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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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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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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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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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May Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Emerald
Emerald, the May birthstone: fine green color, why inclusions are expected, how it is treated, and how to wear and care for it.
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Gemstone Engagement Rings: A Buyer's Guide to Choosing a Stone That Lasts
Which colored gemstones stand up to everyday wear in an engagement ring, which need a protective setting, and how to choose.
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January Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Garnet
Garnet, the January birthstone, is a whole family: rhodolite, spessartite, tsavorite, demantoid and more, and how to choose one.
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Anniversary Gemstones by Year: A Buyer's Guide to Choosing the Right Stone
The full list of anniversary gemstones by year, from sapphire at 5 to emerald at 20, and which ones stand up to daily wear.
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December Birthstone: A Buyer's Guide to Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise
December has three birthstones: tanzanite, zircon and turquoise. What each really is, how it is treated and how it wears.
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