Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you romantic songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, country singer Chris Lane shares his real-life proposal to reality TV star Lauren Bushnell in 2019’s “Big, Big Plans.” In a music video viewed on YouTube more than 10.5 million times, Lane’s fans get to see the actual …
Short Film Describes How Gemfields Brings Emeralds From Darkness to Light
Gemfields has just released "Emeralds," the second of four short films that offer a glimpse into the miner's world of colored gemstones. While the first installment from two weeks ago emphasized the miner's commitment to responsible sourcing, the newest video shines the spotlight on the most valuable member of the beryl family and the official May birthstone. The mining company is …
Survey: Jewelry Tops All Mother’s Day Gift Categories; Spending Climbs to $5.27B
Lucky moms will be showered with jewelry gifts at an unprecedented level this Sunday, Mother's Day. Despite uncertain times, spending on jewelry items is expected to reach $5.27 billion, making it the highest-volume gift-giving category by far, according to an annual Mother's Day survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF). Jewelry spending is up from $5.19 billion in 2019, a …
Mummy of Bejeweled Teenage Girl Found in 3,500-Year-Old Tomb Near Luxor
A team of Spanish and Egyptian archaeologists recently discovered the mummy of a bejeweled teenage girl in a 3,500-year-old tomb near Luxor, Egypt. The fashionable young lady was found wearing two earrings in one ear, two rings and four necklaces tied together with a glazed ceramic, or "faience," clip. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the teenager was …
Birthstone Feature: ‘Trapiche’ Emerald Remains a Gemological Curiosity
Resembling a wheel with six spokes, “trapiche” emeralds may be the most unique variety of May’s birthstone. Found primarily in the black shales of Colombia’s western “emerald zone,” these gemological curiosities display alternating rays of vivid emerald green and deep black. Trapiche emeralds were first described by Émile Bertrand in 1879 in a meeting at the Société Géologique de France, …
Music Friday: ‘Diamonds, Daisies and Snowflakes’ Describe Marlo Thomas in ‘That Girl’
Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you nostalgic songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. In the catchy theme song from the groundbreaking 1966 TV series That Girl, writers Earle Hagen and Sam Denoff paint a picture of the title character, who embodies “everything that every girl should be!” The 52-second ditty starts …
Baby Octopus Leads Divers to Lost Engagement Ring; Smartest Invertebrates Love Bling
A Canadian woman who lost her engagement ring while swimming in Howe Sound off Bowyer Island, British Columbia, is thanking a baby octopus for leading divers to the irreplaceable heirloom that had been in her fiancé's family since the 1940s. As the world's smartest invertebrates, octopuses have great memories, can carry out complex tasks and — thankfully — have a …
San Diego Musician Pops the Question With Ring That’s Seen Two Global Pandemics
The diamond ring that San Diego musician Scott Szikla used to propose to his neuroscientist girlfriend, Elena Blanco-Suarez, has seen two global pandemics — both COVID-19 and the Spanish flu that swept across the globe in 1918 and 1919. Szikla had planned to purchase an engagement ring at a local jeweler, but was stymied because of the recent disruption of …
‘Dom Pedro’ Occupies Prime Spot Near the Hope Diamond; Hop on the Virtual Tour!
Occupying one of the most highly trafficked locations in the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals in Washington, DC, is an obelisk-shaped aquamarine that is widely recognized as the masterwork of Bernd Munsteiner, an Idar-Oberstein-based gem cutter, who has been called “The Picasso of Gems” and “The Father of the Fantasy Cut.” The 10,363-carat "Dom Pedro" is …
Pink Diamond Jennifer Lopez Got From Ben Affleck in 2002 Is Still Making Headlines
Back in 2002, Ben Affleck proposed to Jennifer Lopez with a 6.1-carat radiant-cut fancy intense pink diamond. Even though the power couple — affectionally known as Bennifer — never tied the knot, the ring sparked a craze for colored diamonds. Now, 18 years and two engagements later, Lopez's pink stunner is still making headlines. The 50-year-old singer/actress revealed during an …