Monthly Archives: October 2016

  1. October Jewelry News Round-up

    October Jewelry News Round-up

    Catch up with the latest industry news. From popular wedding ring styles to hot holiday items, our October round-up will keep you up-to-date on all things fine jewelry!

    Imagine Bridal has released its list of top 10 best-selling wedding styles. The New York-based fine jewelry manufacturer deals exclusively in engagement rings, anniversary bands and eternity bands. Their list is the result of examining the popularity of each of their over 200 styles of rings. To find out more about which styles made the cut, click here.

    Love these top 10 wedding styles but want something a little more eco-friendly? See our most popular rings below:

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  2. 6 Ways Moissanite Can Make Your Halloween Costume Pop

    6 Ways Moissanite Can Make Your Halloween Costume Pop

    Halloween is right around the corner. Don’t wear just any old costume! Add a bit of sparkle to your Halloween look with some of our top costume and jewelry pairings.

    Supergirl

    Show off the hero in you. Add a pair of created moissanite studs and help reduce our negative impact on the earth, one gem at a time.

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    StudsForever One Round Moissanite Solitaire Studs

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  3. The Four C's of Moissanite

    The Four C's of Moissanite

    Cut, color, character and conscience. These are the principles we use to guide our business. We aim to set the standard for innovation, integrity and luxury while maintaining our socially responsible roots. These are the four c's that drive us to create a gemstone as unique as yourself.

    Image 1Cut. We’ve been working with moissanite for nearly two decades and we are proud to say we have learned a lot along the way. We continue to strive for perfection and we put the utmost care and precision into crafting each individual gem. Cutting moissanite is a labor of love and we are constantly searching for new, innovative ways to produce better products and techniques that will enhance the stunning brilliance of our moissanite.

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  4. The New Charles & Colvard

    The New Charles & Colvard

    Today, I’m excited to tell you about several things that we’ve been working on. Our team has been very busy. Because of your continued interest and demand for Forever One moissanite, we’ve created a second grade of Forever One, in G-H-I quality. This near-colorless gem is as brilliant and beautiful as our colorless version, just with a slight icy hue.

    For those of you unfamiliar with gemstone color grading, let me explain. The Gemological Institute of America, or GIA, grades the value of diamonds on color—colorless being the most valuable. As you go down the scale—letters of the alphabet D to Z—the more color you see in the gemstone. Typically, diamonds found in jewelry stores range from colorless to near-colorless, with slight hints of yellow or brown. This scale is technically not designed to grade moissanite, but since it’s the industry standard, we use this scale to help identify the grades of our created gemstones. Our colorless gems

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