13th Dec 2018
What are precious metals?
Precious metals are those metals in the Periodic Table which are rare and possess high economic value. Eight Periodic Table elements are considered precious metals: gold, silver and the six m…
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13th Dec 2018
Gold - its use in jewelry explained
Gold has been used since antiquity for jewelry, coinage, sculpture, vessels and as a decoration for buildings, monuments and statues. As early as 3000 BC, gold jewelry was worn by both men and wome…
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12th Dec 2018
Platinum - its use in jewelry explained
Platinum’s natural greyish-white color is similar to white gold, but not as silvery-white. Platinum is among the rarest and most expensive metals in the world. It is also one of the strongest and m…
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12th Dec 2018
What is vermeil and how is it used for jewelry?
Vermeil jewelry, pronounced "vehr-MAY," is made entirely of precious metal alloys. It's created by coating or plating all or part of a sterling silver object with gold or gold alloys. Accor…
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12th Dec 2018
Silver - its use in jewelry explained
Pure silver possesses a unique, lustrous white color, which makes it very desirable for use in jewelry. The alloy known as sterling silver originated in continental Europe around the 12th century,…
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12th Dec 2018
What metals does 100 East Fine Jewelry use for our jewelry?
At 100 East Fine Jewelry, we insist upon using precious metal alloys when creating our masterpieces. Precious metal alloys exclusively used to manufacture our jewelry are gold, ste…
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12th Dec 2018
What is a metal alloy?
Metals are either elements (shown in the Periodic Table) or alloys. The major precious metal elements are gold (Au), silver (Ag) and platinum (Pt). While jewelry can be made from each of these elem…
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24th Oct 2018
How a Morning Garden Walk Inspired My Tanzanite Pendant
Inspiration for my fine gemstone jewelry designs can come from anywhere. You name it, anything in my surroundings or life experiences can ignite that creative spark: a gemstone, travel, arch…
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1st Oct 2018
How to determine if our rings will fit you
You’re going to learn in this blog that the best way to start is by measuring your ring size using ring gauges, as pictured towards the middle of the blog. If you’re located in the US, we ar…
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27th Jun 2018
June Birthstone: Pearl - facts and lore
Those of you born in June, like our daughter Amy, are lucky to have three unique and amazing birthstones to choose from; alexandrite, pearl and moonstone. In this blog I’ll discuss that classic bea…
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20th Jun 2018
How to determine if our bracelets will fit you
When looking over our product offerings, have you ever looked at a 100 East Fine Jewelry bracelet and thought, ‘I really like that bracelet, but how do I know it will fit?” Here’s how we h…
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18th Apr 2018
Apatite Gemstone: facts and lore
Over the past year or so on our 100 East Fine Jewelry website blog, I provided some history, facts and lore about most of the officially recognized birthstones. There are dozens of less familiar, j…
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