By Emily on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 in Gold, Informational. No Comments
When looking to purchase gold jewelry, you’ll likely come across several terms that you may have never heard before. Words like karat, gold-filled, gold-plated, and vermeil are some of the terminology used to describe gold jewelry and can greatly affect the value and quality of the jewelry piece you’re considering. So what exactly do these… Read More
By Emily on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 in Gold. No Comments
In the recent weeks, gold has been trading near the $1,400 an ounce level. The last time gold prices were this high was in March of 2014 when it was coming down from being at an all-time record high of $1,900 an ounce in August of 2011. Some investors believe that the price of gold… Read More
By Emily on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 in Informational, Precious Metals. No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently released the final version of its Guides for the Precious Metal, Jewelry, and Pewter Industries (more commonly known as the Jewelry Guides). These recent changes impose new rules on how members of the jewelry trade can describe precious metals, pearl treatments, and lab-grown gemstones. So how do these… Read More
By Emily on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 in Gold, Informational, Uncategorized. No Comments
We often have customers ask us this question, and the truth is while white gold is usually a little more expensive than yellow gold, the price differences aren’t by any means substantial. If you’re interested in creating a jewelry piece that is 14 karat gold, the price point shouldn’t vary too drastically depending on the… Read More
By Emily on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016 in History, Informational, Precious Metals, Uncategorized. No Comments
Its luster and rarity are what attract so many people to this valuable fine metal, but where exactly does gold come from? Well, believe it or not gold has an extraterrestrial origin. The precious metal commonly used in fine jewelry is formed by cataclysmic stellar explosions called supernovae. A supernova occurs at the end of… Read More
By Emily on Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 in Gold, Informational, Uncategorized. No Comments
When you look closely at a piece of gold jewelry, you’ll most likely see a stamp that reads 14K or 18K on it. So what exactly does that mean? Well K stands for karat (not to be confused with a carat, which is the unit of weight used for precious gemstones). A karat, on the other… Read More
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