17Feb Nineteen48 & Rubyfair Merge to Create a Better Customer Experience
Two of the UK’s leading suppliers of ethically sourced and traceable coloured gemstones, Nineteen48 (www.nineteen48.com) and Rubyfair (www.rubyfair.com), have announced a merger of their businesses. The merger will give customers a more efficient service and a greater range of coloured gemstones from one unified sales channel.Nineteen48 specialises in fully traceable…
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15Feb The Science of Sapphire – a Gemmological View of September’s Birthstone
Many people are impressed with the sheer beauty and sparkling magnificence of sapphire, but behind the dazzling outward appearance, there are plenty of fascinating facts and figures. Some of these attributes are essential for gemmologists for identification purposes.Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the oxide mineral corundum, comprising of the…
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10Feb Rockhounding in Tucson – a First-timer’s View of the Biggest Gem Show on Earth
We generally expect that, whatever the Americans do, it is going to be on a grand scale. From presidential elections to the Superbowl, everything has to be bigger, brighter and bolder than anything you have seen before. The same can certainly be said of their showpiece gem event in Tucson,…
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01Sep Mine to Market – a Customer’s View
In January 2016, one of our customers (Jane Barnett) came to Sri Lanka, determined that a key part of her trip would be starting the process of making some unique pieces of jewellery for herself and her step-daughter. We were very honoured to be chosen to help Jane with the selection…
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15Aug Birthstones – a Year in Gems (Part 3 of 4 – July to September)
Certain gemstones are associated with particular months of the year and are known as birthstones. There are lists of birthstones from a number of different organisations, as well as certain regional variations. These are the more common month/gemstone combinations for July, August and September:July – RubyThe name “ruby” is given…
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21Jun Nineteen48 Plays Key Role in Fair Luxury Conference
The inaugural FLUX:Fair Luxury conference took place on Tuesday 19th April at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London and Nineteen48 was very pleased to be heavily involved in the planning and execution of this event, the first of its kind in the UK.Conceived by a group of independent jewellery professionals, the…
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13May The Cutting Edge – Transforming a Stone Into a Gem
After gem material has been successfully mined, washed and sorted, the next stage is usually to cut, or facet, the rough stones. To understand this process, we follow the journey of a piece of quartz once it has been placed in the hands of a skilled gem cutter (also known…
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09Apr Birthstones – a Year in Gems (Part 2 of 4 – April to June)
Certain gemstones are associated with particular months of the year and are known as birthstones. There are lists of birthstones from a number of different organisations, as well as certain regional variations. These are the more common month/gemstone combinations for April, May and June:April – DiamondDiamond is by far the…
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15Mar Fair Luxury – Responsible Jewellery Conference – Tuesday 19th April, 2016
Nineteen48 is proud to be supporting Fair Luxury, the UK’s first responsible jewellery conference organised by Flux, an independent group of changemakers in the jewellery industry (of which we are founder members).OverviewThe event brings together pioneering figures from both the jewellery and fashion worlds and you can hear from industry…
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23Feb Kandy Kids Continues Its Fantastic Charity Work in Sri Lanka
The annual trip to Sri Lanka for Kandy Kids’ founder, Steve O’Driscoll, took place again in January and we are pleased to report that it was a resounding success.Steve spent several weeks visiting the orphanages and children’s homes in Kandy and Negombo, carefully allocating the money that had been raised…
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