Once dismissed as ugly ducklings, flawed and unusual stones are increasingly being championed by high-end jewelers.

Francesca Cartier Brickell’s book on Cartier talks up semi-precious stones, as do Victoria Lampley Berens of jewellery consultancy The Stax and Sophie Howard, founder of By Pariah By Pariah’s ...

No. 6 (1942), ”Indian Precious Stones”, by Dr. L. A. N. Iyer, is a useful pamphlet of fifty-four pages, with two plates illustrating the mining of ruby at Mogok in Burma. It rather gives the ...

People wear gemstones for many reasons. For many, they hold special meanings — from devotion, and trust, to commitment. It is considered extremely romantic to receive or gift someone a precious ...

Gemology is the science of studying, cutting, and valuing precious stones, but the essence of gemology is in identifying the gemstones. One who works in the field of gemology is called a ...

Jewellery enthusiasts are gravitating toward pieces with multi-dimensional finishes, coupled with the resurgence of semi-precious stones. One of the most striking shifts in jewellery design this ...

Hundreds of dealers in precious metals and stones face cancellation of trade permits from next week if they fail to register with the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) as Kenya strengthens efforts ...

Pakistan is among eight big producers of gemstones in the world and the precious stones worth $5 billion are smuggled out of the country. It was revealed by National Assembly's sub-committee for ...