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...

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...

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...

Oh the Jewels that Were Lost: the 110th Anniversary of Titanic Sinking.

(Image courtesy of Wiki Commons) RMS Titanic was the ultimate ship of dreams in 1912 when it launched on its maiden and final voyage. It was the dream of its owners, designers and builders; the dre...

Today, April 12, Anniversary of Beatles Song "With love, from me to you," and More!!!

Some information on Lab-grown diamonds, on this anniversary of the Beatles song "With Love, From Me to You"

Spotlight: Pave A Major Trend In 2022

Brevity Count- 2 Minute Read Pavé- the artistic feature on jewelry where many tiny diamonds are set together in rows or groups - and other settings using melee (tiny diamonds) are rising in popul...

Major Trends in Diamonds for 2022: Part 1

Welcome to another blog from Michael Gabriels.  Fashion trends come and go, and jewelry is no different. While there is a “natural” seasonal shift, and the cyclical desire for the new and unique a...

Madeleine Albright, Who Used Jewelry for Diplomacy, Passes Away at 84

  (Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)    In 1996, President Bill Clinton nominated Madeleine Albright for the first woman as Secretary of State of the United States. Early next year, just befor...

An Alchemists Dream

The Alchemic Pipe Dream: Laboratory Diamonds  The desire to create something out of nothing has captivated humans for millennia. For thousands of years, alchemists were certain that precious met...

Happy Pi Day!!!

Hello and welcome to another blog article from Michael Gabriels. Thanks for stopping by on this nerdiest of holidays: Happy International Pi Day! And very appropriate for a jeweler specializing...

Recognized Brilliance: Part I

The Appreciation of Diamonds Before The Development of Cutting  Diamonds have been appreciated by human beings for at least 2500 years, and very likely more. Who knows what human or human-like c...