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Learn about ruby's durability and how to care for your ruby jewelry.

Ruby can command the highest prices of any colored gemstone. The per-carat prices of fine-quality rubies have been rising consistently, many times breaking auction records. Click here and learn about the factors that make ruby so desirable!

The name “sapphire” can also apply to any corundum that’s not ruby, another corundum variety

Blue sapphire belongs to the mineral species corundum. It can be a pure blue but ranges from greenish blue to violetish blue. The name “sapphire” can also apply to any corundum that’s not red and doesn’t qualify as ruby, another corundum variety.

Learn about sapphire's durability and how to care for your sapphire jewelry.

Traditionally, sapphire symbolizes nobility, truth, sincerity, and faithfulness.

Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors. Learn about the factors that make pearls so popular and desirable!

Learn about pearl's durability and how to care for your pearl jewelry.

The name ruby comes from the Latin word ruber, which means “red.” The glowing red of ruby suggested an inextinguishable flame burning in the stone...

Ruby is the most valuable variety of the corundum mineral species, which also includes sapphire

Vania Leles earned her GG from GIA in London in 2004 and promptly sent her curriculum vitae to Graff Diamonds on Bond Street for her dream job.

All that was old is new once more – at least when exploring historic trend-setting jewelry styles of the 19th and 20th centuries.