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We have been expanding rapidly in the jewellery world – we now have multiple online stores selling different types of jewellery e.g. amber jewellery, jewellery for children, silver jewellery and as such, we have decided it’s better to have a single blog rather than have a blog on each of the sites.  From now on, all postings will be on this blog so check out http://all4jewellery.co.uk and take a look at more of our beautiful jewellery information site.

Thanks!  Martin.

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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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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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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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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We at Milton Gems have had a new look lately.  Nothing too different but just a new theme to the pages and we how it makes it easier for people to navigate and see our products.

Apart from the look of the pages we’ve also been busy adding more products from different suppliers.  One of the new ranges is the Little Diamonds range of silver children’s jewellery set with diamonds.

Each beautiful piece comes with a presentation box making it ideal for being given as a gift.

We’re also putting some more ranges on so keep a look out!

Take a closer look at our new Little Diamonds jewellery range!

Martin

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I just thought I’d pass on a new site I found – called Emperor Jewels and is a US based jewellery site selling titanium, tungsten, stainless steel but mainly gold (in multiple colours such as rose, yellow and white gold). They have the normal section for womens jewellery but they also have mens and childrens jewellery.

They send out orders with free postage over $99 and all in all, it was a nice surf – they had a good range of items and pieces that caught my eye was a 14k gold onyx ring and a 14k gold men’s chain necklace which were very nice too. It’s easy to fill up your shopping cart and then the hard decisions have to be made…

Certainly, the bride is the major part of the wedding but you can’t forget the bridesmaids.  Traditionally they are to help the bride on her big day, make sure she’s ready and gets to the Church properly and so on, but they are an integral part of the ceremony.

We at Milton Gems have put together a range of bridesmaid jewellery that we feel would complement each other at the wedding.  Simple, subtle and elegant, these pieces are made to be admired.  While the bridesmaid bracelets, earrings, necklaces, bangle, etc. are for adults, many people give younger bridesmaids gifts from our Children’s jewellery range – we even have pieces that could be given to young pageboys!

So, all in all, say thank you to your helpers and help them stand out in the wedding photographs with beautiful bridesmaid jewellery from Milton Gems.

Martin

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We have sorted our silver and gold jewellery into themes – mainly into types of gemstone e.g. blue topaz jewellery, but also into types e.g. oxidised silver jewellery. Below is a list of the types of jewellery we have – note, these are for adults jewellery – children’s jewellery and baby jewellery can be found seperately.

Firstly, there’s the gemstone jewellery that are for birthstones

Garnet Jewellery – Amethyst Jewellery – Aquamarine Jewellery – Diamond Jewellery – Emerald Jewellery – Moonstone Jewellery – Freshwater Pearl Jewellery – Ruby Jewellery – Peridot Jewellery – Sapphire Jewellery – Opal Jewellery – Citrine Jewellery – Turquoise Jewellery

The eagle eyed among you might notice that there’s 13 gemstones listed above even though there’s only twelve months in the year – that’s because the june birthstone is moonstone or pearl so I put both down.

More, non birthstone categories are Agate Jewellery – Amber Jewellery – Blue Topaz Jewellery – Clear Cubic Zirconia – Coloured Cubic Zirconia – Green Agate Jewellery – Iolite Jewellery – Jade Jewellery – Mother of Pearl Jewellery – Onyx Jewellery – Oxidised Silver Jewellery – Paua Shell Jewellery – Pink Sapphire Jewellery – Quartz Jewellery – Rose Quartz Jewellery – Shell Jewellery – Silver Pearl Jewellery – Smoky Quartz Jewellery – Synthetic Pearl Jewellery – Tourmaline Jewellery – Valentine / Romantic Jewellery – Enamel Jewellery.

All in all, we have a good selection of jewellery in a wide range of gemstones so the chances are, we have something to suit your needs so browse away.

Martin

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The title of this post says what I feel, I suppose – selling silver jewellery and gold jewellery (come to think of it) is a funny old game.  You do it for a while and you think you know a little and then something stumps you.  Take the silver necklace to the left, for example.  A nice piece.  An attractive piece.  But I wasn’t sure if it would sell.  I put it on Milton Gems and left it to see what happened.  I expected to sell a little but I think the fact that the necklace was a little different caught peoples eye and it’s currently our most popular item.

So, moral of the story – sell a range of items because you can never tell and you’re more likely to have a piece that sells like hot cakes.

Anyway, I’m off to make sure we have enough of the necklaces and order some more.

Martin

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In New Zealand abalone is called paua in the Maori language. It is difficult to harvest paua and the rights can only be granted under legal Maori customary rights. The daily recreational limit is 10 paua per diver with a minimum shell length of 125 mm. The Ministry of Fisheries says that in the years of 2004 and 2005 approximately 1,000 tons of paua will be poached with about three fourths of that undersized.

Click here to see our Paua Shell jewellery

New Zealand’s polished paua shells are common souvenirs because of their beautiful blue, purple, gold and green hues. If you transport unprocessed abalone shells out of New Zealand you are breaking the law.

The amazing colour of paua shells are completely natural are polished to gain maximum luster to show the true colours on the shell.

Paua is a certain species of abalone that is only found around New Zealand. Locals only utilize the natural paua that has washed up on the shoreline. They don’t use fake colour enhancers, plastic resin coatings, or dyes like some manufacturers do who sometimes harvest thin paua shells.

There are three different species of Paua found in New Zealand including silver paua- Haliotis australis, Paua- Haliotis iris, and Virgin Paua-Haliotis virginea. Paua is a Maori name that was given to a small group of mono-valve mollusks found in their coastal waters.

