Saturday, March 12, 2011

"Tatiana" - Brazilian alexandrite engagement ring



Fit for a princess and perfect for an engagement, this  stunning white gold eternity ring comes with strong colour change natural Brazilian alexandrite's. Most  of alexandrite jewellery currently  available on the market are synthetic, marketed as "created alexandrite", and it's not easy to find genuine alexandrite ring.  Alexandrite's are not typical stones you will find in the jewellery, but they surely  make a beautiful match with classic engagement and eternity settings.



Saturday, February 05, 2011

Orchira Spring pearl jewellery collection


One of our favorite  fashion jewellery brand has launched its 2011 spring pearl jewellery collection with a wider range of  ideas to cater for gift  Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day shoppers. Orchira is planning to impress customers with  unique mixture of freshwater pearls and semi-precious coloured gems. The  25%-off discount code is JETAIME and redeemable only at Orchira website.

Monday, January 03, 2011

Precision-cut genuine calibrated gemstones

Since Switzerland-based Signity stopped  producing natural precision-cut gemstones, we were looking for the new source. and finally found one in Bangkok, Thailand. Signity was a joint venture between Swarovski and Golay Buchel, and actually was doing decent job with precision cutting, thanks to the Swarovski machines, although selection of natural stones was not that great.

Machine-cut precision calibrated gemstones facetted and graded to the most strict criteria of colour, clarity, size and shape, producing necessary  uniformity and consistency which can be used for manufacturing intricate piece of jewellery (with a lot of pave or invisible settings) or mass production of jewellery using  semi automatic equipment like CNC  machines.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Full Collar Swan Plumage Pearl Choker


Hand strung pure white biwa pearl choker  complimented with a silver ball clas,, Over a hundred of graduated 35mm long biwa pearl needles in this nekclace The purity of the white colour is bridal wear at its best, and the irregular needle like shapes secure a unique personality of this piece.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Orissa Alexandrites Ring

A beautiful one-of-a-kind gold ring custom made with an exceptional suite of Orissa alexandrites. The colour change of these gemstones from the depleted deposit is outstanding.

Friday, October 01, 2010

Hand Woven Virgin Hebi



An intricate, hand woven rope pearl necklac made of thousands of tiny white freshwater seed pearls. Seed pearl necklaces were in vogue from the year 1840, and it's look like they made a comeback at London and Paris catwalk shows.  These pearls usually come from freshwater lakes in China. Commonly off-round, rice shaped to baroque and slightly less symmetrical and smaller, these pearls offers good value for the price

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Madagascar Lemon Hunt


Travel to the gemstone rich mines at Andelamena of Madagascar to dig for ctirines. This mine is a one-stop shop for not just quartz crystal, but garnet, sapphires, rubies and more.  The new deposit is about 85 kilometers north of the village. Most of the sellers were either miners or middlemen who had walked there to sell rubies. Like most parts of Madagascar, there are no roads so walking or flying are the only options.

Travel to the gemstone rich mines at Andelamena of Madagascar to dig for ctirines. This mine is a one-stop shop for not just quartz crystal, but garnet, sapphires, rubies and more.  The new deposit is about 85 kilometers north of the village. Most of the sellers were either miners or middlemen who had walked there to sell rubies. Like most parts of Madagascar, there are no roads so walking or flying are the only options.



Citrine is joyous, warm and energizing gemstone . It is also one of the most affordable gems, thanks to the durability and availability of this golden quartz. Named from the French name for lemon, many citrines features a juicy lemon color. In ancient times, citrine was carried as a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Nostalgia at The Gemstone House - En cabochon Jewellery

A large Brazilan cabochone amethyst  is surrounded by all rainbow sapphires. The impressive size of the center stone and the combination of colors, polish, and shapes are what set this piece apart and make it so exciting. Large high quality cabochons are always a rarity and this 18k gold ring will be a pleasure to look at and wear.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Stone of protection against misfortune


The different coloured tourmaline gemstones can be used with the corresponding chakras so it is not surprising that in this day and age many people are drawn to tourmaline jewellery. Pink  coloured tourmalines promotes female balancem while green coloured tourmaline gems promotes male balance. Also,  tourmaline suppose to protect the wearer against  misfortune. 

Pictured, outstanding 12.4 cts strongly greenish blue eye clean tourmaline  cushion photographed at Multicolour.com lab  with white balance around 6700K.

Monday, June 07, 2010

Rare pearl and alexandrite necklace

Clasic double strand champagne pearl necklace with clasp encircled by natural alexandrites.