Gemstone Blog
Padparadscha: The Sapphire with the Color of a ...
A padparadscha sits in a narrow color window between pink and orange sapphire, and no single definition fixes its borders. This guide explains where the color comes from, how labs...
Padparadscha: The Sapphire with the Color of a ...
A padparadscha sits in a narrow color window between pink and orange sapphire, and no single definition fixes its borders. This guide explains where the color comes from, how labs...
Did You Know How Heat Treatment Was Invented? T...
Legend has it that heat treatment was discovered by accident, after a house fire in Chanthaburi left surviving sapphires more vivid than ever. Here's the story behind the trade's most...
Did You Know How Heat Treatment Was Invented? T...
Legend has it that heat treatment was discovered by accident, after a house fire in Chanthaburi left surviving sapphires more vivid than ever. Here's the story behind the trade's most...
Traditional vs. Modern Si Dian Jin
Si Dian Jin — four touches of gold — is one of Singapore's most enduring wedding traditions. As a gemstone family business in Thailand, we came to know it through...
Traditional vs. Modern Si Dian Jin
Si Dian Jin — four touches of gold — is one of Singapore's most enduring wedding traditions. As a gemstone family business in Thailand, we came to know it through...
Why Singapore Buys Gemstones from Thailand
For decades, buyers from Singapore have sourced coloured gemstones directly from Thailand — and for good reason. Chanthaburi, a small city near the Cambodian border, has grown into one of...
Why Singapore Buys Gemstones from Thailand
For decades, buyers from Singapore have sourced coloured gemstones directly from Thailand — and for good reason. Chanthaburi, a small city near the Cambodian border, has grown into one of...
Is this Still a Ruby or Already a Pink Sapphire?
Ruby is red, Sapphire is everything else. Simple enough until you hold a pinkish-red corundum in your hand and realize the line you were counting on does not actually...
Is this Still a Ruby or Already a Pink Sapphire?
Ruby is red, Sapphire is everything else. Simple enough until you hold a pinkish-red corundum in your hand and realize the line you were counting on does not actually...
Rare Star Gemstones You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Most people stop at star ruby and star sapphire. That's probably fair, because they are the most visible examples of asterism, the optical phenomenon that creates that soft, moving star...
Rare Star Gemstones You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Most people stop at star ruby and star sapphire. That's probably fair, because they are the most visible examples of asterism, the optical phenomenon that creates that soft, moving star...
