Famous Rubies – July Birthstone
Natural rubies, incredibly precious and truly impressionable, are a rare find as is, but when we come across a large flawless one history generally take note. We are going to take a look at some of the world famous rubies…
Ruby Buying Guide | Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers
As Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers welcomes in the beautiful month of July, we want to share a ruby buying guide. Although completely different in appearance, the ruby shares many similarities with a diamond. One, is the hardness. While the diamond ranks in…
Pearl Buying Occasions | Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers
Pearls, the birthstone of June, warrants many opportunities to gift these incredibly stunning organic gemstones. At Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers, we explore the origins of pearl buying occasions. As one of human civilizations longest luster, pearls have a long and storied past…
World Famous Rubies – An SK Exploration
In our Schwanke-Kasten Explores the World of Gemstones: Rubies article we explored some basics about this gorgeous gemstone including its’ range of colors, its chemical composition, and a bit of history. Now we will look at some world famous rubies….
Peridot Jewelry – World of Gemstones
When most people think green jewelry, their minds first think of emeralds. However, emeralds are not the only gems the shine in colors of green! Peridot jewelry contains a vivid green with a slight hint of gold. It is a…
Tourmaline Jewelry – World of Gemstones
According to an Egyptian legend, tourmaline made a long journey up from the center of the Earth and, while doing so, passed over a rainbow. This caused tourmaline jewelry to assume all the colors of the rainbow. To this day,…
Garnet Jewelry – World of Gemstones
Garnet Jewelry make up one of the largest families in the world of gemstones. They vary in chemical make-up and can be found in variety of formations, clarities, and colors including: brown, red, orange, purple, green, and yellow. Jewelers love…
Aquamarine Jewelry – World of Gemstones
Aquamarine jewelry is a beautiful gemstone, drawing people all over the globe to its beautiful blue shades perfect for any eye or skin color. Aquamarine are expensive and rare. It’s a blue or cyan variety of beryl, and iron gives…
Amethyst Jewelry – World of Gemstones
The second in our series that explores the world of gemstones, is the beautiful amethyst, a member quartz family. Amethyst jewelry can exist in a range of purple hues. Amethyst was a coveted gem for thousands of years, and the Ancient…
Citrine Jewelry – World of Gemstones
Often confused with gold Topaz, citrine jewelry gemstones are transparent, pale yellow to brownish orange variety of quartz. It’s beautiful color and durability makes it the top-selling yellow-to-orange gem. Like all crystal quartzes, the citrine has a hardness of 7…
