Entries from October 2008 ↓

These gorgeous earrings from the Iced Gems collection by designer Kit Heath are 33 by 12 millimeters, and go perfectly with the necklace presented here by me the other day.

They’re a really classy pair of earrings and the girlfriend is looking at their picture with lust in here eyes right now at the time I’m writing this article. Too bad for he she’s not born in December, hihihi.

For more turquoise, please visit our turquoise jewellery page.

Johnny

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Here’s something interesting about turquoise: initially, this substance was known by a lot of different names, but the word turquoise was derived around 16th century from French, either from the word for Turkish (Turquois) or dark-blue stone (which is pierre turquin in french). Although turquoise doesn’t occur in Turkey, it was heavily traded at turkish bazaars to the venetian merchants, which then brought it to Europe, so this might have been a bit of a misconception Just a funny thing which I thought you might like to know.

Moving on to today’s item, this pair of teardrop turquoise earrings  come from Kit Heath’s Vintage collection, and they include a presentation box as do all of our Kit Heath products. The stones are natural and have a blue-ish colour.

They come mounted on a sterling silver setting. If you want to give these as a gift, you can order the gift wrap for only £2 from the product page.

Johnny

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Yes, Anna from Manchester, that nice pair of citrine earrings I showed you yesterday does, in fact, have a complementary necklace And, as I promised you on the phone last evening, here’s a picture and a short presentation of it:

The design is basically the same as for the earrings, made out of two circles (well, three if you count the stone as a separate one). It does not include a chain, but order whichever type and length you like on the product page, as we have a wide selection here at Milton Gems.

Johnny

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Seems that the sterling silver jewllery with turquoise stones I posted about on our blog here at Milton Gems was a big success.

Or is it just that December’s coming, and turquoise being the birthstone of December the reason why you’ve shown such a big interested in it? 

Don’t really, know, but either way, by popular request, here’s another superb piece of jewellery, a silver oval necklace with  turquoise stone!

It’s fairly big at 35 millimeters in length and 1 and a half centimeters wide, and includes a chain as well which is about 16 inches long.

A nice presentation box is also included, so this makes a great out of the box gift, which you can immediately hang right at your girlfriend’s neck

For more turquoise choices, click here!

Johnny

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Earrings are one of our best sold items, and these circular citrine ones from Kit Heat’s Organics collection are a nice piece of handwork.

Hi-quality, natural citrine on a very narrow 925 sterling silver setting, they also have a second silver circle surrounding the one with the stone. Here’s a picture for you, to better grasp what I’m talking about:

These come with a nice presentation box, and they’re about 3.2 centimeters in length and 1.8 centimeters wide.

If these are not really to your taste (maybe you just don’t like circles ), please check out more citrine jewellery choices.

Johnny

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Today I will show you a really nice pair of earrings from the Kit Heath Iced Gems series, made out of 925 sterling silver and with genuine turquoise stones.

Pay attention though, as these are pretty long at over 5 centimeters in length, and might not be for everybody. There are ladies out there that don’t like longer earrings, or they simply don’t fit them.

So while these might not be for everybody, those women that enjoy longer earrings will definitely like these silver setting with turquoise stone earrings.

Check out our turquoise stone jewellery section for more items to pick from for your December birthday man or lady

Johnny

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Today I want to talk to you a bit about the birthstone of December, turquoise. For those of you unfamiliar with this rare stone, it’s an opaque, blue to green mineral that has been prized both as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years.

I for one really like the colour of turquoise. In my humble opinion, it looks really great on a silver setting. Take a look at this silver bracelet with turquoise stones:

True enough: the silver is very craftily positioned around the three blue-greenish stones. The shape of the stones is accompanied very nicely byt the silver oval-shaped rings as well. It’s about 7 ½ inches long, and indeed a really nice piece of work by designer Kit Heath, and only one of the many jewelery choices on our turquoise jewellery selection!

Johnny

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I wanted to include this in yesterday’s post but I had to run, so I’m telling you about these silver drop earrings with oval citrine now. They go together perfectly with the Oval Citrine and Silver Necklace from yesterday, in fact they’re part of the same set.

They’re fairly long at almost 3 centimeters in length and they’re about 1 centimeter wide.

They come with their own presentation box, like all our Kit Heath jewllery, but if you want to order them as a set to go with the citrine necklace, then make sure you let us know on the order page and we’ll pack them together for you.

If you’d rather have something else other then earrings with a citrine stone, you can always check out our citrine jewelry offer.

Johnny

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This silver necklace with an oval citrine stone comes from designer kit heath, and it not only includes a 16 inches silver necklace, but also a nice presentation box.

