Marilyn Monroe may have sung Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend in the 1953 movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, but the hypothesis is being questioned by the popularity of semi-precious stones. Quartz, ...

Diamonds are expensive because they’re rare, but high-end jewellers are increasingly embracing colourful alternatives like aquamarines, garnets and tsavorites for added sparkle Breaking news: ...

Cutting gives the stones a specific shape and enables the true colour and brilliance of the gem to emerge. Gemstones may come in a variety of shapes, such as pear, round, emerald, square, heart, oval ...

As we slide into the quarter-century mark — and Happy New Year, by the way — there are some interesting things going on in the jewelry business. It wasn’t long ago that diamond jewelry was all about ...

Should a top-grade tanzanite that is worth more than a diamond be considered a precious or semi-precious stone? And if a 1ct sapphire is the same price as a 5ct opal, which is a better buy? These ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a stockpile of 2,000-year-old glittering gemstones clogging the drain of a Roman bathhouse near Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle, England. The 30 engraved, semi-precious ...

India's fascination with jewellery dates back to 5,000 years ago in the Indus Valley. At that time, the country was the largest manufacturer and exporter of beads to the world. It was also home to ...