Mikimoto - Not your grandmothers Pearls
“My dream is to adorn the necks of all women around the world with pearls,”, so stated Kokichi Mikimoto, founder of Mikimoto pearls, which was the originator of cultured pearls in the late 1800’s. Now flash forward to 2016. Most of us have seen pictures or paintings of the Queen of England or another famous person wearing Mikimoto’s signature p
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Natural vs. Synthetic Diamonds
Real is Rare™ - The Growing Concern around Man-Made DiamondsThe introduction of lab-created, man-made, synthetic, or cultured diamonds of gem quality is becoming a growing concern in the diamond industry. Synthetic diamonds will sometimes be called HPHT or CVD diamonds, which are the two common manufacturing methods used today. There are
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