This one is ready to wear out of the box, so it would be the perfect gift for someone that’s born in November - as I said before to those that didn’t already knew this, citrine is the birthstone of November and it’s customary to give gifts with citrine stones to those celebrating their birthday this month.

Check out our citrine jewellery page for more citrine choices.

Johnny

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These lovely citrine necklace would make a nice gift for a lady born in November. Not sure if you were aware of this or not, but Citrine is the birthstone of November and all our citrine stones are the organic, original ones, and no the cheap glass variety you can find people selling nowadays.

Shaped like a teardrop, this necklace is on the smaller side, with only 12 mm in height and 8 mm in width, so you might want to give this to a pretty little lady who deserves it *wink*.

A presentation box is included as is with all our Kit Heath products, and a necklace (which is not included) can be ordered hassle free right from the product page.

Johnny

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Out of all the beautiful birthstones we have on jewellry here ate Milton Gems, Amethyst must be one of my favorite ones. Or maybe it’s just that I love purple, I don’t know, but I truly honestly believe this pair of amethyst drop earrings are simply gorgeous!

I like the way the stone is cut on these ones best. It has a lot of facets, some small and some larger, but they’re all clean-cut and capture the light in a special way.

The 925 sterling silver setting designer Kit Heath has been using is shiny and bright and helps bring out the glow of the stones.

Other then being the perfect gift for anyone born in february, our amethyst jewellery selection is both classy and styled, and all for a fair price

Johnny

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I’ve heard it both ways: some say it looks like a two stars pendant, some say it looks like flowers, but either way it’s just as pretty.

It’s fairly large, just below 4 centimeters in length, and it has a nice engraving made out of marcasite stones on a sterling silver setting.

I was thinking of buying something like this for granny as a classy Christmas gift, but I haven’t decided exactly which of the marcasite jewellery I should get, other then the fact that I’ve already decided it will be something with marcasite stones.

Johnny

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Yesterday I showed you a really nice pair of earrings, but I realize now those might not be for everybody. I certainly like them and so do my myspace female friends I asked what they thought, but some women would rather wear something smaller.

To these ladies I would suggest this lovely pair of citrine teardrop shaped earrings which are pretty light in both weight and size, at about 23 mm in height and only 2 grams or so.

The earrings come with a presentation box from our designer, and can be assorted to our Teardrop Shaped Citrine Necklace, for a really fresh, nice looking set.

Or please visit our citrine jewelry offer for more lovely choices!

Not sure if you remember but last week I showed you a piece from our inventory from designer kit heath, a twisted silver and amethyst pendant. And from the looks of things, I wasn’t the only one who appreciated it, since I receive quite a couple emails asking if we had matching earrings for that pendant (which we didn’t have at the time).

Well folks, I have good news for all of you which asked that questions: we’ve just got matching Twisted Silver and Amethyst Drop Earrings and they’re ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

About 5 cm long, these things of beauty also include a nice presentation box, which comes in handy when if you’re buying them to give as a present.

Of course, if you want to go overboard, we can always gift wrap them for you for a measly £2, thus making sure there’s not additional hoops for you to go through

For more amethyst jewellery, please go to our amethist jewellery page!

Johnny

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So the girlfriend was a bit upset this weekend when I stayed out a bit too much on Friday night with the guys. What can I say… it’s not my fault she doesn’t like the pub, I asked her to go along. She didn’t wanna go and it’s still me that is responsible? I don’t get this stuff sometimes…

Anyways, I managed to make it better buy buying her this marcasite locket that’s shaped like a heart, and although it cost me £40 it was worth it, cuz now I won’t have to get her anything for our anniversary  this month. In fact I made sure of it and I told here this was an early present.

Of course, I also put a nice picture of us inside (one which she likes) and I also picked up a nice silver necklace from the store. Let’s just say everything’s fine in the “family” now

By the way, I was also considering this other heart with silver filigree, from kit heath, but ultimately decided to go for the locket, since I wanted to add that personal touch with the picture of us.

Johnny

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I must give it to the guy: Kit Heath did a wonderful job on this one. The stone is so nicely cut and it catches the light in a special way. With a setting of 925 sterling silver, this oval pendant with amethyst stone is about 16 mm tall and 8 mm wide. Just the perfect size, in case anybody cares what I think

This particular pendant does not include a chain, but in case you don’t already have the perfect chain to hang this on, feel free to order one straight from the product page. You can count on the fact that there’s always a good selection of chains available here at Milton Gems.

For more amethyst jewels to assort with this exquisite pendant, visit our amethyst jewllery selection.

