Amethyst is the birthstone for February. It is purple, ranging from a light lavender to deep, dark violet shades. Non-purple stones called amethyst are created by treating amethyst with heat or radiation treatments. Citrine, which is yellow, is an example of a stone that can be created by heating amethyst, although the heating can also [...]

Silver Canyons, a friend of mine from the Jewelry on Etsy Team (JET for short) started a series of posts featuring great jewelry from each color in the Pantone collection of colors for this spring. First up is turquoise! I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the series – there are 10 colors total [...]