Have you checked out the newest additions to our online shop?!
We want to make shopping easier from the comfort of your home, so online is a great place to start your shopping.
Every pic below has a link to our online shop <3
To knot or not to knot, which gems need a knot for protection?
Knots between beads are often used as a decorative element but they also serve a function within some pieces of jewellery, creating a protective barrier between beads so that they are not damaged by rubbing against each other during normal wear.
Pearls benefit from knots between each bead but this is only necessary in higher quality pearl pieces.
Rice and seed pearls rarely have knots between each bead as they are inexpensive and worn more as fashion pieces than as fine jewellery pieces, although there are higher end pearls from these families that you would want to protect.
Other soft stones that benefit from knotting between beads include turquoise, amber, jet and coral, but there are many more.
’20 Tips on maintaining our Jewellery’, Gillian E. Batcher, 2013
These beautiful tourmaline rings are handmade by Hyewon Jang, one of the goldsmiths at Jewel Envy.
Tourmaline is the October birthstone!
In the 1700s, Dutch traders called stones they could not identify as “turamali.” There were quite a few because tourmalines come in so many different colours.
Learn about different types of quartz!
https://www.gemsociety.org/article/quartz-jewelry-and-gemstone-information/
