Choosing a Valentines gift that shows your love

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Chantal

Now that Christmas has passed, the new year has begun, and we have set ourselves new goals for the coming year, we realize that Valentines Day is quickly approaching!

Valentine’s day is the subject of legends, traditions, medieval plays, rhymes and poems dating back to the early centuries. And today it remains the most popular theme and motif that permeates through our society every February.

What comes to mind to many as Valentines Day approaches is giving a piece of jewelry to your wife, girl friend or fiancée to express your love. Choosing a Valentines gift that shows your love is easier than you may think! Landstroms Black Hills Gold has a wide variety of Valentines jewelry featuring hearts made from the so well-known tri color Black Hills Gold with pink and green leaves. This year, Landstroms also offers an affordable line of sterling silver diamond jewelry.

Add an extra touch to this year’s Valentines gift and share the beauty of Black Hills Gold Jewelry with your loved one.

And don’t forget your flowers! Call FTD at 888-580-8448 for great prices, selection and service Continue reading →

Birthstone of the Month: Blue Zircon, December’s birthstone

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Chantal

HISTORY OF BLUE ZIRCON

Though it is generally accepted that the custom of birthstones originated from the Breastplate of Aaron, a religious article which held twelve gemstones representing the twelve tribes of Israel, over the years different cultures have interpreted the instructions for fabricating the breastplate differently resulting in a variety of birthstone lists. And though it is also probable that these stones were assigned according to astrological sign, in recent times it has become popular to appoint the variety of birthstones to the months of the year. The month of December, the final month of the year, is certainly no different in this respect and has a number of possibilities.

The modern birthstones for December have been Turquoise or Tanzanite, but in recent years Blue Continue reading →

Birthstone of the Month: Citrine, November’s Birthstone

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Chantal

APPEARANCE OF CITRINE

Citrine is a variety of quartz that ranges from pale yellow to reddish brown in color. The yellow color, which differentiates Citrine from other quartz varieties such as Amethyst or Smokey Quartz, is due to traces of iron and silicon dioxide within the crystalline structure. Natural Citrine actually is quite rare and is more often created when Amethyst formations near natural heat sources in the Earth’s crust are heated beyond about 900 degrees Fahrenheit. At this point the Amethyst turns yellow or reddish brown becoming Citrine. Interestingly, Citrine may be returned to a purple color by applying beta radiation to it, and sometimes Citrine exhibits both colors, at which point it is referred to as Ametrine. These processes were originally discovered in the middle of the 18th century, but were quickly perfected resulting in a boom on Citrine in Europe. These days only a trained specialist can recognize these “burnt stones”.

HISTORY OF THE CITRINE

Because it is so rarely found in nature, there is very little mythology related to Citrine. However, Continue reading →

Birthstone of the Month: the Opal, October’s birthstone

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Chantal

APPEARANCE OF THE OPAL

The Opal has no crystalline structure, as do most gemstones, but instead is comprised of varying sizes of minute, spherically grouped chains of silicon and oxygen. The more precious the Opal, the more organized the groups of spheres and the more consistent their sizes. This resulting structure creates a changing play of colors as light is dissected and diffracted through the spheres at different wavelengths creating all the colors of the rainbow. It is this colorful, translucent appearance that gives us the term “opalescence”.

HISTORY OF THE OPAL

Almost 95% of all Opals come from Australia, where billions of years ago a vast sea which covered Continue reading →

Birthstone of the Month: Sapphire, September’s Birthstone

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Chantal

APPEARANCE OF SAPPHIRE

The most celebrated Sapphires are a rich, deep blue but Sapphire may be any color except red. Yellow, green, white, purple and even pink-colored corundum is referred to as Sapphire while true red-colored corundum is known as Ruby. While trace amounts of chromium result in the Ruby’s red color, it is other elements, notably iron and chrome that result in the different colored stones referred to as Sapphires. Continue reading →

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