For those of you who own many pieces of jewelry, you may already be familiar with different cleaning methods depending on the stone or metal that your jewelry is made…

The Holiday season can be a very hectic time of year; entertaining visiting relatives and other family members, buying presents, celebrating Holidays, but it is also a time where we…

October commemorates opal, a multi-colored gem that often gets a bad stigma, as this month’s birthstone. Opal catches incoming light, separates it into individual color wavelengths, and flashes every color…

Tarnish is the easiest form of discoloration to prevent. There are several things you can do to help prevent tarnish. Anti-­tarnish strips are available from jewelry supply companies (and other…

Most recently, EGL Certificates that grade precious gemstones have come under fire by groups such as RapNet, the diamond trading network operated by the Rapaport Group, due to disparities between…

Hello! We are four generations of jewelers and lapidarists. As a family‐owned business, there are high standards of ethics and professionalism that we set for ourselves. With over 100 years…

Around this time two years ago, I started looking at the different options for UT Graduation rings. Being the son and grandson of jewelers with years of experience, I pretty…