If you're planning a holiday proposal or even if you're just planning a significant jewelry gift this season, this is your friendly...

HPHT Lab-Grown Rough Diamond crystal Natural Octahedral Diamond Crystal I have seen a lot of lab-grown diamonds lately, so I want to...

Here's something you might not have known: Sapphires come in every color of the rainbow, and when they are red, they're rubies. If you...

Sometimes when I appraise a piece, I will find that repairs are necessary. You will notice the prong at 9 o'clock is torn away from the...

I am often asked to appraise pieces that have been inherited, which sometimes means running into the diamond cuts in the above graphic....

One of the things I am often asked to do is update appraisals from many years ago. Often, the value is similar to or even may be less...

This is a photo of a natural on the girdle/pavilion of a diamond. So, what did I just say? Well, a natural is the original (or natural)...

This next topic applies whether or not the gemstone in your jewelry is a diamond. Still, since the series has been Understanding Your...

Today we're moving from the diamonds themselves to the way they are set. Above is a graphic showing twelve common ways stones (not just...

While shape is the outward shape of the stone, the word cut is used to denote how well a diamond returns light. Remember physics class?...