & Properties
Citrine meaning explained: the merchant's stone symbolism of abundance and joy, its history, colors, believed benefits, natural vs heat-treated citrine, and care.
Mystic Topaz: What It Is, Meaning, Value & Care
Mystic topaz explained by a jeweler: what it is, how the PVD rainbow coating is made, whether it's real, its names, meaning,...
November Birthstone: Topaz & Citrine Complete Guide
November's birthstones are topaz and citrine. The complete guide to their golden color, meaning and symbolism, history, how the two stones differ,...
Topaz Meaning: Colors, Symbolism & History
Topaz meaning explained: its symbolism of strength and clarity, every topaz color, blue topaz and London blue topaz, white topaz, durability, and...
Unique Ring Boxes for Proposals: The Complete Guide
Unique and unusual ring boxes for proposals: real geode crystal boxes and handmade leather book ring boxes, why they make unforgettable keepsakes,...
Geode Ring Boxes: The Complete Guide for Proposals
Geode ring boxes are real crystal-lined proposal boxes. What they are, how geodes form, our full and mini editions, how to choose...
Meteorite Wedding Bands: The Complete Guide
Meteorite wedding bands explained: what they're made of, the Widmanstätten pattern, whether they're real meteorite, if they rust, how to care for...
Damascus Steel Rings: History, Pattern & Durability
Damascus steel rings explained: what the metal really is, how the watery pattern is made, whether it rusts, how durable it is,...
