The Dubai gold souk ….

Where do I begin:) ???

The word ‘souk’ means market in the Middle East. I set out that morning to the souk with my family and with the intention of finding that *perfect ring in

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My first stop this holiday was to the Dubai Museum. Dubai is such a welcoming and friendly corner of the Middle East, I was eager to get to know it better. Our room overlooked the creek, where Dubai ‘grew up’ around. The ancient Greeks used to call it the ‘River Zara’. The different colored boats and ships on the calm waters took my breath away every morning.

The impressive 18^th century Al Fahidi Fort houses the Dubai Museum. When we first set our eyes on (more…)

When I look at this quartz I imagine autumn and leaves blowing in the breeze…  It also looks like golden yellow straw:) !!!

Ok so this is an inner view of yet another quartz, rutilated quartz. The reddish brown to black (more…)

There are fantastic vintage jewellery accounts on Instagram that are so inspiring. So much so, that I who knew next to nothing about antique jewellery, felt compelled to learn as much as I could.

Today I want to share with you six of my current favourites that grabbed my attention while scrolling down my instagram feed. Enjoy…

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How majestic is the Hope Pearl?!  And what character! This natural freshwater pearl, baroque in shape weighs 450 ct (1800 grains). It’s one of the largest pearls in the world…

Its measurements are said to be 2 inches in length, the broadest circumference is four and a half inches and the narrowest three and a quarter inches.

The colour at the base is a dark green copper tint, gradually fading upwards to a white lustre.

As you can see, this princely beauty is capped with a crown of red enamelled gold, decorated with diamonds, rubies and emeralds. How wonderful!

The Hope pearl is named after its owner, Henry Philip Hope, the passionate gem collector. He was (more…)

A Happy 2016, every body!!! May it bring an abundance of  good things to all!

Here I am kicking off with the first post of the year, celebrating the biggest gem news that broke out around New Years Day in Sri Lanka … The Star of Adam.

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“My designs are complete forms in metal & stone. Both are shaped to be a whole. My principal material is gemstone that I carve myself to either create a piece almost entirely in stone or to marry into one form with the metal. As a consequence colour is dominant in my work as metal plays a secondary part. I have spent most of my career working on bespoke pieces on commission and occasionally through Jewellery Fairs.” ~ Charlotte De Syllas on the Goldsmiths Directory

Charlotte De Syllas is one of the finest art jewellers in Britain! I was glancing through various (more…)

Since I grew up in Zambia, Africa, you can imagine my surprise and excitement when I came across this courageous and creative designer… Janet Fredman.

Courageous because laying aside an education in Medicine, she delved into a goldsmith course. In (more…)

The black strap you see on my wrist is called a Fit Bit! My gadget loving husband surprised me with it recently. It’s been an eye opening experience!!

It’s been a few days and its been working very hard for me. It does a host of things and syncs all the (more…)

Flask like bubble with a tail…

We all need clues like this one to immediately spot an impostor, a fake…

Sapphires and Rubies are from the Corundum family. The inclusion above was seen within a  (more…)