Exhibition: Gemstone-set jewelry inspired by Karen Blixen
Exhibition: Gemstone-set jewelry inspired by Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen told in silver, pearls and diamonds
A special exhibition – Silver Tales
Currently on display until April 30,...
Photomicrography: Images from Within, by Sammantha Maclachlan
Photomicrography: Images from Within
Images by Sammantha Maclachlan
Sammantha Maclachlan FGA DGA FIRV MJVA AJP PJDIP CPAA - JVA Registered Valuer®ï¸
Winner of the Gordon Ness trophy...
In Memoriam – The Man Who Discovered Paraiba Tourmaline: Heitor Barbosa – Dead at...
In MemoriamThe Man Who Discovered Paraiba TourmalineHeitor Barbosa - Dead at 90
Brian CookNature's Geometry
Heitor Dimas Barbosa
30 May, 1933 - 23 September, 2023
The man credited...
Romance & Power – the Graff Infinity Tiara
Romance & Power - the Graff Infinity Tiara
By Nina Hald & Gary Roskin
Graff Diamonds may celebrate a classic, romantic feminine expression with colorless diamonds...
Small Stone, Small World
A chance encounter with the great great great great grand daughter ....
"It looks completely unbelievable," says Nicolas Zylberman, gemologist, gemological historian, and recent exhibitor...
What is a “Circular Brilliant”?
The Palm Tree BroochChristie's Auction, Dec. 6
Gary Roskin -Roskin Gem News Report -December 07, 2022 -
The Palm Tree Brooch, a Cartier estate piece, was...
Color Enhancement in Ruby has SGL Seeing Red
Color Enhancement in Ruby has SGL Seeing Red
by Bear Williams, Stone Group Labs (SGL)
RUBIES are typically sent into professional gem labs for Identification...
Truly Magnificent: the Estrela de FURA Ruby!
Truly Magnificent: the Estrela de FURA Ruby!
What happened on Thursday morning at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels auction in New York was nothing less than spectacular....
A Personal Flight: Peridot from Space
by Rick StinsonThe "New" 4 Billion-Year-Old Gem
Peridot From A Pallasite Meteorite
Pallasite meteorites have been known since the German naturalist Peter Pallas (1741–1811), who studied in...
An Unusual Pearl: Coated or Not?
Roskin Gem News ReportGary Roskin
Conch Pearl: Coated, or not?
Identification of pearl coatings can be a bit tricky, especially if the coating has been performed...
Tucson Treasure
It was my first trip to the Tucson gems and minerals shows. Like many who venture into Tucson the first week of February, it...
Natural vs. Synthetic Diamonds
Natural vs. Synthetic Diamonds
What was once considered impossible is now a reality; Synthetic gem quality diamonds are here! They are affordable, and they are...
