Art Deco

If a diamond engagement ring fluoresces “faint” or “weak” the effect on the diamond color grade or value is negligible.  If it is graded as “more intense” or “very strong” fluorescence, it will affect the value negatively. If a diamond engagement ring has “medium” fluorescence, it can change the body color grade ½ to 1 color grade different than its actual color; if “strong” by 1-2 color grades and if “very...

As you know, sapphires come in all shades of the rainbow except for red which is ruby.  Padparadscha sapphire range in color from light to medium pinkish orange to orange pink and should be light in saturation.  It’s easier to imagine the color as being a beautiful sunset or a ripe guava. Iron, titanium or chromium causes its unique color hue.  Untreated padparadscha sapphires are beautiful and very rare. Because...

White or Colorless Sapphire vs. Diamond It’s easy to find Colorless or White Sapphires. More often you will find colored sapphires of every shade in the rainbow.  White or colorless sapphires may have hints of gray, yellow, brown and traces of blue.  The closer a sapphire comes to colorless, the more value it has. In the 1990’s, white or colorless sapphires became the substitute for diamonds.  They actually doubled in...

Amber, emerald, ruby, marcasite, ivory and bakelite were the most popular materials of the Art Deco Period. Amber is fossilized tree resin.  The trees grew along the shores of the Baltic Sea and during the Glacier Age, it caused these trees to be swept into the sea.  It solidified under ice and pressure.  Amber sometimes surrounds a dew drop and often has insects, petals of flowers, seeds or bark inside. ...