Thursday, February 26th:  New Trinity three stone ring added! With the rise in popularity of PPF (past, present, future) rings we've created our own in-house design, the Trinity ring.  The Trinity ring is a very modern yet feminine ring, with low-set lines for ease of wear and a prong structure that places the 3 stones flush together to maximize the visual impression of the stones.  Many stone size options are available for the Trinity ring.  Our semi-mounts feature top-grade white natural diamond sides, which vary in size according to the size center stone desired.  More details and photos are are on our new Trinity ring page here.

Tuesday, February 24th:  New Auction! We are discontinuing our Akira freshwater pearl bracelets.  As a result, we have one photo model of our single strand bracelet that will now be placed in auction.  This is a 7 inch bracelet comprised of premium round white 7-7.5mm pearls and a 14K yellow gold ball safety clasp.  The starting bid price is $99.  This bracelet has been independently appraised for $265 and will ship with its appraisal card to the winner of the auction!  This auction will end on Tuesday, March 2nd, 12pm PST.  Please visit our auction page for more information.  You can place your bid on our message boards under the 'Buy, Sell, Trade, or Auction' forum.

Monday, February 23rd:  Micro-pave Cathedral ring added!  We've added our first micro-pave mounting to our rings section.  Micro-pave mounting is a very high end, delicate look done by setting extremely small, ideal cut natural white diamonds using a microscope.  Because of the small size (less than .01 ct), the overall result is a lot of shimmer from having so many diamonds packed into such a small space.  This ring features .14ctw micro-pave diamond, and is available in 18k white or platinum.  More details and photos are on our new micro-pave Cathedral page here:

 
Our new micro-pave Cathedral ring

*First Blue Takara cultured diamond available!  We've also added our first ever blue Takara synthetic diamond to our Takara Diamonds website.  This is a VVS1, Fancy Blue .27ct round grown by Chatham.  Currently, production of blue synthetics is still extremely minimal, so we will only be able to add a few more over the next few months.  Details and info at our Takara website here:  http://www.TakaraDiamonds.com

Our first blue Takara cultured diamond (Fancy Blue)

Thursday, February 19th:  Congratulations to "ANovice", our message board giveaway winner!  ANovice was our giveaway winner for our latest giveaway of a Gemcare Deluxe Jewelry Cleaning kit!  We're planning on doing another giveaway next month, so stay tuned for details.

*Update on Asha pears, radiants and cushion cuts:  Unfortunately, the sputtering machine that is used to apply the anti-windowing coating for these cuts is still not working...we are working to have it fixed as soon as we can, but no current ETA now on when we will have these cuts ready.

Thursday, February 12th:  1.5ct H color H&A rounds back in stock!  As the follow-on to yesterdays announcement, we have now completed another batch of one of our best selling H color cuts, the 1.5ct H&A Asha.  Our Asha H&A page with updated inventory is here!

*Registered Users Message board giveaway!  Our message boards have continued to grow at a very rapid rate, and so we thought it was time to thank our posters with another message board giveaway.  We will thus be offering as the prize a Gemcare Jewelry Cleaning Deluxe Kit, consisting of the Gemcare Diamond and Pearl cleaner, plus the Radiance 2000 metal polish, as well as free shipping, to the drawing winner.

To participate, ensure you are a registered message board member with at least one valid post (any post is valid as long as it contributes to the discussion thread its posted in and is not simply "count me in for the giveaway!") during the month of February.  We will do the selection on next Wednesday, February 19th.  The winner will be selected by random number generation at www.random.org, and then checking to ensure they have a valid post between February 1 and February 19th, 11AM PST!

Wednesday, February 11th:  1.5ct, 1.25ct and 2.75ct E H&A rounds back in stock!  At long last, we have completed a large run of E color H&A rounds, and are thus restocked on some of our best selling Asha cuts.  These sizes have been a consistent top-seller, and we are very pleased to have them back in stock.  H colors of these same sizes and cuts are currently in the post-processing phase (cleaning and inspection) and should be ready for sale on Thursday.  Our Asha H&A page with updated inventory is here!

Wednesday, February 3rd:  Platinum Cove Saltwater white pearl earrings now available!:  We're pleased to finally announce our Platinum Cove Saltwater earrings are now available.  These pearl earrings are AAA grade, stunning beauties.  Grown in China, they are grown a minimum of 2 years culturing (no short culturing), and feature thick nacre and clean surfaces.  Further, all Platinum Cove jewelry comes with an independent appraisal from Elliott Gemological Laboratories.  These AAA pearls offer a mirror like finish that has to be seen to be believed.  Additional details and online shopping are at our new PC Stud earrings page here!

Our Platinum Cove Saltwater (Chinese Akoya) stud pearl earrings, AAA grade!