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The palette of Campbellian

Published on August 18, 2023

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Fabulous stones, strong colors, magical combinations: here are the jewels of Bella Campbellian, specialist in unusual combinations ♦

Do you like earrings and rings with very colored gemstones? In this case the Campbellian Collection it’s for you. The brand was founded by an expert in physics, no less. But also passionate about dogs, who lives with her husband and son in New Jersey, USA. Her name is Bella Campbell and is the creative mind and founder of Campbellian. In addition to a Masters in Physics at the Georgia State University, she is an expert in marketing as well as gems, and began her career as Associate Buyer for The Fine Jewelry Department at Macy’s, New York.

Orecchini con pietra luna rainbow, zaffiri rosa, diamanti — Rainbow Moonstone and Pink Sapphire Earrings with Diamond Accent

It is easy to deduce the type of jewelry she offers: especially earrings and rings that shine thanks to the compositions of stones as Paraiba tourmaline, spinel, rubellite, tsavorite, tanzanite, moon stone, but also opal and zircon. Often these stones are chosen for their unusual color: as in the case of the stone blue moon or green garnets. There is also stones not very known as the grossular, this a stone that takes on different colors too. So, if the compositions of the jewels from a geometrical point of view are quite traditional, the one that stands out right away is, however, the coloring resulting from the combination of stones, often mounted on platinum. If you like the jewels that are immediately noticeable, then look at these pictures.

Anello con pietra luna arcobaleno e diamanti — ARainbow moonstone and diamond ring

Anello in oro bianco, rubellite, rubini, diamanti — Ring in white gold, rubellite, rubies, diamonds

Anello in platino e oro bianco con tormalina Paraiba e grossular — Ring in platinum and white gold with Paraiba tourmaline and grossular

Ciondolo in oro con diamanti, spinello rosa e viola, tormalina magenta — Gold pendant with diamonds, pink and purple spinel, magenta tourmaline

Orecchini in oro bianco, tormalina verde menta, granati champagne e verdi, tormalina neon, diamanti — Earrings in white gold, mint green tourmaline, champagne and green garnets, neon tourmaline, diamonds

Orecchini con pietra luna arcobaleno e zaffiro rosa, diamanti — Earrings with rainbow moonstone and pink sapphire, diamonds

Orecchini con rubini, diamanti, opale — Earrings with rubies, diamonds, opal

Orecchini in oro rosa con zirconi blu e diamanti — Rose gold earrings with blue zircons and diamonds

Cannabis and jewelry, the odd couple

Published on July 30, 2023

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Marijuana leaves also inspire fine jewelry, from Bulgari to Daniela Villegas and … ♦︎

The New York Times has also written about this: the world of jewelery and high jewelery has discovered the new leaves and flowers for its inspiration. After the lotus flower, the roses, the daisies and the innocent calla, the new vegetable to arouse interest is cannabis. Yes, the plant that, when properly pruned and dried turns into marijuana.

Bulgari, collier ispirato alla marijuana in oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi

Bijoux at low prices that reproduce cannabis leaves have been on sale for years. They are sold to an alternative youth audience and are quite simple. Now, however, even the world of high jewelry has decided that marijuana leaves are a subject to be transformed into jewelry. Even following the decision by some countries, such as Canada or California, to liberalize cannabis use. Bulgari, for example, has recently presented a collection, Wild Pop, which also features pieces that reproduce marijuana leaves, like a necklace with diamonds and emeralds. A provocation? Maybe. But it’s calculated. In California Daniela Villegas has proposed a series of necklaces with pendants in the shape of pipes for smoking grass, made in gold, tourmaline, prehnite and topaz.

Daniela Villegas, collana con pendente vaporizzatore di cannabis, oro, diamanti, tormalina, lapislazzuli

Also in California lives another designer who added marijuana leaves to her Sweet Leaf collection, Jacquie Aiche. A little more related to the alternative, but luxury world, is the Sapphire Collective in Los Angeles, which created the Stoned collection with necklaces and pendants in 18k gold with sapphires that they have the shape of joint, worn by a model who smokes visibly.

Brent Neale Winston ha deciso di portare al Couture di Las Vegas le sue creazioni in oro, diamanti e malachite

Nikki Erwin of the Established brand has instead created a pair of diamond earrings and a bracelet coordinated with a series of cannabis leaves, which are often mistaken for innocent stars. And Brent Neale Winston decided to bring his gold, diamond and malachite creations to Las Vegas Couture. A stone that is perfect for her jewelry with the shape of marijuana leaves.

