Trade News

Romancing the Colour in a Stone

How are you communicating colours to your customers in ways that appeal? With the seemingly unending array of coloured gemstones rising in popularity, it's easy to get lost in the...

Ruby Sizes and Weights

One of the most useful tools a jeweller can have when designing jewellery is an idea of what different size rubies weigh. The chart below is an easy way to...

All you need to know about Fancy Colour Sapphires (Almost)

As you will know from our previous post, Sapphires come in a whole rainbow of colours, and anything that is not a blue sapphire, or red ruby for that matter...

Know your Coloured Diamonds: The Certificate of Authenticity

When you are buying loose coloured diamonds or a coloured diamond ring - no matter where you buy it from; at home, abroad on holiday, in a jewellery store, online...

Understand how Coloured Gemstones are Different from White Diamonds

In the last section of the gemstone guide, we introduced the notion of coloured gemstones and diamonds. Now we start to look at the differences between them. While coloured stones...

All You Need to Know About Rubies (Almost)

Ruby This page offers all the essential information you need about rubies. What they are, where they come from and what to look for when buying rubies. For more information,...

All You Need to Know About Sapphires (Almost)

Sapphire In the last section of the gemstone guide, we took a look at Rubies. This section of the Gemstone Guide gets a bit more technical as we take a...

All You Need to Know About Emeralds (Almost)

Emeralds Emerald is a member of the Beryl family and is given its green hues primarily by chromium in the stone. Emeralds are one of the more highly included of...

All You Need to Know About Fancy Coloured Diamonds (Almost)

Fancy Coloured Diamonds In the previous section we looked at Emeralds, now we turn to Fancy Coloured Diamonds. The diamond is considered to be the ultimate precious gemstone for many...

Gem Reports and Certificates

Gem Reports and Labs When working with coloured gemstones and diamonds, today more than ever, it is important to be able to have the stones independently evaluated. Here is where...

A Quick Thought... On Diamond Overgrading

A story that was covered in this week's Thank TheGemBank it's Friday was "Rapaport Calls Diamond Overgrading "Significant Threat" to Industry - and it poses the question; can diamond dealers...

Here's to a Great 2014 - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I hope you have a Happy Holiday and a Wonderful 2014. I look forward to working with you in the new year. Best regards Richard, Gaetane, Francoise and Dan. International...

Death of the Family Jeweller

I wrote this blog 2 years ago, I find it as relevant today as it was then. Please let me know if your business is suffering from "the Amazon Effect"...

Happy Holidays

To all our friends We wish you a wonderful holiday season. May 2013 be filled with Health Happiness and Prosperity. I would like to thank all of you who we...

Spread the Love Throughout the Year, Not Just on Valentines Day!

Spread the love all year. Many businesses right now are breathing a sigh of relief that the big Christmas dash is out of the way and most are already starting...

Here we Go Again - Happy New Year!

As you were stuffing yourself with mulled wine and mince pies many of you were probably thinking about the coming year and what you could do to achieve your business...

Something New For 2012 - Are you Excited?

In between the mulled wine and mince pies many of us are thinking about the coming year and what we ca do to achieve our business goals. At least that's...

Time flies when you are working hard on your own business! It’s hard to believe we are already at the half way mark in 2011. At this point in the year it is a good time to look back and take stock of what goals have been achieved over the last six months. We need to remind ourselves of the goals we set, and we need review them, to see what did and did not go well for us. So, have you achieved the things that you set out to do in 2011?

What Is So Good About Bad Weather?

Recently, the weather in Europe has been quite cold. For many, the cold weather is bad news; however, if you have a small business, the cold just may work to...

Goldsmiths' Fair Week 2: The Events that Happened!

I was lucky enough to get to the second week of the Goldmiths' Fair in London last week and again I was blown away by the quality, diversity and creativity...

Visit Goldsmiths' Fair. It's where the Future's at...

I went to week one of goldsmiths' fair with a very fresh perspective. With everything that's been going on with the economy and the impact it has had on luxury...

The Waitrose Paradox - Why Jewellers Need Gem Dealers

People often tell me they don't need a Gemstone Dealer as they have their own suppliers in the East and they go to Bangkok or Hong Kong to buy for...

Death of the Family Jeweller and Other Nonsense

I once heard someone say if it's raining, don't complain, go out and buy an umbrella!. In most cases the internet has been the scapegoat for a business that just...

Yes it's 2010 and my Site is Up

Firstly Happy New 2010. A while back I said my site was undergoing a complete overhaul. Well it's almost like my life has undergone a complete overhaul. This year is...

Emerging Butterfly

I have found that with all the research I am currently doing about the internet and its application to business, if I can make it succeed in the gem trade - this venerable form of trading, I can make it succeed with any business. Even yours!

Welcome to Colour in its Element

Colour in its element is the gateway to Haruni Fine Gems (where you can search my stock of Gemstones and Coloured Diamonds) and Gemrunner the Concierge service where I look for stones not found in my stock). It is somewhere to read an article about the trade, or other business matters and comment on them if you wish.

IJL Review 2008

As autumn draws in, we review another year at International Jewellery London at Earl's Court last week. This year, like the weather, the show blew hot and cold, with some...