How are you communicating colours to your customers in ways that appeal? With the seemingly unending array of coloured gemstones rising in popularity, it’s easy to get lost in the technical properties of a gem, when all the customer really wants to know is...
The 4 C’s, T and O of Natural Color Gems With the growth of the internet diamond consumer, the parlance of the 4 C’s of diamonds is becoming more commonplace. There is however a little less clarity when it comes to assessing color gemstones. Thanks to the many...
Ruby Sizes and Weights One of the most useful tools a jeweller can have when designing jewellery is an idea of what different size rubies weigh. The chart below is an easy way to reference what a ruby weighs in different sizes and shapes. This information together...
As you will know from our previous post, Sapphires come in a whole rainbow of colours, and anything that is not a blue sapphire, or red ruby for that matter in corundum, is categorised as a fancy coloured sapphire. The colour spectrum sapphires come in falls into 4...
When you are buying loose coloured diamonds or a coloured diamond ring – no matter where you buy it from; at home, abroad on holiday, in a jewellery store, online or direct from a gemstone dealer – you need to make sure you get a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) to...
Gem Reports and Labs When working with coloured gemstones and diamonds, today more than ever, it is important to be able to have the stones independently evaluated. Here is where the Principally to tell you if the stones have undergone any treatments that may affect...
Fancy Coloured Diamonds In the previous section we looked at Emeralds, now we turn to Fancy Coloured Diamonds. The diamond is considered to be the ultimate precious gemstone for many consumers. It is carbon, stable, and one of the hardest substances known to man....
Emeralds Emerald is a member of the Beryl family and is given its green hues primarily by chromium in the stone. Emeralds are one of the more highly included of the precious stones. For this reason, consistent strength of the stones can be an issue and they should be...
Sapphire In the last section of the gemstone guide, we took a look at Rubies. This section of the Gemstone Guide gets a bit more technical as we take a closer look at sapphires The sapphire is also a member of the corundum family, and in general any corundum that is...
Ruby This page offers all the essential information you need about rubies. What they are, where they come from and what to look for when buying rubies. For more information, you can always jump back to The Ruby Hub. Rubies have been one of the most sought-after and...
In the last section of the gemstone guide, we introduced the notion of coloured gemstones and diamonds. Now we start to look at the differences between them.  While coloured stones have been used extensively throughout history, in recent decades gemstone sales have...
A story that was covered in this week’s Thank TheGemBank it’s Friday was “Rapaport Calls Diamond Overgrading “Significant Threat” to Industry – and it poses the question; can diamond dealers and retailers be trusted to sell honestly...
I hope you have a Happy Holiday and a Wonderful 2014. I look forward to working with you in the new year. Best regards Richard, Gaetane, Francoise and Dan. International Gemstones | London Major Trading | Geneva
I wrote this blog 2 years ago, I find it as relevant today as it was then. Please let me know if your business is suffering from “the Amazon Effect” and how you are dealing with it. Some might say that the family jeweller is a dying breed because the...
To all our friends We wish you a wonderful holiday season. May 2013 be filled with Health Happiness and Prosperity. I would like to thank all of you who we have had the pleasure of working with over the last year. Best wishes Richard and everyone at International...
Spread the love all year. Many businesses right now are breathing a sigh of relief that the big Christmas dash is out of the way and most are already starting to look forward and plan for next Christmas, and who could blame them, after all the Yule season is where...
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