Orecchino di Jacquie Aiche in oro e diamanti

Un braccialetto d'oro con foglie di cannabis, spesso scambiato per stelle, di Established — Un braccialetto d’oro con foglie di cannabis, spesso scambiato per stelle, di Established

Le collane della collezioen Stoned di Sapphire Collective — Stoned collection by Sapphire Collective

Orecchini di Brent Neale Winston in oro, malachite, diamanti

Orecchini di Brent Neale Winston in oro, malachite, zaffiri, tormalina

The nuances of Toji Jewelry

Published on May 30, 2023

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Toji Jewelry, anello con spinello color lavanda

Founded in 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand, and managed by Jamshed Gulmamadov, Toji Jewelry has carved out a place among the fine jewelry bonsai businesses. In other words, it offers high-end jewellery, unique pieces, with large stones, to a select public. The Asian country has for years been one of the world centers of jewelery and, in particular, for the use of precious gems. And that’s what the enigmatic Toji Jewelry does. The declared source of inspiration is, as always, the world of nature. But, in reality, it is the high jewelry itself that is the common thread. Plus the choice to focus on stones with a particular quality, which also suggests a direct link with producers and distributors operating in the Asian country.

Anello con spineallo e diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Ring with spinel and diamonds. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

As in the case of the ring with a lavender spinel, a rather unusual shade. A particular space is reserved for rubies extracted in nearby Burma. The team includes expert cutters and polishers, who help provide the designers with the stones they need. The rest is done by the composition of the jewels.

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti e rubino burmese non riscaldato di 4,36 carati — Ring in white gold, diamonds and unheated Burmese ruby of 4.36 carats

Collezione Giardino magico, anello con diamanti e spinello — Magic garden collection, ring with diamonds and spinel

Orecchini con diamanti, rubini e zaffiri rosa — Earrings with diamonds, rubies and pink sapphires

Orecchini con diamanti, zaffiri rosa e tormalina — Earrings with diamonds, pink sapphires and tourmaline

Anello in oro con zaffiro giallo — Gold ring with yellow sapphire

Orecchini con diamanti, rubellite e zaffiri rosa — Earrings with diamonds, rubellites and pink sapphires

Lauren Harwell Godfrey, geometries and perfumes

Published on February 11, 2023

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Anello modello cigar band in oro, turchesi, tormalina

Adidas, Levi’s and Ray-Ban. But after 15 years Lauren Harwell Godfrey has grown tired of working, albeit with a creative role, for brands intended for mass-market. So she went to California to found in 2016 Harwell Godfrey, a line of 18ct gold jewelery and handmade gemstones. But her first serious jewelry collection was launched in 2017 at Paris Fashion Week, with For Future Reference.

Bracciale a disegno geometrico in oro con smeraldi — Bracciale in oro con smeraldi

In short, Lauren Harwell Godfrey is in the strange position of almost debutante, but with so much experience behind his back. Certainly, she presented herself to the public with its own identity, a style already defined. We must therefore forgive her belief that the stones also have magical powers (healing, spirituality, etc.), even if the only power they really have is to make the women who wear them happy. In short, we fly over the baggage of medieval convictions applied to jewelry, to focus on the reality of her style: inlays, enamels, pavé, engravings, stone cuts, are used in an original way. As in the large necklace of spinels of different colors and shades. And often the jewelry is combined with perfumes selected by the designer. Also worth mentioning are the medallions that open and may contain pills.

Pendente Pyramid in oro 18 carati, lapislazzuli, zaffiri

Pendente a forma di spicchio di luna in oro, diamanti, madreperla

Orecchini pendenti in oro giallo 18 carati con corallo, ametista, turchese, peridoto, perle — Orecchini in oro giallo 18 carati con corallo, ametista, turchese, peridoto, perle

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati, con diamanti, zaffiri multicolori, topazio azzurro e dettagli in ametista

Gems that look the same

Published on August 14, 2022

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Beware of false friends in jewelry. Or, better, don’t buy stones that have different values, but a similar appearance. Similar, but not the same. Yet, not only authoritative gemologists have fallen into the misunderstanding, but also customers willing to pay figures with many zeros and even crowned heads. Do you want an example? Numerous precious stones belonging to the treasury of Tsar Peter I of Russia, long believed to be rubies, were later classified as rubellite. The same gem, the ruby, also fooled the London royals: the so-called Black Prince Ruby of about 170 carats mounted on the British imperial crown is actually not a ruby, but a spinel, placed next to the Cullinan II diamond, this authentic . In short, stones with the same color and quite similar. But one is worth more than the other.

Al centro della corona il Rubino del Principe Nero, che in realtà è uno spinello

Ruby and spinel. Both are red stones, although the spinel can also take on other shades, for example these stones can also be black. Many spinels used in jewelry have a color and clarity very similar to that of ruby and sapphire (two stones that are varieties of corundum). Not only that: spinel is often found in deposits adjacent to those of these two most precious stones. In addition to the deep red spinel, there is also a raspberry-colored variety that is mined in Tanzania.

