Showing posts with label Gems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gems. Show all posts
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Of blog posts past

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Yes, I'm still here, just melted to the chair.  The cat is fine, busy poking more holes in the curtains. As my Dad would have said, ...
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Monday, April 09, 2012

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For something I have such a passion for, I'm constantly amazed at how little I know about gems, precious and semi-precious. Tak...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

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 Lucky Rio Tinto, with all of W.A. to plough around in, it manages to find this 12.76 carat pink diamond. The largest of the rare and prec...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Still glassing

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Fashion designer Donna Karan is giving luxury consumers a version of her Golden Delicious fragrance, at a price, a wow price. The perfu...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Still voyaging with VC&A

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Let's hope this removes that horrible post about blubber. From the top, a matching necklace to the Stromboli earri...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Wedding present.

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Van Cleef & Arpels again and Princess Charlene of Monaco wearing the Ocean Necklace. It's made of diamonds and graduated coloured s...
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Van Cleef & Arpels

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Van Cleef & Arpels and the books of Jules Verne, come together in the Extraordinary Voyages collection. From Twenty Thousand Leagues...
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Saturday, June 04, 2011

The American Gem Trade Association 2011

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This year I only have four favourites out of all the categories and only one in first place. The pendant/brooch could only rate an Honorabl...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Tiara time again, donate to my fund.

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Anyone got a coin purse with a 1.5 million pounds in it? This little sweetheart is up for auction next month. The tiara has 13 saltwater pe...
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Monday, March 28, 2011

Now for Easter

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SOTHEBY'S WILL SELL THE MOST VALUABLE EMERALD AND DIAMOND TIARA TO HAVE APPEARED AT AUCTION IN OVER 30 YEARS IN ITS SALE OF MAGNIFICENT...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Jewells for No-one

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Plique-a-jour dragonfly with a few diamonds, aquamarine and gold. Another dragonfly but with rubies and gold. And just one more, diamonds,...
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I'm trying to ignore the earthquake in the room

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Somehow I'm often disappointed in how Argyle Pink diamonds are set but here I think they got it right. This is the Shalimar Ring which...
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Saturday, March 05, 2011

I couldn't find the bloke.

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But I did find a bit o' bling to go with the clutch. I'm a sucker for teardrop shape gems but the Rose of Dubai diamond is quite sw...
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All I need is a party.

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And the shoes to go with this but I can't think of one bloke that would come up to this standard. The legendary house of Mouawad (rememb...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

To be in London now!

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A long visit to the Natural History Museum's Vault and a lot of drooling over this sweet dream. It's large, just the right size to r...
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Friday, January 07, 2011

The secret life of pearls.

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I've been enjoying a book called "Jewells, a secret history" by Victoria Finlay. I thought it might be a bit dry but it's...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Diamond Man

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Laurence Graff has done it again and bought this 24.78 carat "fancy intense pink" diamond which he named "The Graff Pink...
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Monday, September 06, 2010

And now for some education

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That sweet pendant is mine, all mine. Only tiny but a lovely ammonite fossil with a mother of pearl flower. Ammonite fossils are all over t...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Just another eBil lesson

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A synthetic stone is not a fake. Synthetic describes a gem made in a laboratory which has the same basic chemical composition and similar ...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

eBil lesson No. 4

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The lovely Amethyst of all shades, shapes and sizes. This one is 32 carats, cut in the Portuguese style and synthetic. The deeper shading...
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