26th Apr 2021
Emerald, for millennia, has set the standard for all green colored gemstones. The word emerald is derived from “smaragdus”, ancient Greek for green, making the words green and emerald literally sy…
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23rd Oct 2018
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
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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20th Jun 2018
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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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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18th Apr 2018
Over the past year 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 jewelry-q…
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Pantone LLC is a world renowned authority on color and color systems. They are known globally as providing the standard language for accurate color communication across a variety of industries and…
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25th Aug 2017
Those of us born in August are lucky to have a choice of two fabulous birthstones, peridot and spinel. With August being my birth month, I am particularly fond of these two lesser known, but hi…
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Each December since 1999, Pantone, a world-renowned color authority, announces their Color of the Year for the upcoming year. The Pantone 2017 Color of the Year is: GREENERY - Pantone 15-0343Pa…
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August is the latest month to claim two birthstones: Peridot and Spinel. Peridot is very close to the 2017 Pantone Color of the Year - Greenery. With its signature yellow-green color, per…
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