Mogok Valley, Myanmar (Burma) Pakistani Kashmir, Afghanistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Tanzania, Vietnam Spinel It does not have a lac filling. Instead, it is solid gold. With rubies nested inside Minimal is best. Like ripples in a lake-- as [...]
When a young girl came of age, the story goes, the jeweller would visit her home to pierce her ears. He would then insert soft hay into it to make sure that the hole didn't close. A few days later he would visit to "tear" the hole just a bit more. Insert more [...]
Serpent motifs permeate jewellery. But the human obsession with serpents goes way back In Egypt, snakes symbolized royalty. As far back as 2500 B.C., the burial mounds in Egypt had solid gold bracelets made using the snake motif. When the Buddha was in a state of blissful enlightenment, the [...]
Literally-- red The Tamil aesthetic is tuned to muted colours and high-quality material. People love kempu because of high-quality rubies without additional embellishments. "No jigina," or sparkly stuff, as traditionalists would say. Kempu jewellery fits this profile to a T. Typically [...]
In Hindu astrology, the word graha means "to seize." The nine planets or nava-grahas seize people at different parts of their life and influence them either positively or negatively. Gemology is about using gems to alleviate the effects of these planets. Some people say that a gem needs to be of at least two [...]