Ruby and rubellite. Rubellite is another red stone, which can have an intense hue similar to that of certain rubies. However, it is a variety of tourmaline, a less rare gem than rubies. Rubellite was already known in ancient Roman times and the gem was often confused with garnets and spinels. The great diffusion in the West took place at the beginning of the seventeenth century after the Dutch importation of the rubellite from Sri Lanka. In 1998 a large tourmaline mine was discovered in Nigeria and rubellite invaded jewelers.

Anello con rubino birmano da 8,80 carati e diamanti

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, rubellite

Spinel and taaffeite. Between these two stones it is taaffeite that is rarer and more expensive. Taaffeite is named after its discoverer, the Irish Richard Taaffe, who in 1945 identified it as confused with spinel. Sent to London for analysis, it was identified as a new precious stone, unfortunately very difficult to find. Unlike spinel, taaffeite exhibits the property of double refraction which allows the distinction between these two minerals. It can have different colors, including red, violet and red, which make it very similar to certain varieties of spinel.

Diamonds and zircons. Attention, let’s not talk about cubic zirconia, which are artificial stones with a very low price and used for pendants and bijoux that cost a few tens of euros or dollars. Real zircons are natural stones. They can have different colors, often found in the blue hue, but there are also colorless zircons like diamonds. Furthermore, zircon has a very high refractive index, lower only than that of diamond, and for this reason it has often been mistaken for the gem it resembles. From a chemical point of view, however, diamonds and zircons are different: the former are made of pure carbon, the latter are nesosilicates.

Emerald and demantoid garnet. They are both green stones. The demantoid garnet, just like the emerald, takes on the green hue due to the percentage of chromium and iron, which lead to bright green shades or more tending to green-yellow, even green tending to blue. Another variety of garnet, tsavorite, also has a green hue that can be mistaken for emerald. In fact, many jewelers combine the two stones on the same piece of jewelry to lower the cost.

Orecchini con granato demantoide, diamanti by Tenzo

Bracciale caratterizzato da un magnifico smeraldo cabochon ottagonale dello Zambia da 71,88 carati e da 41,06 carati di diamanti rotondi incolori taglio brillante incastonati in platino

Bracciale Serpente in titanio, tsavorite, onice, lacca

Topaz, quartz, aquamarine. Sometimes white topaz or topaz with faint yellow hues is mistaken for smoky or citrine quartz. Obviously a simple quartz costs less than topaz. In the blue hue, on the other hand, a pale-colored topaz can be mistaken for an aquamarine. The value of the two stones, however, is different.

Pezzo unico. Anello con citrino lemon e zaffiri — Vanessa Martinelli, pezzo unico. Anello con citrino lemon e zaffiri

Collezione Petra, collana in bronzo con topazio giallo by Gaia Caramazza

Anello in oro bianco con grande acquamarina

Ben Day luxurious rock

Published on May 26, 2022

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Orecchini in oro con opale, zaffiri, granati demantoidi

He defines himself as dyslexic, grew up with comics and the punk of the seventies, goldsmith, creator and gem hunter: here you are Ben Day ♦

Perhaps those of Ben Day could be called rock jewelry. In London in his shop located between historic Huguenot houses of Spitalfields, the designer from 30 years goes in his own direction: large colored gemstones such as rubies, tanzanite, chiroprasio, along with sets visible gold, angular shapes or rounded, powerful. It seems to listen with your eyes a band that crank up. But luxury. For example, his collection features rare opals, which combine with other stones forming an ever-changing kaleidoscope of colors suspended.

Anello in oro 18 carati con spinello silver e rosa e zircone blu

Pink diamonds, volcanic obsidian rings with radiant silver thread, red hot rubies, tourmalines ranging from dark blue to neon green. Can not go unnoticed when you wear a jewel of Ben Day. He, unlike many of his colleagues in London, after the college he followed his self-taught designer road (followed only one year course in jewelry), helped by wife, who has the same passion. And it is also rather shy: you can’t find too many news about him. But just see these images to understand something of his work.

Anello in oro 18 carati con fordite e diamanti multicolori (trattati)

Pendente in oro con kunzite rutilata e diamanti

Anello in oro con opale e diamanti brown

Orecchini in oro con zaffiri blu e rosa, spinello neon, tsavorite, acquamarina

Doris Hangartner, jewelry and chocolate

Published on August 1, 2021

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I cioccolatini abbinati alle gemme. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The five senses, but above all the palate, which celebrates the combination of chocolate and jewels. It is the original and creative idea of Doris Hangartner ♦ ︎

There are two things that make a woman happy: jewels and chocolate. Instead, there is only one woman who has decided to combine the two elements: Doris Hangartner. She has a very varied curriculum behind her: after graduating in Gemology at the Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica (California), she worked for jewelry companies, in particular as a gemologist, but also dealt with antiques and vintage jewelry.

