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The Birth of Birthstones

Ancient Hebrew Priest wearing the priestly breastplate adorned with the 12 stones of the zodiac/tribes of Isreal. The tradition of associating precious gemstones with particular […]

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Precious Medicine

   Ci-Xi, the second to last empress of China. She was renowned for her perfect complexion, and attributed it to powdered pearl medicine. Pearls have long been valued for […]

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The Science of Sparkle

Because of its highly uniform and tightly latticed carbon structure, diamonds dramatically slow down light passing through it. Light travels in a vacuum at about […]

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Killer Green Diamonds

Diamonds can be irradiated to achieve a green hue. While this process is completely safe now, when it was first developed many diamonds were accidentally […]

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Commodity as Currency

The Athenian Obol, Athen’s first standardized silver coin, depicts Athena on one side, and her symbol, the owl, on the other. -photo Wikipedia The use […]

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Are Crystals Alive?

In 1943, Erwin Schrodinger, one of the founding figures in quantum mechanics, delivered a series of public lectures at Trinity College in Dublin, on a […]

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Platinum

Did you know that platinum is one of the rarest materials on the planet, and is in fact about 30 times more rare than gold? […]

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A Rock by any Other Name…

In popular culture, you hear diamonds referred to as “rocks,” but is this a scientifically sound description? Gemstones like diamond by definition (excluding organics like […]

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