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How To Buy An Emerald

The beauty of purchasing an emerald lies in the diversity and variety of nuances of color, clarity, fire/brilliance and sizes available to select. Choose clarity and fire/brilliance over color or conversely, the darker green, whichever pleases you more.

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Rough Emerald Perfection

Our very own journey in this classroom of life requiring the mining of the “inner gems of virtue” that lay latent within each one of us, somewhat mirrors that same journey in the gem world. The extreme pressures and heat that the elements of the earth undergo to transform into magnificent gems are mirrored by the heat and pressure of trials and tribulations mankind endures which also have the ability to transform us into spiritual gems.

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How To Buy a Conch Pearl

We understand that the process of buying any piece of jewelry, let alone a rare conch pearl design, can be a difficult one. Unless you are an expert in gemology how do you know? Here are a few tips specifically on how to buy a conch pearl, but some of these tips can help you for all types of jewelry purchases.

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Manuel’s First Conch Pearl Encounter

“One successful fishing day I traded 8 lobster with a local fisherman named Regino Castillo, for a fine pink pearl that later was made into a beautiful gold pendant with emerald and diamond accents. Although I felt that I might be getting the short end of the deal since I knew nothing of the history of conch pearl jewelry at the time or what I was looking at, that same pendant sold for over $6000.00 in the 1980’s…”

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