Sustainable Jewelry Blog

Lucy in the Sky with Lab-Grown Diamonds

Hello Folks, Welcome to another Michael Gabriels' Blog.  This is a really fun one today! Tomorrow, May 26, is a very cool day!  It's the 55-year anniversary of the release of “Lucy in the Sky with...

Diamond Infused Nails: Diamonds become a feature of nail art for Machine Gun Kelly, Jennifer Lopez and others.

Machine Gun Kelly made another headline moment in the fashion world recently when he showed up at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards ceremony with a diamond embedded manicure.  Attending the ceremon...

The Great Asscher Cut

One of the more rarified of styles, the Asscher cut was created in 1902 by Joseph Asscher, one of those responsible for cutting the legendary Cullinan Diamond.  Characterized by its symmetry, and ...

Rhodium Plating!

Have you ever heard of rhodium plating?  It’s very likely that you have not, though you might very well be wearing some right now, or using it today at some point.  The rarest and most valuable...

Satisfying Moms this Mothers Day

2.5 min read It is a truth universally acknowledged that mothers tend to possess the kind of unconditional love hardest to destroy. What better way to say thank you for so indefatigable a charact...

The Diamonds in Oceans 8

(Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons)  The Met Gala held this last Monday, one of the most discussed and lauded events of the society season, brought out stars, celebrities, and a veritable who’s w...

MET GALA 2022 Diamonds!!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been putting on a fundraiser for its Costume Institute since 1948.  This year's Met Gala was a presentation page for some of the glitziest glamour that walks the ...

"She is Entitled to It," Mothers Day 2022

“I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life. She is entitled to it.”  - Mo...

Review: The Diamond Maker by HG Wells

At Michael Gabriels we try to stay up to date in our industry with what has happened, is happening, or going to happen. That means reading a lot of literature, which is sometimes rather scientific...

Earth Day Special: The Most Wonderful Catch of '22

For all of us here at Michael Gabriels, the health of our planet is important. For some of us, that feeling is on a rather extreme level (I’m looking at you, mirror self…).  So would you really e...