When someone says “gemstone,” diamonds and rubies probably pop into your head first. There’s no denying that they’re rockstars of the jewelry world. However, apart from them, there’s a whole lineup of ...

Deep beneath Earth's surface and scattered across remote corners of our planet lie treasures so extraordinary that their very existence seems almost ...

Walking into a jewelry store usually means seeing the same lineup of diamonds, gold, and maybe some sapphires if you’re lucky. Precious metals and classic gemstones have dominated the market for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The term ‘gemstone’ can be thought of as a catch-all term for the many natural mineral and crystalline formations found within ...

When it comes to the world of high jewelry—or haute joaillerie as it’s known—the most rarefied strata of jewelry rise to the top. Similar qualifiers describe fancy green diamonds: incredibly rare, ...

Using the scientific precision of terms like “IF Type IIa”— to describe diamonds so pure they show no inclusions under 10x magnification — jewelry purveyors have long placed heavy emphasis on the ...

For those of you who are shopping for someone special in your life this month, here are some tips that will help you get the most for your money when buying colored gemstones. When it comes to colored ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Matthams Spencer is a Paris-based writer who covers jewelry. At the entrance to the jewelry galleries at the Victoria & ...

We call ourselves Marketplace, so part of our job is exploring how marketplaces work, in all their forms. David Brancaccio and the “Marketplace Morning Report” team set out to visit five markets, all ...