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Gemstone Pendants: A Buyer's Guide to Choosing the Right Stone for a Necklace
How to choose a gemstone pendant: which stones suit daily wear, which shapes flatter, and how settings and chains work.
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Morganite Gemstone: A Buyer's Guide to Color and Care
How to choose morganite: what creates its pink and peach color, how heat treatment and cut change it, and how to wear it daily.
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Gemstone Ring Settings: A Buyer's Guide to Protecting and Showing Your Stone
Prong, bezel, halo or flush? How each ring setting works, how much it protects, and which gemstones suit each one.
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Padparadscha Sapphire: A Buyer's Guide to the Rare Pinkish-Orange Sapphire
What makes a sapphire a padparadscha, how labs define its pinkish-orange color, where it comes from, and what to check before buying.
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Tanzanite Gemstone: A Buyer's Guide to Color, Cut and Care
Tanzanite is heated, shows three colors and comes from one place on Earth. How to judge its color and cut, and how to wear it well.
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Tourmaline Gemstone: A Buyer's Guide to Rubellite, Indicolite and Paraiba-Type Colors
Tourmaline's main colors, from rubellite and indicolite to Paraiba-type, and how to judge color, clarity, cut and treatment.
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Spinel Gemstone: A Buyer's Guide to Red, Pink and Blue Spinel
How to choose spinel by color, clarity, cut and treatment, and how to tell red, pink and blue spinel from ruby and sapphire.
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April Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Diamond and Its Colorless Alternatives
Diamond is the April birthstone. How white sapphire, zircon, white topaz and other clear gems compare for sparkle and everyday wear.
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February Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Amethyst
Amethyst, the February birthstone: what gives it its purple, how to judge color and clarity, and how to choose a stone that lasts.
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Gemstone Jewelry Gifts: A Buyer's Guide to Choosing a Gift That Lasts
How to choose a gemstone jewelry gift that lasts: match the stone, the piece and its durability to the person, from birthstones up.
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June Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Alexandrite, Pearl and Moonstone
June has three birthstones: alexandrite, pearl and moonstone. What makes each special and which suits the way you wear jewelry.
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July Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Ruby
Ruby, the July birthstone: how to judge its color, what treatment is normal, why origin matters, and how to choose one to wear.
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