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Metals

Yellow gold and white gold have very similar strength and malleability. White gold looks very similar to platinum, but the two have very different properties and platinum will maintain its lustre for ever unlike other white metals which turn yellowish in time.

Diamonds

Romantic in history and symbolic of love, diamond is of course the most famous, popular, and hardest of all gemstones. Some cultures believed that diamond enhances energies of the mind, body and spirit on the highest levels.

Gemstones

The popularity of certain gemstones varies according to style and fashion and the assignment of specific gems as birthstones dates from ancient times. The quality of the stone has more of an impact on price than any other factor.

Pearls

A symbol of purity, wealth, status, love and good future, pearls have captured the fancy and imagination of man since time began and continues to do so even today.

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