When I first began in the industry, I heard a term that sparked my curiosity. I wasn’t sure if the term actually meant what it said, or...

When you think of Garnets, what color do you associate with it? Most people are going to say red, and that’s because before modern...

Garnet has a long history of being valued and revered, and if you read my blog, www.angelacisneros.com/post/what-s-your-birthstone ,...

Diamonds and electricity?? Thomas Edison sustainably lit the first light bulb in 1879, and his vision of bringing electricity to the...

Many of you have received meaningful jewelry that reminds you how much you are loved. Just as any important person or object in your...

Even if you know very little about jewelry, you know that your birth month has a gemstone associated with it! Sometimes, we like that...

One of the questions I get asked frequently is what distinguishes one gemstone from another. The name of the gemstones we know and love,...

Colored gemstones have so much personality! They can have bright, stunning intensities of color that grab you from across the room or...

Interestingly, colored gemstones are not graded or evaluated in the same way that diamonds are! They have their own set of standards. In...

Shopping for jewelry, especially engagement rings, can be intimidating. We may or may not have an idea of style, we may not understand...

It’s that time of year where we are left wondering what to give our loved ones for the holidays. Yep, it comes every year, yet still, we...

One question that often comes up when doing custom design or helping clients with jewelry passed down from a family member is, is this...

Halloween has been one of my favorite times of year ever since I was kid. At first it was because of the candy, just like every other kid...

There is no other gemstone that displays flashes of reds, blues, greens, and yellows in a singular source. That is why Opal has been...

As the third week of October is upon us, I am going to tell you a scary story, you may want to dim the lights. Once, there was this woman...

Last week, I talked about two diamond treatments done to diamonds to enhance their clarity, ( www.angelacisneros.com/post/diamond-clarity...

Natural diamonds have been prized and sought after for thousands of years, so it’s no wonder with the burst of technology in the turn of...

Have you ever went bowling during Rockin’ Bowl where they played fun music and had black lights on the lanes? Did your diamond ring emit...

If you have been engagement ring shopping lately, you have probably heard the term lab created diamond, and perhaps, were wondering what...

Naturally colored diamonds are an incredible sight! The deep grey/blue color of the 45.20ct Hope Diamond or Jennifer Lopez’s 6.10ct pink...