RC Gems

The Crown of the Andes from Columbia. How would you like it if your father gave you this? Not like in 1770 but in 1995!

Did you know that scientist, believe that it rains diamonds on the planets of Neptune and Uranus?

Did you know the oldest aquamarine mines are in Maine? The two largest aquamarine gemstones have come from Maine. There area lot of gemstones found in the US.

Aquamarine crystals as nature made them.

First off, this is not me in the picture. This is a massive geode filled with amethyst crystals. Amethyst is the birthstone for February and it’s my birthstone.

I’m trying to post more on FB but they keep changing things and I don’t where to go. I may not navigate FB very well but I make beautiful jewelry. New beautiful ring incoming!

January birthstone is incorrect. Garnet is not a gemstone. It is a family of gemstones. All of this was created before the science understood the gemstone families. This is the garnet family portrait. 

Happy New Years! Welcome to 2026! This marks 29 years creating jewelry. It all started when I bought an Amethyst, my birthstone. The birthstone for January is Garnet. Garnet is a very large family of stones. This Victorian ring is what most people envision when they think of Garnets. Through the month we’ll cover all the other amazing garnets.

Some artist do amazing things with turquoise. This is Carl Clark’s work. I can’t imagine the time it takes to do a piece like this. I’m just in awe of his work.

In the Victorian era turquoise was given more respect as a gemstone. You saw more gold jewelry with turquoise.