How she came up with the idea of combining chocolate and jewelry is not known. But the marriage is part of a broader philosophy of the brand, which is based in Zurich, Switzerland (not surprisingly the homeland of chocolate). Doris Hangartner’s goal, in fact, is to identify a person’s personality in order to find affinity with a gem. In short, a jewelry that involves the five senses. For example, peridot inspires smooth flavor of matcha (finely ground powder of green tea leaves, with the same color as the bud) combined with notes of jasmine and cedar surround the toasted almond in a special praline. Or a shocking but delicious splash of vodka, absinthe, peppermint and lime are the components of another praline, filled with liquid alcohol and dedicated to Paraiba tourmaline, the house specialty. Gem chocolates are handmade by a traditional Maison in Zurich (they are excellent, we can assure you). In short, each chocolate represents a gem: the imperial topaz (chocolate, honey, incense, orange and elderflower), red spinel (nougat, hot pepper and szechuan pepper, star anise, sesame and fleur de sel).

But, perhaps to prevent someone from eating a peridot or sniffing a garnet, you decided to evolve the idea. For example, combining essences and scented candles with jewels, to satisfy the olfactory buds. Without forgetting hearing, with Gem Dance, Let’s Tango, a ballet inspired by red spinel and tango music, created with internationally renowned dancers and choreographers such as Oleksandr and Sergiy Kirichenko and the Stradivari Quartett. Ah, yes, there are also jewels: after this premise, it is easy to understand that stones have a prominent role. They are lively, strong stones with personality. Used in jewelry thanks to the good and nice creative director of the Maison, Karen McGlashan.

Dorsi Hangartner, orecchini con giada e tormalina — Doris Hangartner, orecchini con giada e tormalina

Anello con grande tormalina paraiba e zirconi naturali

Berr & Partners, the passion of gems

Published on October 29, 2020

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Uno dei pezzi storici della Maison: anello Orbis Lacteus in oro bianco diamanti e grande tormalina Paraiba

The jewels for maharajas by Berr & Partners, Maison of Geneva that focuses on the exceptional quality of the stones ♦ ︎

If you love gemstones, colored ones, intense and deep colors, then you also love Elke Berr. Or, rather, Berr & Partners, a brand based in Geneva, which was founded in 1986 by two gemologists, Elke Berr Berr and Thomas and that has as its objective the purchase and resale of natural, exceptional stones of the highest quality. But not only. It was inevitable that the market experience of the stones, combined with the refined atmosphere in Geneva, turn into jewelry collections that bring to the fore the gems.

And more, the Elke Berr has the privilege of having access to one of the most celebrated mines in the world, that of Mogok in Burma, one of the most famous for the quality of its precious minerals.

Anello con raro zaffiro blu non riscaldato taglio cuscino di 12 carati

At 17, the gemologist was already in Sri Lanka in search of precious gems. It goes without saying that the Maison attaches to its curriculum the recognition of the most prestigious gemological institutes, which guarantee the quality of its proposals, which are also sold as an investment. So if you want to feel like a maharaja you know where to go.

Anello con smeraldo colombiano di 8,39 carati

Anello vintage in oro giallo, con montato uno smeraldo colombiano di 10,37 carati

Anello Bolla, in oro bianco, cristallo di rocca da 28,82 carati e diamanti

Acrymis, anello in oro bianco e tormalina Paraiba con taglio a goccia

All about spinel

Published on August 16, 2020

The spinel has become part of the stones of the month of August. Here are its characteristics: could you distinguish it from a ruby? ♦ ︎

In 2016 Jewelers of America and the American Gem Trade Association decided to add the spinel to the official list of birth stones in August. The spinel, in short, contends the stone scepter of the month to the peridot. In any case, the spinel is a stone that is increasingly used even in high jewelery thanks to its characteristics.

Anello con spinello rosa-arancio di 8,81 carati e diamanti

History. The spinel was also called “great impostor of the royal collections”. Yes, because many of the famous gemstones known as the Ruby of the Black Prince or the Timur Ruby which are part of the British Crown Treasure, are not rubies, but actually spinels. A 412 carat gem, which is part of the jewels of the Russian crown, and most of the red stones in the crown of Iran, which is the largest collection in the world of this red stone (almost always), are also spinels. The Samarian Spinel is, instead, the largest known spinel in the world, weighing 500 carats (about 100 grams).

Anello con spinello a forma di cuore e zaffiri

Identikit. The spinel was distinguished from the ruby only in 1783 by the mineralogist Jean Baptiste Louis Rome de Lisle. From a chemical point of view, the spinel is a mineral composed of magnesium aluminate with very different characteristics compared to ruby, which for the mineralogy is instead a corundum. The spinel is less hard (a sharp ruby can scratch a spinel, but the opposite does not happen) and has a lower specific gravity. In practice, with the same volume weighs less. Moreover, it has only one index of refraction, while the birefringing ruby can have two different and distinct colors.

Colors. The main ones are red, reddish orange, deep pink, rosy red, violet and black, but also intense cobalt blue, even if very rare.

