Turquoise Jewelry

If you have a friend or loved one that is born in December … firstly, remember not to combine their birthday and Christmas gift! With around 6 December born friends and relatives, as well as a December born daughter, I’ve often been in the middle of discussions about how much they ‘hate’ that! Then afterwards, rejoice in the choice of birthstones that you have for December-baby loved ones. Turquoise is probably the most widely accepted birthstone for December currently, being listed on both modern and traditional charts. However scarce as turquoise jewelry is, there are plenty of other alternatives for December birthstones. Come with us on an adventure through the halls of December!
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Blizzard Pure Hot Diamonds Earrings

It gets hard to keep things fresh in a marriage after a while … both of you slide into your habits, and without a bit of a shove every now and then, it’s difficult to make your own stimulation. Why not make your wife’s birthday at least one of the times of year you get off your (metaphoric!) bottom, go out and do some partying … with the excuse of some hot new jewelry to lure her away from the house :-). A new jewelry gift always helps her redefine herself a little bit … it helps make your wife into a new, well, her! So today we are looking at some sweet, sexy and suitable gifts for November-born wives.
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Pandora Lovepods Dual Topaz Necklace

Topaz is one of our favourite gemstones here at Gilletts. As much as you can have a favourite among your children, anyway! As a gemstone, though, it just has so many benefits. It comes in a huge variety of colors, mostly blue and red, but also green, yellow and wine-colored. It is a mid-range gemstone, so while it isn’t common, most people can afford quite decently sized topazes in their jewelry. And for the budding jewellers out there, it is has a cleavage of [001] - Perfect. Topaz is the stone of friendship, and found in most corners of the globe, from Russia to the US, Sri Lanka to the Czech Republic, and Mexico to Sweden. So let’s see the ingenious inventions that people have created for November’s birthstone!
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Unique Asymmetrical Opal Ring

Opals are a gemstone like no other - so if you’re buying for a person like no other this October, why not indulge their individuality with October’s birthstone, the opal? Opals come in an amazing range of colors, almost always including more than one hue in a glittering, fiery cascade of shades. Opals can be up to 20% water (although not if they are going to be included in jewelry!), and are most commonly found in white, blue and green shades. Reds and blacks colors are less common in opals. The look of the opal is so well-known that it now has its own adjective, ‘opalescent’. Find out why it is renowned for its beauty, with our collection of opal gifts for October birthdays.
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Sapphire and Diamond White Gold Pendant

Sapphires are one of the oldest, toughest, and most valued gemstones. Along with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, they are a member of the ‘Big Four’ when it comes to jewelry. However, their gorgeous quality, clarity and hardness doesn’t meant that you’ll have to break the bank to get a birthstone gift for a loved one this September! We check out the varieties of different sapphires, and the jewelry they are used in to create gorgeous gifts!
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Emerald Cut Peridot White Gold Ring

Peridot was a much loved gemstone in ancient Egypt, and while not so well known as diamond, emerald, ruby or sapphire in the West, it has come to play a large part in gorgeous and affordable jewelry nowadays. The best quality peridot often comes from Pakistan, and the largest volume comes from Arizona, on the San Carlos reservation. It is usually a lovely clear gem, forged as it is in the lava under the Earth’s crust. It is also one of the more exotic gemstones, being the only mineral used in jewelry that comes from outer space - meteorites are sometimes found to contain peridot! Here we look at some gorgeous expressions of this ancient, gorgeous, fresh-looking mineral in birthstone jewelry for August birthdays.
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Pearl and Blue Topaz Earrings

There’s something about all jewelry that creates a classical sort of air - the elegance of pendants, the vivacity of rings, and the flow of a fine bracelet. However, just as with people, some are more classical than others! If you know somebody who looks like a million dollars even after running for the bus, and seems to define the word ‘grooming’, they deserve one of the more timeless, classic pieces of jewelry that are available. We give you our top picks for July birthday gifts for classical women and men.
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Heart Ruby Ring

Since we saw Dorothy use them to break free of her dream and get back home to Kansas (and possibly for a few years earlier than that!), rubies have been etched in our psyches as one of the most romantic and potent of gemstones. Rubies area red variety of corundum (other varieties of the exact same mineral are called sapphires), and rank almost as highly as diamonds for durability and wear resistance, scoring 9 out of 10 on the Mohs hardness scale. Ruby was also the basis for the first ever successful laser, one of the tools of the last century that has allowed us such rapid technological advances. But most importantly, especially to you, it is the birthstone for July! Birthstones are a lovely, easy way to personalize a gift for your loved ones. We have a look at some of our favourite ruby gifts for July birthdays.
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Pearl and Diamond Pendant

Pearls are a unique gemstone - one of the only precious gems to come out of the sea, rather than out of the ground, and with a gorgeous combination of shimmer and opacity, rather than transparency.

Pearls have been a symbol of wealth and class for so long, and while the methods for creating pearl jewelry may have changed, the delicious feeling of elegance that they impart certainly hasn’t! We look at a new breed of pearl jewellery, mixing up the feel of pearls with affordable prices for June born fillies.
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Pandora Mix and Match Pearl Earring Attachments

The Pandora range loves pearls … it has that amazing blend of classical, traditional style, colour and individuality that pearls themselves do.

Which is why we are exploring pearl jewelry options within the Pandora range right now - pearls are the birthstone for June. Let’s check out how Pandora makes them conspicuous, classical and very cool, as well as seeing some of the range’s other options for girls born in June.
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