Tag: gemstones
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JEWELLERY COFFEE TABLE BOOKS FOR GUESTS WHO LOVE TO LOUNGE DURING CNY
While you busy yourself with delicious goodies and Lunar New Year decorations, here’s how your home can be the next best destination for guests who love to lounge. From comfortable couches, soft pillows to beautiful chinas, you’re almost all set for the festive period. Great company also comes with great topics to talk about. At…
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STROKES OF LUCK
Aesthetics notwithstanding, colours are often linked to the way a certain gemstone may benefit its wearer. A red stone, for example, is said to aid blood circulation; while a blue one helps mental clarity. Besides the famous jade, with its symbolic energy highly regarded in Asia, we explore some of the more popular, not to…
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SJP x KAT FLORENCE
Every once in awhile, a girl has to indulge herself — The all-too-familiar quote from popular TV series, Sex and the City by character Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker, is a good reminder why we love shopping. In collaboration with London-based jeweller Kat Florence, the star co-designed The Flawless Diamonds collection…
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SEPTEMBER BIRTHSTONE: SAPPHIRE
Sapphires conjure images of nobility, the sky and deep blue seas. What few people know is that only a fraction of the sapphire family is actually blue. While the countless shades of blue paint the sapphire palette in most people’s minds, the sapphire is in fact a highly versatile and multicoloured gemstone. In its pure…
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BEWITCHED BY BLUE
Among the myriad of blue gemstones, lapiz lazuli’s celestial opaque blue with golden sparkles across its surface is one of the oldest. The stone, used since 31,000 BC, is noted for its intense deep blue hue, formed by its high sulphur content. Its unique starry night appeal, in turn, comes from marble veins and pyrites…