Gold Bidders Be Wise To Color, Maker, Stamp, Year, Size Gold comes in colors because of what the gold is mixed with. Rose gold is more pink because it is mixed with more copper than silver. It's usually older...
You may have seen them and not even realized what they were, but buried in the piles of costume jewelry and Bakelite pieces that you may see at antique shows and flea markets are some fabulous treasures of the...
Obsidian is a glass-like mineral produced by volcanic flows. Many types of Obsidian are used as gemstones in jewelry, and some are quite rare and valuable.A fantastic variety of colors and patterns are...
To understand Freshwater pearls and how to buy them, you first have to understand the types of pearls. There are three main types of pearls with several sub-types. #1 The Natural Pearl. The Natural Pearl has...
COLLECTIBLE CHARACTER WATCHES - DISNEY LORUS MODELS Many of the more modern Disney collectible character watches available today were manufactured by Lorus, a division of Seiko, from 1986 to the late 1990's....
Jewelry Related Terms Have you ever tried to purchase a piece of jewelry online and the words used in the description seemed like another language or they actually resembled the list of ingredients on a...
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century costume jewelry is an exciting area of collecting for personal enjoyment as well as an excellent for-profit business opportunity. The first and best piece of advice to the...
Welcome rock hounds! Turritella agate is no longer placed in the Fresh Water Genus Goniobasis, but is now the fresh water species Elimia tenera (Hall, 1845) from the Family Pleurocerida. Dr. Warren Allmon, the...
VICTORIAN 1837 – 1860 Early Victorian 1861 – 1901 Late Victorian Many exciting things happened during the Victorian era of the 1800’s. Goodyear patented the rubber making process in 1837. Gold was discovered...
The Beauty of Cameos.Cameos are beautifully hand-carved scenes or portraits of people or animals in three-dimensional relief. Cameos are made from multi-colored conch shells or banded agate, which is a...