I've added some new features to the site. We now have a gemology section covering all the major birthstones. This area will have some useful links to industry websites and sites dedicated to all you rockhounds out there. Sources of information and some excellent book reviews. Go here to find out.
Jewelry has a long and interesting history intertwined with mystery and folly and intrigue.
Take a quiz and test your gem knowledge. Answers are at the bottom of this page. Natural diamond, synthetic colorless sapphire, moissonite,benitoite and goshenite. Natural and synthetic diamond, natural and synthetic colorless sapphire and cubic zirconia. Natural and synthetic diamond, natural and synthetic colorless sappphire and moissanite.