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Two rings. Two entirely different journeys to get there. One is built around you from the very first sketch; the other is ready to try on the moment you walk into a jeweller's, or open a browser tab. Both routes lead to the same place — a ring your partner will wear...

Gemstone Guides · Sapphire Not every proposal needs to be blue-white and brilliant. Somewhere between the deep colour of a sapphire and the quiet fact that it isn't the "obvious" choice, plenty of couples find something a plain diamond never quite offers them: a stone with a story already built in. A...

✦ What you need to know in 30 seconds A registry office wedding no longer means a quick, quiet ceremony in a beige office. From the wood-panelled grandeur of Old Marylebone Town Hall to the marble staircase at Glasgow City Chambers, the UK's town halls and register offices offer some of the...

40cm, 45cm, 50cm, 55cm or 60cm — which one actually looks right on you? It's one of the most common questions we hear from customers, and the honest answer is that it depends on a handful of things: your neck measurement, the neckline you're wearing, whether there's a pendant involved, and simply...

You're comparing two gemstone rings that look almost identical, and one listing calls the stone an "emerald cut" while the other calls it a "step cut." Are those the same thing? A jeweller might describe a stone as "cushion shaped" one minute and "brilliant cut" the next, as if the words were...

✦ Quick Answer For jewelry, the three most common gold colors are yellow, white, and rose gold. Gold is also sold in different karat levels, with 10K, 14K, 18K, and 24K among the most commonly discussed. Color and karat measure two different things — one is about tone, the other is about...

UK Buying Guide  •  Gemstones  •  Updated 2026 Yellow Diamonds vs Yellow Sapphires: What's the Difference and Which Should You Choose? ✦ Quick Answer Yellow diamonds and yellow sapphires can look similar at a glance, but they're entirely different gemstones. Yellow diamonds belong to the diamond family, prized for rarity and brilliance....

✦ What You Need to Know in 30 Seconds A green sapphire is a variety of corundum — the same mineral family as blue sapphire and ruby — coloured green by trace iron rather than the chromium that makes emerald green. It's genuinely rare, considerably more affordable than emerald at equivalent size...

You've probably heard that diamonds are precious and amethysts are semi-precious. Simple enough, surely — one category is grand, the other is not. Here's the surprising part: some so-called semi-precious stones are rarer, harder to source and more expensive than several traditional precious gemstones. A fine Paraiba tourmaline can comfortably outprice a...

✦ What you need to know in 30 seconds Gemstones have been treasured for over nine thousand years, from the first lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan to the diamonds, sapphires and emeralds set in engagement rings today. Only four stones — diamond, ruby, emerald and sapphire — are traditionally classed as precious;...