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Bezel Setting The Camille Ring shows a bezel set center diamond. A bezel setting means there's a wall of metal holding the stone in place. It's the most secure setting because there's a solid wall of metal supporting and hugging the stone. Four-Prong Setting The Alyssa Ring shows a round diamond with four prongs. This style of setting is often referred to as a four-prong box. There's less metal here, so more of the focus is on the center stone. Variations on this style can have six prongs, eight prongs, etc. Four-Prong Setting Oval with Halo The Eliza Ring shows...

I'm on the board of the Women's Jewelry Association of Philadelphia, and this year we've been working on creating a more interesting and educational series of events for our WJA community. This May we visited the JV Collective, which is currently located in the Bok Building in South Philadelphia. We were lucky enough to meet up with Sarah Rachel Brown, Luci Jockel, Melanie Bilenker, and Marie Eife (The other members currently include: Leslie Boyd, Emily Cobb, and Mallory Weston). They let us explore their shared studio, and handle and try on their work. We chatted about working in a shared...

One of my fave setting styles. All sparkle! You can read more about pavé setting styles for diamond engagement rings in this article I wrote.

Birthstone month: July Color: Red Family: Corundum Moh's Hardness: 9 Transparency: Transparent Rubies are part of the corundum family, and are, in fact, simply red sapphires. Sapphires come in every color, but red sapphires are differentiated as rubies. They are brilliant red in color, with the highest quality stones leaning slightly towards purple-red. Corundum that is a paler red, leaning towards pink, is sometimes classified as a pink sapphire, instead of as ruby. The determination is often at the discretion of the dealer. Most natural rubies have some kind of inclusion, often displayed as a milky or "silk" look from...