Where it is found. In Burma the best examples of spinel are extracted, in the range of red, pink, violet, orange, blue and pink. Also in Mahenge, in the south of Tanzania, gems have been recently found in great quality and with red and reddish orange color. Another important producer is Sri Lanka followed by Tajikistan, Thailand and Pakistan.

Anello Leaf in oro bianco con uno spinello rosso, diamanti

Evaluation. Although it is rare as the ruby, the price of the spinel is lower. But things are rapidly changing and the prices of the spinel are on the rise. Intense bright red is the most precious hue (hard to find), followed by red orange, rosy red and purple red. Since the spinel is usually without inclusions, transparency is very relevant in the assessment. Now that consumers can see that this stone has a lot of value, that it has a long history, they can start buying it to enrich their collection. And as the supply and quality of that supply dwindled, prices soared: from $5,000 a carat to $50,000 a carat today. At the same time, the sizes are decreasing, so while in 2007 it was easy to find a 100-carat stone, today finding a good quality 20-carat spinel is quite difficult.

Caution. There are also synthetic spinels on the market, produced in sheets through a sintering process, ie with the compaction and formation of a solid mass of material through heat or pressure.

Pendente in oro giallo e argento, spinello, zaffiri, diamanti

Amodea, anello in platino con diamanti, rubini e spinello viola

Other Boutons by Tamara Comolli

Published on May 31, 2019

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Anello Bouton in oro rosa e spinello rosa

Other rings from the Bouton collection by Tamara Comolli: small solitaires with sapphires or pink spinel ♦

Tamara Comolli’s Boutons get smaller. The solitary rings of the popular collection of the Maison of Monaco reappear in an updated edition. The jewels are always made on gold frames in the three shades of white, yellow and pink, and they have three different gems: blue or yellow sapphire (0.30 ct) and pink spinel (0.28 ct). The stones are round brilliant cut. The diamonds, in any case, are present in pavé version on other rings of the same collection, or in solitary, as a light point of 0.25 carats.

The rings of the Bouton collection can also be chosen in two different sizes, small and large, with natural stone such as amethyst, topaz, turquoise, peridot, garnet, chalcedony, tourmaline, moonstone, cabochon cut quartz. Lavinia Andorno

Tamara Comolli, anelli della collezione Bouton

Tamara Comolli, anelli della collezione Bouton con solitario con diamante da 0,25 carati

Harry Winston with Loop in color

Published on January 21, 2019

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Harry Winston, orecchini con diamanti, spinelli neri, zaffiri, acquamarina

Harry Winston adds colored stones to his classic Loop collection ♦

Harry Winston is a luxury jewelry brand, specializing particularly in diamond jewelery, often large and of excellent quality. But not only, as evidenced by the addition of new pieces in its classic Loop collection. The diamonds, however, do not disappear: in this case they are complement of pink sapphires, aquamarine, yellow sapphires and black spinels, stones that make rings, earrings or pendants.

Diamonds and colored stones form jewels with the appearance of four-petal flowers, while in the diamond-only version they also form drops.

It is the original appearance of the jewels of the Loop collection, designed to be wearable throughout the day. The stones are mounted on platinum, which makes the jewels even more precious. Diamonds, on the other hand, have a brilliant, round cut. Alessia Mongrando

Harry Winston, orecchini con diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Harry Winston, orecchini con diamanti e spinelli neri

Anello con diamanti della collezione Loop

The empire of Nadia Morgenthaler

Published on May 28, 2018

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Nadia Morgenthaler, anello con spinello, diamanti, perle naturali

The (British) empire still strikes with the Maharaja-Belle Époque style of Nadia Morgenthaler, one of the new high-jewelery brands ♦ ︎
Can a pretty Swiss designer, who works in Geneva, live in a different universe than the clean and a little conventional Swiss society? Yes, it can, and there is no need to be rebels to propose something different. You can if your name is Nadia Morgenthaler and from five years you have inaugurated a new path in the world of high jewelry. We could call it Maharaja-Époque style, that of India part of the British Empire. Because the designer’s jewels have their own independent life that passes between the architectures that are not at all minimal, that went out of fashion between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but also that sort of Indian baroque that traced an era in jewelry. Small pearls that draw a rounded line, spinels, rock crystal, tourmaline, small diamonds. Stones with not excessively saturated nuances, which are often hooked as pendants. The entire construction of the jewels, even the smallest ones, is never simple, yet maintains the balance of the volumes.

Orecchini con tormaline , diamanti, perle

Just look at the type of jewelry of Nadia Morgenthaler to realize that they are unique pieces, which next to the fantasy linked to other eras are made with modern Swiss precision. No have been exception by the jewels shown at GemGenève, where the Maison has placed itself in a special area for young emerging designers. Although Nadia Morgenthaler has emerged for some time, and not just since 2013.

