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Amethyst
The essence of the color purple, amethyst is beautiful enough for crown jewels yet affordable enough for class rings.
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Amethyst History and Lore
Amethyst Description
Amethyst is the purple variety of the quartz mineral species and the gem most commonly associated with the color purple.
Amethyst Care and Cleaning Guide
Learn about amethyst's durability and how to care for your amethyst jewelry.
Amethyst Quality Factors
Top 10 Digital Reads from the GIA Library
Making the Cut: The Art and Science of Fantasy Carving
Gem cutters - whether “gem whisperers” or mathematicians - create breathtakingly artistic individual gems and sculptures.
Arizona Road Trips: Wild West Gem and Mineral Localities
Arizona’s scenic desert and mountain landscape is the perfect backdrop for a modern Wild West road trip in search of gem and mineral treasures.
Jewelry that Speaks the Language of Flowers
A flower is one of nature’s most delicate delights, so it’s natural that jewelry designers have long found inspiration in them, seeking to capture their fleeting beauty in jewelry.
Spring 2015 G&G Examines Blue Spinel, Chinese Jewelry Design and the Latest in Synthetics
G&G Brief presents an overview of the content of the Spring 2015 issue of Gems & Gemology.
Insights From Inclusions
Natural gemstones are typically far more valuable than synthetic ones, so being able to identify them correctly is a powerful skill.
And Then Came the Fantasy Cut
Once upon a time, gem cutting was a strict craft bound by centuries of tradition. Then Bernd Munsteiner (b. 1943) invented the fantasy cut.
Positive Design With Negative Space
Sometimes what you don’t see is as important as what you do. “Negative space” is the explanation to this curious statement.
