How to Tell If Jade Is Real: What Home Tests Can—and Can’t—Tell You
|Christy Wu
Not every stone sold as jade is jade—and real jade may still be treated. Learn what home tests can reveal, what they cannot prove, and when professional testing is needed.
Rutilated Quartz: The Gemstone with Golden Threads — Meaning & Buying Guide
|Christy Wu
Rutilated quartz is a natural quartz crystal containing fine needle-like inclusions of rutile, a titanium mineral. These delicate threads formed naturally as the quartz grew over millions of years, creating...
Aquamarine Meaning: March's Birthstone and the Blue That Never Goes Violet
|Christy Wu
There is a way to identify aquamarine across a room, and it has nothing to do with expertise. Aquamarine always leans towards green. It never goes violet. Sapphire can be...
Lapis Lazuli Jewellery: What to Look For Before You Buy
|Christy Wu
Ask most people to picture a blue gemstone and they'll describe a sapphire. Ask them to picture blue itself and they're much closer to lapis lazuli: opaque, deep, faintly dusty,...
Moss Agate: What It Actually Is, and Why It's Suddenly Everywhere
|Christy Wu
Moss agate looks as though someone captured a tiny landscape inside a gemstone. Delicate green branches spread through clear or milky-grey stone, and no two pieces ever look quite the...
Briefly, yes. Washing your hands with a labradorite ring on won't do any harm, and neither will getting caught in the rain. What you want to avoid is leaving it...
