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If you’ve ever admired a piece of jewelry, be it a solitaire ring, a pair of earrings, or a necklace sparkling with diamonds, you’ve likely encountered the word "carat." It’s...

I remember once being told that pearls were formed from grief. That a grain of sand slips into the oyster’s shell and the creature, in its quiet suffering, begins to...

What a snake ring means depends, increasingly, on who wears it. Once a symbol of eternal love, it now shapeshifts into a mark of independence, wisdom, even rebellion. In modern...

Explore the historical and cultural meanings of May's birthstone, the emerald, with Jack Weir & Sons of Beverly Hills.

Danny and Katherine’s love story was years in the making. They met on the East Coast—he was a saxophone student at Temple University, she was studying acting at Juilliard. They crossed...

Every diamond holds a vast abyss of stories - their hardness and permanence in this world ensuring that they each have so many tales to tell. But the marquise-cut diamond...