Sapphire vs Diamond Engagement Rings: Durability, Color and Cost
How a sapphire engagement ring compares with a diamond: hardness, brilliance, colors, white sapphire, lab-grown sapphire, and when a lab-grown diamond is the better fit.
The Journal
Straight answers before you buy: how lab-grown diamonds compare, what the 4Cs mean, how to choose a setting, size a ring, care for your jewelry and sell gold. Written at our showroom in Paramus.
Gemstone Education
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Birthstones by Month: Chart, Colors and How to Clean Each One
Every month's birthstone from GIA, which ones can go in an ultrasonic cleaner and which never should, and what "lab-created birthstone" has to mean.
Types of Pearls: Akoya, South Sea, Tahitian and Freshwater, and How to Care for Them
The four main types of cultured pearls, how natural, cultured and imitation pearls must be labeled, what GIA says drives value, and how to keep pearls looking right.