Pendente con cristallo di rocca, perle naturali, diamanti

Nadia Morgenthaler, particolare di una collana con spinelli, perle naturali, diamanti

Jewels and stones that will have more value in 2018

Published on January 16, 2018

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Tiffany Blue Book2013 , anello con spinello rosso centrale taglio ovale, circondato da spessartiti e diamanti bianchi taglio tondo

The auction house Bonhams has analyzed the trend of jewelry and stones most in demand and that will increase in value. For example, rubies and … ♦ ︎
What treasure have you hidden at home? Or in a bank safe? Perhaps you do not know that, but like for paintings or stock shares, even jewels are subject to variation in their value. Stones that twenty years ago were scarcely considered or even referred to as defective, such as brown diamonds, are now also used for high jewelery. In short, it is good to know the value of what you have.
The Bonhams auction house, for example, has revealed to the Professional Jeweler website what jewels are supposed to be more in demand in 2018 and, therefore, get a higher price. Here are the ten precious that in 2018 will increase in value according to Jean Ghika, Bonhams world jewelry director.
1) Colored diamonds. If ten years ago a vivid blue diamond was estimated at 200,000 to 300,000 dollars per carat, today the value has risen 2-3 million. A growth rate higher than the stock exchange or real estate. In short, it was an excellent investment. But now? According to Jean Ghika, “the market today is more informed and the beauty and rarity of these stones is fully appreciated. Colored diamonds of yellow, pink and blue in all sizes and hue are increasingly requested by buyers all over the world». And the value is set to rise, according to the Fancy Color Research Foundation. The average price of all blue diamonds rose by 8.1% over two years.
2) Rubies. Red stone is one of the most sought after in the last two years, surpassing the appeal of sapphires and emeralds. Bonhams, for example, brings an art deco ring from Lacloche, with a five-carat non-heated Burmese ruby, sold for £ 30,000 in 2007. An equivalent ruby on a Cartier ring has been sold at over £ 362,000 recently , with an increase of 1,108% in just seven years.
3) White diamonds. They remain among the right choices to preserve the value of a jewel. According to the auction house, there is a growing interest in diamonds with an antique, handmade cut from the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco period. They have a great charm and are distinguished compared to perfectly cut diamonds of nowadays.
4) Sapphires. Although slightly less than the ruby, the sapphire maintains a great appeal. Also because, next to the classic blue color, sapphires are available in a wide variety of shades, even rare ones like the padparadscha (pinkish-orange). The rarity of some nuances makes the sapphire much sought after by collectors and, therefore, preserves or increases its value. Also because sapphires of historical mines, like those of Kashmir, are among the rarest and most sought after.
5) Emeralds. The same discourse of the sapphires also applies to the green stones par excellence. However, the value depends largely on the color of the stone and on the clarity. High quality untreated (certified) stones from Colombia are in high demand and have seen a significant increase in value over the past decade.
6) Belle Epoque and Art Déco. Late nineteenth and early twentieth century are two golden periods for jewelry and are increasingly appreciated. In the last decade the value of antique jewelry has increased by 54%. In particular, jewels of the period 1945-1975 increased by 88.9% and those of art deco (1920s and 1930s) and Belle Epoque (1890-1915) by 71.8%.
7) Jewels of great Maisons. Over time, the value of the jewels of major brands resist better. But, even better, in recent years have seen prices rally. Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, Verdura, Suzanne Belperron and Tiffany, for example, are increasingly requested brands at auction.
8) Natural pearls. Pearls yes, but not cultivated. They are those who have seen their value multiply in recent years. The data of Art Market Research, reports Professional Jeweler, indicate a 286.1% increase in the price of natural pearls in the last decade.
9) Great designers. There is not only the signature of the great Maison to raise the price of jewels. Even the jewels of artists or designers such as Suzanne Belperron, Coco Chanel, Hemmerle, Georges Braque, Daniel Brush or Andrew Grima are in great demand.
10) Spinels. Red is fashionable, but it is not said to be ruby. The spinels are very similar to the rubies and are just as beautiful to see on a jewel. That’s why rings, necklaces or bracelets with large spinels are sprouting higher and higher prices. According to Bonhams, there is considerable interest in spinels and many collectors want to buy them. Federico Graglia

Anello con diamanti rosa marquise e Fancy Light Blue al centro

Anello con rubino sangue di piccione non riscaldato

Anello moi et toi: un diamante taglio a pera, un diamante assher, più 216 diamanti

Anello stile Art Deco in platino, diamanti e zaffiro

John Rubel, anello con oro bianco, smeraldo, zaffiri e diamanti

Anello Art Deco di Boucheron con una grossa acquamarina. Venduto per 19mila euro

Bulgari, collana della collezione Giardini Italiani

Orecchini con perle naturali e diamanti appartenuti alla imperatrice Eugenia di Francia

