Three-time Grammy winner and style icon Dua Lipa treated her 87 million Instagram followers to a closeup view of what seems to be a boho-chic engagement ring from beau Callum Turner. The couple has yet to confirm or deny a holiday-season betrothal, but Lipa stirred the pot when she posted an in-car selfie showing the […]
Gemstone Detective Kim Rix, the London-based author of eight travel guides for gem enthusiasts, is relaunching her Gemstone Tours with a renewed focus on ethics and sustainability. On tap for 2025 are gem-focused adventures in Sri Lanka (Feb. 17-26), Vietnam (May 18-24), Tanzania (July 2-19) and Sierra Leone (Nov. 17-21). Rix, who earned her Graduate […]
Red Robin restaurant enthusiasts who pop the question during Valentine's weekend using one of the chain's signature onion rings can enter a contest to win $10,000 in gift cards to purchase an actual diamond engagement ring at the jewelry store of their choice. The winning couple will also get free Towering Onion Rings for the […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. With legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan back in the limelight thanks to the Oscar buzz generated by A Complete Unknown, the biopic about his life, we present "Diamond Ring," a song he wrote in 1967 […]
For the ninth year in a row, Valentine's Day gift-givers will be spending more on jewelry gifts than any other category, according to a survey just released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The record-breaking $6.5 billion earmarked for jewelry is up a tick from last year's tally of $6.4 […]
A solid gold helmet dating back to the 5th century BC and cherished as a national treasure by generations of Romanians was stolen in the predawn hours of Saturday morning when three hooded thieves used explosives to blow out a door at the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands. The intruders took three minutes to […]
Faced with evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton neared landfall on Florida's west coast, Melissa Martin quickly packed the family cars with their most important personal items. She remembered taking off her gold-and-platinum wedding band and placing it in her pocket as she tended the fish in her aquarium, but when she checked for the ring […]
When Julius Caesar led the first Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC, Scottish pearls were on his mind. Pearls were a symbol of wealth and power in Ancient Rome, and at that time the world's very finest natural freshwater pearls came from the riverbeds of Scotland. Legend states that natural pearls held more value […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you heartwarming songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, country stars George Jones and Lacy J. Dalton sing about a very special piece of bridal jewelry in their 1984 duet, “Size Seven Round (Made of Gold).” The song chronicles the love story […]
On the same day Donald J. Trump was inaugurated in Washington, DC, as the 47th US president, an Indian lab-grown diamond company half a world away unveiled a 4.7-carat diamond uniquely faceted in his image. A team of five artisans from Surat-based Greenlab Diamonds LLP worked for three months on the project, which included growing […]