Goldmark Jewelers

Although it's natural for your rings to fit a bit differently in very cold or very hot weather, rings that fall off your hand may be in need of resizing. Weight loss and medical conditions that cause the fingers to swell can also cause this need.

Are you concerned that buying jewelry for a friend is too intimate of a gift to consider giving? While certain types of jewelry may be a bit more familiar than you’d prefer, one can rarely go wrong with a beautiful set of stud earrings.

When picking a ring you plan to wear all the time, it's important to consider the ring's shape. For example, marquis cuts can snag sweaters, hair and stockings if you aren't used to wearing it.

What’s your birthstone? If you were born in September, jewelers identify the sapphire as your birthstone. The word “sapphire” is synonymous with blue, but sapphires can be colorless or come in shades ranging from pink to purple, green, orange, yellow and colorless.

A baroque pearl is a type of pearl with an ovoid, pinched, or otherwise non-spherical shape. Cultured pearls cultivated in freshwater are commonly baroque, though some saltwater varieties can be tear-dropped in shape. The most valuable baroque pearls are produced in Tahiti and Western Australia.

Did you know that the largest gold nugget found in the U.S.A. was in California and it weighed 195 pounds?

Wherever you go to have your jewelry repaired, always inspect your pieces before and after repair. A good jeweler will thoroughly document the condition of the jewelry upon arrival so that any new damage can be caught easily.

When buying jewelry, you will no doubt encounter the term "filigree." This means the piece is decorated with delicate threads of gold or silver or tiny beads (or any combination of the three). It comes from a Latin word that means "thread."

Your loved one will love nothing more than a beautiful gift on a special occasion. For most, jewelry is the best possible way to offer them just that, and you can find a great piece of jewelry at a price you may not expect.

The ancient Romans and Greeks believed that diamonds were tears cried by the gods or splinters from falling stars, and Romans believed that Cupid's arrows were tipped with diamonds.

These days, jewelry is most often found adorning the ears, arms, and fingers of the fairer s*x. However, jewelry was initially worn solely by men to display levels of status.

At an atomic level, gold is one of the heavier elements to occur in nature. It was likely created through the collision of two neutron stars, and was present in the dust that formed our Solar System.