Orecchini Coquillage di Suzanne Belperron

Tenzo, the precious soul of Russia

Published on November 29, 2017

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Anello con smeraldo intagliato e diamanti

The extraordinary, and rare, jewels by the Russian Maison Tenzo ♦ ︎
Alexander Tenzo is anusual figure in the world of jewelery. He is Russian, he opened his Maison in St. Petersburg in 1996 when he was not yet 30 years old, and specialized in the trading of precious stones and gems: a passion that was born during the visit of ruby mines in Sri Lanka. He loves very much the colors of stones like spinelli, crisoberillo, green garnets, rubellite, alexandrite. His Russian soul leads him to create theatrical jewelery, with strong contrasts, sculptors. Like other great jewelers, Tenzo makes a few pieces and conceives them from the quality and, above all, the character of the stones. This adds fantasy to the design of form, tradition, passion, craft skill that encompasses the very popular enamel technique in Russia, or micro pavé. One of his points of reference is the Russian jeweler, Carl Fabergé. Gold is often twisted, embroidered, sometimes transformed with unparalleled nuances, often to infuse vintage air. In addition to boutique in 7 Rentgena Street in St. Petersburg, his jewels can be found (with some luck) in Switzerland, Heimperg, New York and London. Alessia Mongrando

Anello con rubellite di 12 carati della Nigeria

Particolare di una spilla con pietra luna intagliata

Anello con occhi di gatto e alessandrite

Anello con diamante rosa e diamanti bianchi, oro ossidato per donare un aspetto vintage

Sutra in red and pink

Published on November 13, 2017

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Sutra, anello con spinelli rosa e diamanti. Prezzo: 85.000 dollari

The Sutra jewels in the shades from pink to red. Different colors, different prices ♦ ︎
What would be the jewelery without fantasy? A simple gold band, always equal, perhaps with a diamond embedded on the edge. Not that a diamond ring is despicable, of course, but jewelery is also something else. It’s extravagance, invention and, last but not least, cheerfulness to wear. If, then, fantasy is married to luxury, the couple can only introduce children as the ones that grow together with the Sutra brand (see also: On the Sutra wings) in the mind of Indian designer Arpita Navlakha. The brand, which has carried the experience and tradition of colored stones in the US, every year shows some interesting pieces and, above all, manages to offer a range ranging from the high jewelery to luxury collections wirh less unreachable by a price point. An example of the two categories are, for example, The Angel Skin and the Pink Spinel Collection, where colors from red to pink prevail (price: from $ 8,000 to $ 30,000). On the same colors, however, the earrings of the high jewelery collection with rubellite and spinello rise at a price of 65.ooo euro. To you the choice. Giulia Netrese

The Angel Skin and Pink Spinel Collection, anello con spinello, diamanti, opale rosa. Prezzo: 8.000 dollari

The Angel Skin and Pink Spinel Collection: diamanti, opale rosa. Prezzo: 30.000 dollari

The Angel Skin and Pink Spinel Collection. Orecchini con spinello, diamanti, opale rosa. Prezzo: 15.000 dollari

Sutra orecchini rubellite e spinello — Orecchini con rubellite, spinelli e diamanti. Prezzo: 65.000 dollari

New Conquêtes for Louis Vuitton

Published on October 17, 2017

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Collier in oro, diamanti e smeraldo Muzo

In Paris, a large five-storey Louis Vuitton’s storehouse. And for the occasion presents new pieces of high jewelry ♦ ︎
Louis Vuitton returns to the starting point. But in great style, as only the French can do it. The Maison opened a large store of five floors where, over 160 years ago, Louis Vuitton opened his first store. That is, in Place Vendome, in Paris. The luxurious brand building features the vast production of the French company, from bags to fashion collections, from perfumes to footwear. And also the jewels. Indeed, at the opening of the prestigious store, Vuitton has decided to present three new sets of high jewelery, each of which aims to show LV branded virtuosity. A necklace that is part of the Conquêtes collection uses, for example, an emerald of 6.29 carats extracted from the Muzo mines in Colombia. The green stone, with no inclusions, is presented in a jewel of light and modern geometries, with a pattern emerging from Louis Vuitton’s flower and monogram.
Another necklace uses a huge 20-carat spinel, a stone that was one of Louis Vuitton’s favorites. Jewelery is added to those of the Conquête collection we have already talked about (see also: Vuitton, jewelery and Conquêtes). A selected clientele interested in seeing closely how Louis Vuitton jewels are made, can also go up with a private elevator in the Rare & Exceptionnel lab where craftsmen from the Maison work. Rudy Serra

Interno dello store di Place Vendȏme, a Parigi

Esterno dello store Louis Vuitton di Place Vendȏme, a Parigi

Louis Vuitton, alta gioielleria, collier in oro, diamanti e spinello di 20 carati

