October Kaleidoscope – Tourmaline
If you were born in October you are fortunate indeed – your birthstone is tourmaline, one of the most versatile and dazzling gems in the mineral kingdom. Each colour carries its own resonance, mak...
Sapphire Truths — Nature, Heat, and Dishonourable Treatments
Sapphires to kick off Spring After Nature perfected the solitary green hue with August's peridot, she went riotous for Spring (well at least in the Southern Hemisphere) with the gemstone sapphire ...
Nature’s Green Masterpiece — The Story of Peridot
The Peridot birthstone, for August, stirs the slumbering earth, peridot heralds the first whisper of spring (well, here in the Southern Hemisphere at least). This verdant gem needs no coaxing — n...