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What a beautiful time of year! Does any one else love crunching through multi coloured leaves on the school run or on the way to/from work? I feel that the colour trends for clothes at the moment have a very autumnal colour palate. With mustard yellow, deep red and rich greens playing a big part in this season. When it comes to engagement rings these colours can be an unusual choice, so if you’re a lover of Autumn why not go for a yellow gold engagement ring with prohaps a re

March Birthstone - Aquamarine The Aquamarine is known to be March’s birthstone as well as representing the 19th wedding anniversary. Aquamarine’s preferred colour is a somewhat strong dark blue to a slightly green-blue colour. However, through heat treatment the affect turns the aquamarine more blue rather than a green. This stone found its name because of its colour linking to seawater, ‘aquamarine’ is derived from the Latin word for seawater. This gemstone is found in the c

January birthstone - Garnet The birthstone for January is a garnet. The word ‘garnet’ comes from the latin word ‘granatum’ which means seed or seed-like referring to the form of the pomegranate. The reference is understandable, as the small garnets look a lot like the red seeds found inside of a pomegranate. Garnets are usually recognised as a dark red colour (Almandine and Pyrope), coming from a rich palate of oranges, pinks, deep purplish-reds. However, some garnets come in

Discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, palladium is becoming increasingly popular within the jewellery industry. This chemical element is a rare, natural, lustrous silver-white metal and does not need to be plated. As palladium is a part of the platinum group of metals, it shares many of the same chemical properties as platinum, one of them being they are both naturally hypoallergenic materials. It is a hard-wearing metal and does not tarnish. However unlike platinum

Information about the birthstones represented for December, they are Zircon, Tanzanite and Turquoise.