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Beaded Gemstone Bracelets

One of the latest jewelry trends is beaded gemstone bracelets with birthstones or gems that possess crystal healing properties, these bracelets are beautif...

Caring for Opals: Cleaning, Storage Advice, and Jewelry Tips

Learn how to care for delicate opals with expert tips on cleaning, storing, and wearing them to preserve their unique play-of-color.

Colored Gemstone Jewelry Information from GemSelect

Choose a fine quality gemstone from over 120 different varieties of colored stones. Buying loose gemstones for your jewelry allow for custom jewelry designs.

Detecting Gem Treatments

Gem treatments should always be disclosed, but not all enhancements can be detected, even by the best gem labs

Engagement Rings from the Heart

One of the sweetest gemstone shapes is the heart-shape, which is ideal for engagement rings and gifts from the heart. Read about options for heart-shaped g...

Gemstone Beads

Beads and drilled gemstones for jewellery designs are becoming popular, learn how to use natural gemstone beads to design your own jewellery.

Gemstone Care - Gemstone Information

How to care for your gemstones: storing and cleaning gems

Gemstone Cleaning Instruction - Care Tips | GemSelect

How to care and clean precious and semi-precious colored gemstones. Different types of gems require different methods of cleaning techniques.

Gemstone Cutting Guide: From Rough to Polished Gems

Learn how gemstone cutting transforms rough stones into brilliant gems. Discover cutting styles, process, and how cut affects beauty and value.

Gemstone Earrings

Gemstone earrings have such a range of shapes, sizes and colors that it can be difficult to choose. This may help you choose the best earrings for your fac...

Gemstone Engagement Rings

There is a growing trend towards colored stones for engagement rings. Learn about the choices in fine colored stones

Gemstone Jewelry Color Combinations

The most important aspect of colored gemstones is their color, and various color combinations can help to make unique jewelry

Gemstone Necklace Pendants - Gemstone Info GemSelect

Gemstone pendants are easy to wear jewelry items that can be strung onto a necklace chain. Any gem type and any type of precious metal can be used for a ge...

Gemstone Size to Weight Ratio

Jewelry gemstones should be bought by size, not weight, read on to learn about why size is more important than weight when buying colored gemstones for cus...

Guide to Buying Quality Body Jewelry

Body jewelry has become a normal part of urban culture, but how do you know what to buy? We offer a guide to shopping for beautiful, good quality and safe ...

Guide to Choosing the Right Gemstones for Your Jewelry

When it comes to choosing loose gemstones for jewelry, there are several factors to consider, like durability, wearability, affordability, versatility and ...

How Big is That Gem?

One of the most common mistakes made by gemstone buyers is selecting a gem based on carat weight rather than size.

How to Determine Sapphire Quality: A Comprehensive Guide

Learn how to evaluate sapphire quality with our guide on color, clarity, cut, and carat weight. Discover treatments, origins

How to Replace Lost Stones or Missing Gems in Jewelry

How to replace and repair lost or missing colored gemstones, finding replacement center stones, side stones & accent stones, find replacement gemstones by ...

Intro to Setting Gemstones into Jewelry Mountings: GemSelect

An introduction to the topic of having colored gemstones set into fine jewelry mountings. Learn about different types of settings, mountings and jewelry fi...

Jewelry Gemstones - Colored Gemstone Jewelry Information

Many minerals have been used as gemstones, but only some of them are suitable as jewelry gemstones due to rarity or durability. Learn about gems for jewelr...

Mother's Day: Gemstones for Mother's Rings & Pendants

Learn which gemstones are perfect for mother's jewelry, including mother's rings and pendants. Birthstones are traditionally used.

Multicolor Gems, Metals and Jewelry

Multicolor gems, metals and jewelry are not a new trend; multicolor gems have been used for centuries to produce gemstone jewelry and provided inspiration ...

Necklace Styles for Men and Tips on How to Wear Them

Necklaces for men have various styles to choose from, such as gemstone pendants, chains, chokers and dog-tags. Read more about the various styles and how t...

Personality Test - What Kind of Gemstone Are You?

What kind of gemstone are you? Do our fun questionnaire to find the gem that best suits you. Are you a diamond, sapphire, emerald, ruby or something different?

Popular Engagement Ring Designs

Engagement ring trends come and go with each year and decade. GemSelect takes a look at some of the current engagement ring trends, including halo designs,...

Prong Vs. Bezel Settings

Prongs and bezel settings have advantages and disadvantages. Learn about prong (or claw) settings and bezel settings for gemstone jewelry.

Rose Gold

Rose gold has recently gained in popularity and rose gold gemstone jewelry is often seen. Gold can be alloyed with silver and copper to produce white, pink...

Scratching the Surface of Black Metal Jewelry

Black gold and other black jewelry such as rhodium can be produced by various methods and it is worth knowing how when weighing up the cost and caring for ...

Guides for creating custom jewelry using loose gemstones

Step-by-step guides for beginners on creating custom jewelry

Step-by-step guides for beginners on crafting custom jewelry with loose gemstones, from design to setting.

Taking Care of Gemstones - Do's and Don'ts Guide

How to clean your gemstone jewelry. What you can, and cannot, do

Types of Settings for Gemstones - Gem Settings

The main types of gemstone settings are the prong or claw, the bezel, the channel setting, the invisible setting, and the pave

Understanding Gemstone Sizes

Size guide for buying gemstones for jewelry, inches to millimeters size comparison chart, size conversion chart and clear buyer's guide for gemstone sizes

Untreated Gemstones for Jewelry

Untreated jewelry gemstones are preferred by many of our customers, so we have made a guide to 100% natural untreated stones, such as sapphire, topaz, garn...

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas - How to Make Custom Gem Jewelry

A guide to shopping for gemstones and making custom gemstone jewelry. Design ideas and tips, plus direction in how to make your purchase into wearable jewelry.

What is Your Jewelry Style?

What kind of jewelry should you wear? Answer the questions to find your jewelry style and see whether you should wear classic, tribal, minimal or alternati...