​Happy Birthday Peridot!

If your birthday falls in August, you're in luck! Your birthstone is the stunning, semi-precious, gemstone the peridot! As we have written, green is the Pantone's color of the year for 2017. As Vanessa Friedman stated in her wonderful article, green will be everywhere in 2017. This beautiful semi precious gemstone is one of the hottest gemstones today. Peridot is part of the Chrysolite family, and is a combination of magnesium and iron. It is known for it's beautiful green hues. The Peridot's popularity began in ancient Egypt. They were originally thought to be emeralds and were used to banish evil. Alternative engagement ring customers love the beautiful shades of the natural green color, with the finest stone being a rich shade of green. The Peridot comes in various shapes, and can be seen in many different types of jewelry, such as engagement rings, diamond necklaces and diamond brooches. They come from incredible eras in history including Art Deco, Victorian and the Mid Centuries. The peridot's legend is one of love and marriage, and the lore is that it can help with stomach problems. Our collection of peridot engagement rings, and non-diamond rings, is always from estates which guarantees that they are ethical and conflict free. So let's wish happy August birthday to the great semi precious gemstone, the Peridot!

Antique Peridot Engagement Ring

This stunning antique peridot ring features a 1.00 carat natural peridot surrounded by rose cut and single cut diamond accents, all residing in a 14 kt rose gold Victorian engagement ring!

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Tips For Buying Vintage Engagement Rings and Vintage Jewelry!

You've found your partner, and now it's time to purchase a vintage engagement ring. There are a few important tips to follow when purchasing a vintage, or antique, engagement ring. First and foremost is authenticity. How do you know that the ring you are considering is truly antique or vintage? Are you actually purchasing an antique mine cut or european cut diamond, and are there any guarantees? Next is the condition of the ring. Is the ring (that may be decades old) in good, or excellent, condition? Are you actually buying real platinum, or gold, and not just silver? VintageDiamondRing.com has been in the diamond and antique jewelry industry for over 35 years. Here are some tips we've learned, that can help you, along the way.

 

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Pink Gemstone Engagement Rings!

Lately, my husband has started to wear pink polo shirts and pink long sleeves shirts. I asked him why the sudden change to pink? He also mentioned to me, that at the 2017 U.S open golf tournament he saw many of the golfers wearing pink! Viewers saw beautiful pink pants (I don't think he's there yet) and pink golf shirts. When I see this much pink, I realize how popular pink gemstone engagement rings have become. Non diamond engagement rings feature pink tourmalines from the 1960's and 1970's. If you love unique engagement rings , how about a beautiful pink sapphire engagement ring, or large pink Art Deco gemstone ring? Whichever era you prefer, we guarantee that pink is a hot color for all engagement rings, and will stay popular for a long time.

 
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How to speak Vintage Jewelry and Diamond Jargon

As we have said many times, we love the New York Times fashion section. #Jim Windlof had a wonderful article in last months fashion section which described how to speak fashion week. I thought it would be fun if we educated our readers on how to speak the diamond and antique jewelry language. Enjoy!

Mazel

Once a deal for a diamond, or antique engagement ring , has been consummated between two diamond dealers or jewelry dealers, they shake hands and say "mazal." No contract, just a handshake. It's been that way for decades, and will never change! This stunning art deco engagement ring features a glittering .50 carat european cut diamond!

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Dare To Be Different: Wear Art Deco Engagement Rings

Consumers today, including millennials, refuse to compromise. They do not want the same old three stone diamond ring. Consumers want to be different, and original. They want simplicity, beauty, and color and definitely don't want to be overstated. That's why customers love Art Deco engagement rings and jewelry. These original hand crafted pieces are beautiful works of art. Consumers love beautiful filigree engravings, conflict free antique diamonds, and ethical gemstones. They seem to covet gemstones and antique diamonds which are guaranteed to be 100 percent conflict free. There are no certificates stating that they were mined in Canada, just original vintage engagement rings that assure authenticity. So take a journey with VintageDiamondRing.com and dare to be different with antique engagement rings. 

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Antique Engagement Rings and Hello Dolly!

My husband and I were lucky enough to see Bette Midler in the great play “Hello Dolly.” When the play was over, I was thinking about what a great time the early 20th century was. For jewelry lovers, like us, it was the time of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and Victorian engagement rings. Queen Victoria loved engagement rings in rose gold with beautiful mine cut diamonds, or precious and semi precious gemstones like rubies, emeralds, garnets and aquamarines. Master jewelers from the Edwardian era produced unique rings with beautiful filigree and milgrain engravings within metals such as platinum, while using center mine cut and european cut diamonds. If you love beautiful engagement rings which showcase elegant settings with conflict free diamonds and ethical gemstones, Edwardian and Victorian rings are simply stunning. Oh yes, we loved “Hello Dolly!” Here are five lovely antique rings from the early 20th century that you will love.

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