Kristen Bell’s brown diamond ring
20.02.2010
Kristen Bell’s engagement ring by Neil Lane, over 3ct emerald cut brown diamond set in platinum
Articles
Hong Kong international jewellery show and gemology study trip
17.02.2010
I am away attending the biggest spring jewellery show in Asia, Hong Kong international jewellery show (http://www.hktdc.com/fair/hkjewellery-en/HKTDC-Hong-Kong-International-Jewellery-Show.html) and doing gem identification study at GIA (http://www.gia.edu) for 3 weeks. I’ll be updating my twitter (http://twitter.com/monicatsao) and checking my email frequently but won’t be posting any new blog articles until then.
Commissioned Pieces – emerald diamond ring
17.02.2010
Vivid green emerald with 1.50cts diamonds right hand ring in 14K white gold.
Commissioned Pieces – Canadian diamond bands
15.02.2010
I am in the process of upgrading my camera equipment so I haven’t been posting some of the commissioned pieces I did. I decided to start posting anyways until I get all my equipments in place. These two bands are custom made in 18K yellow gold with Canadian diamonds.
Lady Gaga decorated in white pearls!
13.02.2010
At the recent amfAR New York Gala, Lady Gaga the singer wore a two-piece, military-style jacket, cap and hundreds of pearls glued all over her face and body. She also wore a white wig and strings of pearls hanging from one temple to another, all matching the all-white ensemble sprinkled with what looked like oversized pearls as [...]
Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff are not related after all!
04.02.2010
The famed Hope Diamond and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond, were not cut from the same stone, according to a group of scientists led by Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. The two diamonds were examined under a variety of microscopes and lights at the Smithsonian to try to settle some centuries-old [...]
$1.3 million dollars diamond cake!
01.02.2010
A wedding cake covered in sapphires a nd diamonds went on display at a Dallas Bridal show in January, according to NBC’s Dallas/Fort Worth affiliate. The magnificent nine-tier wedding cake, valued at $1.3 million. It weighs about 160 pounds a nd serves about 320 people at a less-than-economical price of $3,125 per slice. (WOW….I bet it’s delicious…it [...]
Monica’s Collection
