You cannot escape the need for occasional repairs when you wear your most loved jewelry every day. In precious metals, erosion and fatigue are unavoidable. You should take care, clean and store your jewelry properly to keep it in the best possible condition. However, sometimes repairs will be necessary to restore it to factory specs. […]
Purchasing jewelry at a pawn shop may be nothing less than a scavenger hunt. Just like shopping at any thrift-type or second-hand store, you never know what you might find due to the ever-changing inventory. If love the history behind a piece of vintage jewelry, really want something unique, and enjoy the thrill of a […]
Did you find yourself in a bit of a financial pinch lately? Have you considered a pawn loan? Before making any big decisions on how to get past this inconvenient financial patch, let’s take a second to look at the benefits a pawn shop in San Diego offers. Maybe you know everything about pawn loans, […]
When you hear carat, Karat and Carrots it can be confusion if you can’t tell when to use the appropriate word. One you can eat, the other is use for weigh and the last one for purity. Before we begin, do you know which one is which? If you can tell the difference you’re probably [...]
The birthstone for March is the Aquamarine gemstone. The name comes from two Latin words: aqua, meaning “Water” and “Marinus”, meaning “the sea”, which translates to “water of the sea”. It was said that this gemstone helped calm waves and kept the sailors safe at sea. The premier source of aquamarine gemstones having dark blue [...]
A precious metal is a very rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element with a highly economic value. Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements. They are usually ductile and have a high luster. Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial commodities. The precious metals are gold silver and platinum. Not only gold, silver and platinum [...]
A diamond forms under high temperature and pressure conditions that exist only about 100 miles beneath the earth’s surface. Diamond’s carbon atoms are bonded in essentially the same way in all directions. Another mineral, graphite, also contains only carbon, but its formation process and crystal structure are very different. Graphite is so soft that you [...]
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