Johnny

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Do you have an aunt that simply loves cats? Or maybe a dear friend that has one of these lovely animals in her lap all the time? Do you, yourself, love these superb creatures and would like to have something to remind you of your real pet while you’re away from home?

Then what better way to show your appreciation for these beloved animals then this really sweet cat brooch made out of marcasite on a silver setting?

It shows two cats from behind, which appear to be lovers (by the way they are “holding tails” too I like to think that the black one is the guy, and the silver kitty with the marcasite necklace is the female.

But I digress – they’re just nice and cuddly and they would make the perfect gift for any cat lover out there.

And, as always, just in case, I want to point you to our marcasite jewellery page, where you will find a wide variety of brooches and what not.

Johnny

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The knot is is one of the best known motifs in Celtic jewelry and art. There are quite a few celtic symbol guides available that list variations of the celtic knots, but many of the purported meanings of the symbols are actually made up. Believe it or not, some folks would con you into buying their trinkets or jewellery by telling you their designs mean “love” or “honour” or whatever else, when there are in fact no known authentic knotwork designs meaning such things.

So I won’t tell you that this pendant from Kit Heath means “undying love” or “forever faithful” or anything like that. But I will tell you instead that it is one of the best stylized representations of a celtic knot you will ever find in a pendant.

It’s quite lovely really; the clear, purple amethyst stone on the shiny silver bed give it a feeling of distinctiveness which you won’t find in many pieces. The chain is not included, but it can be ordered without any hassle right on the product page in any length you find to be most appropriate.

Also, feel free to browse our selection of amethyst jewlery, maybe there’s something else that catches your eye and that you will like even better. To each his own…

Johnny

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Howdy fellows,

Hope everyone’s having a nice day, even if the weather is somewhat lacking… as usual.

Remember that circular citrine and silver necklace I talked to you about the other day? Well, turns out we also have matching circular citrine stud earrings to go with them.

Made from the same materials as the necklace, these sterling silver earrings include a nice presentation box as well, so you needn’t worry about wrapping.

And remember, these are just one of the many models on our citrine jewellery page.

Johnny

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Hello friends,

Packing an order for one of our customers yesterday I noticed this pair of silver earrings with marcasite stones that I didn’t even know were in our inventory (as some of you know, I’m rather new here at Milton Gems).

I must say, the finesse of the handiwork on these earrings is quite impressive. They’re not too small, at 14 mm in diameter, but not too big either, and they’re shaped in the form of flower petals. I bet they’d make a pretty set, combined with our double marcasite star pendant which you can find here.

Other vintage marcasite jewellery choices can be found here.

Johnny

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Funny story about amethyst folks. The name comes from the Ancient Greek a- ("not") and methustos ("intoxicated"), and these poor people actually believed that the stone protected them from drunkenness. Now, why the bloody hell would anyone want to protect himself from that, I do not know, but apparently these fellows made drinking vessels out of amethyst in the hopes they would not get intoxicated with liquor.

I can’t promise you that this Amethyst Stones Silver Twist Pendant will do you any good in that regard, but what I can promise is that you will be wearing one of the hottest items on our inventory. I mean… just look at it. Have you ever seen anything this pretty?

It comes from designer Kit Heath, and the Silver chain is not included. No worries tho, you can easily order one on the same page you’re getting your pendant from.

As always, our site offer you a nice variety of amethyst jewellery.

Johnny

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I’m not sure if you were aware of this or not, but The beautiful birthstone of November, citrine, is a pretty rare precious stone. It’s why we get so many fake ones on the market these days. Mostly cheap, lousy colored glass.

Rest assured though, at Milton Gems you will always find the genuine thing. Our citrine stones come straight from Rio Grande do Sul, in exotic Brazil, and are of the highest quality.

So is the manufacture of this lovely citrine necklace I’m about to show you. It comes from Kit Heat, it’s about 16 inches long and made from Sterling Silver, so you can be sure it’ll last you for a long time.

If this lovely necklace is not quite your style, you can always find more citrine jewellery here…

Johnny

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Brooches seem to be pretty popular amongst our customers as of late. It looks like, out of all our Marcasite Jewellery Products, brooches are appreciated most. Which is why I’m presenting you one of the latest addition to our online inventory, the Dragonfly Marcasite and Mother of Pearl Brooch.

I for one have seen my fair share of dragonfly brooches, and let me say that most of the ones I’ve seen are just not good enough. They’re big and loud and really don’t cut it. This one piece of jewellery however, has such a great manufacture you expect the dragonfly to just come to life and fly away at any moment

So, if there is a really special, refined lady in your life, this might just make the perfect gift for her!

For the rest of our marcasite jewellery line, please click here.

Johnny

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