Paua are found in the shallow coastal water along rocky shorelines in depths of about one to fifteen m. They feed on nearby seaweed and can survive the strong tidal surges because they can cling to the rocks with their muscular foot.

The paua is actually ionic in New Zealand and its black muscular foot is considered a delicacy while its shell is used in jewellery and as keepsakes because it is one of the world?s most attractive shells.

We have two category pages with paua shell on it – paua jewellery category one and paua category two.

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Valentine’s Day dates back to the Roman period when King Claudius was ruler. This day was celebrated in a festival as honor to the queen of Roman gods. This queen is known as the goddess of the female sex and matrimony.

The following day was celebrated as the Lupercalia Feasts. The night of the festival was only for the youth and the rest of the time they were kept separate. This is the idea of Valentines Day.

A different common theory of the history of Valentine’s Day is the sacrifices that the Christian named Valentine did for love. There was a certain requirement of members of the army and the emperor was unable to make it. Most didn’t want to go and be involved in a war because they had a family. He came up with an idea to stop people from becoming married. He went so far as to ban marriages all together.

Of course many people were against this law, and refused to listen. So a priest by the name of Valentine secretly held weddings. Then became the tradition of Saint Valentine’s Day which is celebrated on the day the brave man died. This tradition is celebrated around the world.

In earlier times Valentine’s Day was a time of giving love notes and expressions. Many people would send anonymous letters and cards to others as secret admirers. In modern times gifts have dominated this celebration. Some may think this is materialistic but in fact many big gifts are given with love and emotion.

Even if you know your love is true you can still find a great way to express it in a Valentine’s Day gift. In fact gift giving on Valentine’s Day is such a big industry that there are endless amounts of gifts that are especially made for this day.

We at Milton Gems have a great range of jewellery that are designed for romance and Valentines Day jewellery.  We have categories for valentine earrings, bracelets, necklace and pendants.

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It’s coming up to that time again – 14th February and Valentines day.  And what better way of showing your feelings to your loved one than by a beautiful piece of gold or silver jewellery?

We at Milton Gems have made a new category of jewellery – a Valentines / Romantic Jewellery category and inside there are 4 sub categories of jewellery – valentine earrings, bracelets / bangles, necklaces and pendants.  Put in those categories are pieces of silver and gold jewellery with a romantic theme – mainly hearts.

So, if you want to send a gift that will be treasured, choose a piece of jewellery.  For a small charge, we will even nicely gift wrap it and write your message!

Martin

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A pearl is created when an oyster gets a grain of sand inside it – the oyster tries to ease the irritant by covering it in layers of nacre.  Over time, the layers increase and the grain of sand turns into a pearl – a spherical, ball of nacre.  Freshwater pearls are created the same way but instead of the oyster naturally getting the sand inside it (which is purely chance) the sand is added by people – so it’s almost guaranteed to get a pearl in due course.

One of our favourite designers – Kit Heath – uses pearl a lot in their pieces to great effect.  We also like to have pieces where the differences in colour are highlighted – which they certainly are with our marcasite jewellery (example images can be seen below).

Have a look at our freshwater pearl jewellery here.  Another page of fresh water pearl jewellery is here.

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Sapphire is known mainly for its beautiful blue colour but other colours are available and often rarer than the more famous blue.  However, red sapphire doesn’t exist…because that is ruby (it’s the mineral composition that makes the gemstone not the colour).

I, personally, like the pink sapphire – it’s delicate, subtle, beautiful and reasonably priced, too.

We have a few items on Milton Gems – see our pink sapphire category in the jewellery themes page.

M.

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Peridot is the brithstone for august.  With a full range of greens, peridot is often thought of as a summer gemstone but has been proven to be popular all year round.

Peridot jewellery has been known to have been around for over 4,000 years where it was mined on an island in the Red Sea.  Luckily new mines have been found relatively recently so we can still have the beautiful green peridot jewellery for our jewellery.

As always, more pieces of peridot jewelry can be found in our gemstone pages. 

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The gemstone citrine is also called golden quartz and is named after the French word for lemon – citron.  Citrine comes in many different shades from almost transparent with a touch of yellow to almost browny orange.

Our small but growing range of citrine jewellery includes pendants and earrings and is often included with other gemstones such as smoky quartz, tourmaline, etc.

As always, the page of our jewellery sorted by types of gemstone is here.

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Today has been a busy day – we have been putting on a large amount of gold jewellery – mainly gold pendants and gold earrings.

Some of the items that caught my eye were made from amber.  Personally, I like it – perhaps it’s the thought that it’s resin from trees that are millions of years old or perhaps it’s just that the colours are all different.

Anyway, we have put up an amber jewellery page – have a look at some items and see what you think.

There’s only a small amber jewellery selection at the moment but it’s very much of a tester.  If it proves popular than expect to see more amber from us – both gold amber and silver amber.

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The pretty pink of rose quartz jewellery can range from almost transparent to translucent and is the pink variety of quartz.  Normally, rose quartz is too cloudy to be used as a gemstone but it’s this cloudyness which attracts fans of rose quartz jewelry.

All of the rose quartz jewellery  pieces we sell at Milton Gems are also with other stones – such as amethyst in the earrings above.  The different types of quartz complement each other.

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Iolite has a pretty blue/purple colour although it has extreme pleochroism which means that the colour you see changes depends on the angle you look at the iolite which caused people to call iolite “water sapphire”.

Iolite used to be used by the Vikings – they would look through it towards the sun to help determine their position while at sea without risking going blind and being more accurate than the naked eye.

We at Milton Gems has a small range of iolite jewellery – earrings and pendants in white and yellow gold.  Take a look and see what you think about iolite jewellery.

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