Gemstones

Pantone Powers Red with Viva Magenta

By Cynthia Unninayar The colour red, in its many hues, has been endowed with symbolic meanings throughout history, changing during…

Short Courses with the GAA

PEARL & BEAD THREADING Learn to knot pearls like a professional! Quality pearl necklaces require quality pearl threading. This includes…

Chopard bares new precious gem collection

Unveiled at Paris Haute Couture Week, Chopard’s unique selection of gemstones is giving off colours of the rainbow with an…

Is there life on Mars?

Not yet, but there was a recent discovery of opal.  The NASA Curiosity Rover currently on Mars discovered the gemstone…

What is gemmology?

For millennia, people have been captivated by the beauty, mystery, rarity and value of what became known as gemstones. Today,…

Garnet’s Rainbow of Colours

by Cynthia Unninayar

Heart of Australia

Some of the rarest and most coveted diamonds and gemstones in the world are found right here, on our doorstep.…
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Australian coloured gemstone industry surging amid throttled supply chain

While Australian and international coloured gems are in more demand than ever, COVID-affected supply lines have put a hard brake…
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Opulent Opal

Unique, variable, distinctive, colourful, fiery, vibrant... The words used to describe opal hardly do it justice.

FURA Gems launches historic auction of unique and rare-color Australian sapphires; first-ever organized auction platform for sapphires

Unveiling unique rare-coloured sapphires from Australia, FURA Gems has announced the first-ever, organized, global auction of Australian sapphires that will…

Gembridge sets new standards for disclosure and ethics to support digital trade of coloured gemstones

Gembridge has introduced new policies for listing coloured gemstones on its digital trading platform, covering disclosure, ethical practices and responsible…

Lively colours and reasonable pricing make Australian sapphires the ‘Gen Z gemstone’

Aspiration and fashion go hand in hand for the youth today. In a social media-centric lifestyle, millennials and Gen Z…
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