While zoisite has been known to gemologists since 1805, its most famous blue-violet variety was discovered in 1967 along the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania by a Maasai tribesman named Jumanne Ngoma. Ngoma revealed his find to a prospector named Manuel d’Souza, who had the sapphire-like specimens analyzed by the Gemological Institute of America. […]
On Thursday, The Pantone Color Institute selected a warm brown hue to be its 2025 Color of the Year. The institute said "Mocha Mousse" nurtures with its suggestion of the delectable quality of cacao, chocolate and coffee, appealing to our desire for comfort. The fashion community was surprised by the subdued selection, which is less […]
One of four surviving pairs of Ruby Slippers worn by Judy Garland in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz just sold at Heritage Auctions for $32.5 million, establishing a new record for the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold at auction and decimating the previous record holder — the billowing white dress worn by Marilyn Monroe […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fun songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, rockabilly revivalist Chris Isaak offers sagely dating advice in his 2002 release, “Notice the Ring.” Isaak’s character is having a great time getting to know a woman he just met at a club. […]
The eagerly anticipated, star-studded Wicked just had the biggest box office launch of all time for a Broadway adaptation, bringing in $163 million globally during the weekend of November 22. While Wicked is often described as a prequel to 1939's The Wizard of Oz, conspicuously missing from this year's blockbuster release are Dorothy's iconic ruby […]
About 50 million years ago, continental drift sent the Indian subcontinent crashing into the Asian continent causing the rise of the Himalayan mountain range. The colossal collision also created a geological environment of heat and pressure perfect for the formation of precious stones, such as rubies, sapphires, jade, spinel, and the rarest of all gemstones, […]
Consumers all over the country are receiving unsolicited "diamond" rings in a fancy red box as part of a "brushing" scam aimed at stealing their personal information and creating fake positive reviews using their names. The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service, warned consumers […]
Emily Calandrelli, better known as "Space Gal" to her millions of Netflix and YouTube fans, recently fulfilled her lifelong dream of rocketing into space. During the emotional, 11-minute round trip aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle, Calandrelli and five other passengers traveled at 2,200 mph to achieve weightlessness 62 miles above the Earth. In the […]
Back in 1947, De Beers introduced the world to “A Diamond Is Forever,” a slogan penned by N.W. Ayer copywriter Frances Gerety when she was 31 years old. That four-word tagline has inspired literature, music, a James Bond flick, and earned in 1999 the title of the best advertising slogan of the 20th century by […]
The city of Watertown's recycling chief Matt Bacon is being showered with accolades for helping a distressed woman recover a diamond that accidentally ended up in a municipal Big Belly trash compactor. According to published reports, the Massachusetts woman had been shopping at her favorite supermarket on Mt. Auburn Street just west of Boston when […]