rubies

Considering a romantic holiday proposal this winter?  A colored gemstone engagement ring may be a great option for someone looking for something different, and these stones often make affordable alternatives to diamonds. Day's can help you create the ring of your dreams by combining a mounting with a loose colored gemstone of your choice, or select a finished ring from our in-house collection. Keep a few things in mind when you're shopping for a colored gemstone engagement ring: The “wear-ability” of the stone is crucial.  Center stones that are recommended as engagement rings should have a hardness of 7.5 or higher on the Mohs scale. This includes: Sapphires or rubies. Corundum has a hardness of 9.0 and is the hardest of all colored gemstones. Sapphires are a great option as they come in a variety of colors, including blues (in various hues), blue/green, pink, purple, green, yellow, and peach/orange. ...

Every person likes something different when they are looking for fashion pieces of jewelry. Customers like different shapes and colors of stones along with different metals. There are certain metals and stones that can be worn on an everyday basis with no real potential for damage and then there are stones that should be worn with a bit more care and a little less often. Stones that can be worn everyday with little or no worry to you, the customer, are Diamonds, ...

Virtually everyone knows what a ruby is and can likely tell you what color it issupposed to be. Fewer people outside of a jeweler can tell you which birthstone of the month it is. A smaller group can tell you which anniversary it represents. Very few people actually know the lore and history of the ruby. Virtually no one knows about the treatments that a ruby may have used on it to make it more beautiful. In recent weeks there has been a lot of talk surrounding lead glass filled rubies. Mark Poulin, Manager of ...

Whether you're celebrating with BBQs, camping, fishing trips, or lots of family fun, who says that you can't glam up a bit while flipping a burger, sitting around a camp fire, or hooking your first big fish of the season?You know I'm all about standing out so, I prepared acollection of ways to add a little "red, white, and blue" jewelry to your look this weekend. These items are great for summer and any other time of year, especially when you are the jeans and t-shirt kind of ...