Black Hills Gold Jewelry Blog

Though it is generally accepted that the custom of birthstones originated from the Breastplate of Aaron , a religious article which held tw...

Citrine is a variety of quartz that ranges from pale yellow to reddish brown in color. The yellow color, which differentiates Citrine from ...

The Opal has no crystalline structure, as do most gemstones, but instead is comprised of varying sizes of minute, spherically grouped chain...

The most celebrated and intense Sapphires are a rich, deep blue but Sapphire may be any color except red. Yellow, green, white, purple and ...

The Peridot (pronounced: pair•a•doe) is the yellowish to olive green gem variety of the mineral olivine. Olivine itself is comprised of two...

The Ruby is the red variety of the second hardest natural mineral known to mankind: corundum. Although pure corundum is virtually colorless...

Today more than ever people tend to forgo tradition in favor of personal flair, and when it comes to choosing a birthstone, that trend is e...

One of the most intense of all the gemstones is the Emerald. Like Aquamarine, the Emerald is a variety of the mineral beryl. However, it’s ...

Everyone is familiar with April’s birthstone, the Diamond, so where do we begin? Well, how are they formed? Diamonds are formed by intense ...

APPEARANCE Aquamarine is actually a bluish-green variety of the mineral beryl. Pure beryl is a transparent mineral consisting of aluminum...

APPEARANCE Amethyst is recognized by its alluring purple color that scientists believe comes from the stones natural radioactive propertie...

This first in a series of twelve short essays on birthstones is devoted to the Garnet, January’s Birthstone. APPEARANCE The Garnet is t...