Lebole evolution

Published on September 15, 2016

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Orecchini con zirconi bianchi. Prezzo: 390 euro

Not only silk: for Lebole comes the time for gold, silver and stones.
From kimono fabric to the spinel and the pavé zirconia: Lebole, Tuscan company with a penchant for earrings, expands its offering. It continues to afford a line made with the use of fine Japanese silk, but at the same time diversifies collections. Two strands: the high-end earrings, with prices that reach to 390 euros, and a young line of bracelets and necklaces with modular elements, with prices starting at 40 Euros. The earrings that you see in the photos are the most disruptive innovations, as they say now. They are made with whites zircons, or blacks spinel, using a technique that involves the union of small stones with the metal in the time of processing, immediately after the merger. No glue, in short, to have the guarantee of a longer life of the jewel. The Potiche line, which we have already spoken here) is enriched in turn pieces made in silver engraved, gold-plated and natural stones. The price for the pair of earrings is, in this case, of 225 euros.

Orecchini con spinelli neri. Prezzo: 390 euro

Orecchini in argento dorato. Prezzo: 225 euro

It’s a spinel record

Published on September 25, 2015

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Lo spinello Hope, circa 50 carati, venduto per 1,5 milioni di dollari

Hope is the spinel record. The large stone octagonal cutting was sold by Bonhams for almost one and a half million dollars, or 30 thousand dollars per carat, the highest price ever achieved. And to think that a few years ago was sold for 122 thousand dollars, now it has increased almost tenfold value. Spinel Hope, weighing 50.13 carats, is set into griffe with brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold. It can be also a brooch, a pendant, part of a larger gem. Surely, however, this gemstone auctioned by Bonhams has a long history behind it (found here: https://gioiellis.com/vendita-lo-spinello-hope). But in the auction there were also other interesting pieces. Tutti Frutti bracelet by Cartier, Art Deco, was sold for 700 thousand dollars. A bracelet of Suzanne Belperron “Torsade” of 1932, he was beaten for nearly two and a half times its estimate: 250 thousand dollars, a figure that has surprised many. A jewel that, instead, it was not placed, with a even bigger surprise, was an emerald ring signed Van Cleef & Arpels: was estimated 190-230mila euro. Other results: a ring with a natural pearl was sold for 314mila dollars. A pair of earrings from Cartier Art Deco period, diamond, 1925 have made 204mila dollars. A pearl necklace with sapphires and diamonds called 213 thousand dollars. Federico Graglia

Hope spinel for sale

Published on September 20, 2015

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It’s called Hope (Hope in English) and there are those who hope to get hold. The large gem is octagonal cutting, weighing 50.13 carats, set into jaws with round-cut diamonds. It is mounted in silver and gold, and it can be a brooch, a pendant, part of a larger jewel. Surely, however, this gem put on auction by Bonhams (September 24) it has a long history behind it. It is named after Henry Philip Hope (1774-1839), scion of a wealthy family of Anglo-Dutch merchants and bankers. Mr. Hope was a collector with a passion for precious gems. So he began to form his collection around 1800 and continued to collect precious stones until his death in 1839. His collection has grown to 700 gems and pearls, cataloged by the German jeweler Bram Hertz. The collection was dispersed after the death of mr. Hope. But some pieces, such as the spinel surrounded by diamonds (valued 230-310mila dollars) have emerged from the mists.
In any case, it is worth to tell something more. The Hope collection has been stored for years in a cabinet mahogany to 16 trays. The larger stones were placed in the drawers 14 and 16. The top drawer contained various types of pearls. The big baroque pearl eastern, known as The Hope Pearl, was the largest known natural pearl: 5 centimeters long and 11.5 centimeters in circumference, weighs 85 grams. The second and third drawer held colored diamonds included reddish orange, pink, bright blue-green hues, and a lot of yellow and brown. There were also 49 faceted diamonds from the legendary mines of Golconda (India), including a diamond briolette-cut 14.25 carat which was part of the crown jewels of Portugal. The most famous is the Hope diamond, the 45.52 carat intense blue that was in the drawer 16 and is now kept at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. But not only: Hope had in the drawers a sapphire of 130 carats, 133 carats from an emerald which once adorned the turban Tipu Sultan (sultan of India), and one perfect 50 carat spinel. Federico Graglia

Valentine’s Day with Tous

Published on January 10, 2015

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Tous, ciondolo in oro giallo a forma di cuore con scritta Love e O a forma di orsetto con diamanti

[wzslider]The bear Tous, as every year, is back for Valentine’s Day with shapes, colors and materials new and precious. In fact, the symbol of the company’s jewelery Barcelona led by Rosa Oriol and her husband Salvador Tous, becomes the O of Love, framed in a heart, and is wearing diamonds and blacks spinels to become a pendant or a bracelet with black and brown leather. Here you have pictures and prices of the idea of affordable luxury for lovers of the brand famous all over the world.