Prologue. I have been selling Sterling Silver for over 30 plus years and I noticed that many minerals or geological forms of rock are made into Jewelry and Set in Sterling Silver much more often that in Gold.  So in this series I will cover various aspects of stones. This...

Citrine is a variety of Quartz which gets its color from the presence of iron. Colors ranging from pale to golden yellow, honey or almost brown and may contain rainbow or sparkle inclusions. Hardness on the MOHS scale is a 7. A perfect stone for jewelry as it is durable....

arnet is the traditional birthstone for the month of January. When I first started out selling jewelry many moons ago I was amazed by how popular both the garnet and the amethyst stones were. I found these stones to be more popular than diamonds. Garnets come in many shades and colors ranging from red,...