It requires an expert to identify gemstones, since different gem varieties can look quite similar. It is not always easy to tell a sapphire from a tanzanite, or an aquamarine from a blue topaz, for ...

Trang (Jen) Pham opened La Jolla Gem Appraisal on Silverado Street in 2021 after working in the jewelry trade for seven years. To learn more, the La Jolla Light posed the following questions to Pham: ...

Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, ...

Gemstones, including rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, can be sold for cash, much the same as diamonds and other jewelry. However, more often than not, those stones have very little resale value, ...

When jewelry shop owner Ms Huang had a yellow gemstone, around the size of a walnut, appraised, she received a nasty shock. "The reason I am coming here to do a test is because I would like to be sure ...

The appraisal of precious stones typically involves an array of instruments, including various general gemstone appraisal tools such as the stereoscopic microscope and more specialized analytical ...

Jewelry loss can happen at any time. A bracelet can be stolen from a car, a jewelry box can be ransacked during a home invasion, an earring back can become loose on a night out, or a gemstone can be ...