A 22-year-old archaeology student from Denmark's Aarhus University recently unearthed seven Viking-Age silver bangles dating back 1,200 years. The seven bangles represent three distinctive design styles that underscore Aarhus' status as an international trading hub of the Viking Age. Researchers believe the silver bangles also may have served as a form of currency. The student, […]
It's been 105 years since a 19-year-old Belgian PhD student at the University of London named Marcel Tolkowsky penned Diamond Design, a book that outlined the perfect mathematical formula for the “brilliant-cut” diamond. Tolkowsky’s accomplishment has stood the test of time and prevails as the most iconic and successful cut in history due to its […]
Kaley Cuoco, who starred for 12 seasons on The Big Bang Theory, turned to Instagram Stories last Wednesday to show off her "once-in-a-lifetime slice of perfection." The actress was referring to her asymmetrical three-stone diamond engagement ring, featuring a colorless cushion-cut center stone accented by light yellow diamonds of unlike sizes and orientations. Cuoco's long-time […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, country star Aaron Watson pens an emotional tribute to his little girl in “Diamonds and Daughters.” Watson pledges his life-long devotion to the daughter who had him crying like a baby the moment […]
Egyptian archaeologists recently discovered a trove of 2,500-year-old golden artifacts at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Damietta. Among the items buried at the site were gold foil figurines that were intended to act as servants for the tomb occupants in the afterlife. An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council […]
John Legend famously sang about his stunning wife Chrissy Teigen's "perfect imperfections" in his 2013 hit, "All of Me." In the world of gemstones, perfect imperfections can turn a nondescript clear stone into a vibrant masterpiece. Such is the case with spinel, the August birthstone that is colorless in its pure state, but brilliantly colorful […]
There is strong evidence that bronze forearm cuff bracelets were all the rage near Prague 3,600 years ago. An archeologist using a metal detector to survey a site in the town of Budyně nad Ohří, just 40km northwest of the Czech capital, discovered a hoard of bronze artifacts that included eight cuffs, eight axes, two […]
For Will and Marshall Barnett of Buckeye, AZ, a recent father-and-son "boys' week" road trip with a stopover at Arkansas’ famous Crater of Diamonds State Park couldn't have gone much better. The pair discovered a 2-carat, iced tea-colored diamond after wet sifting just a few buckets of soil. It was the second-largest diamond registered so […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you memorable throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, we take a deep dive into the origins of one of the most famous — and controversial — "diamond" songs of all time. It’s been 57 years since The Beatles released “Lucy […]
The City of Love is certainly living up to its name as the marriage proposals just keep coming at the 2024 Summer Olympics. On Monday, American rower and gold medal winner Justin Best surprised his girlfriend of nine years, Lainey Duncan, with a diamond engagement ring during a live broadcast of the Today show. Against […]