Attesting to a growing 2011 jewelry trend of wild animal designs, renowned fine jewelry designer Simon G released a sneak peak into their new collection. The Animal Collection will feature six sumptuous fine animal pendants encrusted in diamonds and rare shades of sapphires. Four of the pendant designs consist of compelling sea creatures such as a pair of dolphins, a fish, a penguin and starfish. The remaining two pendant designs include some of our fine feathered friends such as a parrot and swan.
We love them all, but my eye personally gravitates towards the swan the most. Which is your favorite animal pendant?
Introducing a stunning sterling silver lady’s bangle by renowned New York jewelry designer Charles Krypell. This bangle is actually seven fine bracelets in one linked together by a clasp with an ‘I Love You 7 Days a Week’ inscription. The bracelets alternate in design from plain, high polished silver to a more intricate look. Made to accommodate different wrist sizes, this piece features a powerful and unique design that makes it the ideal Valentine’s Day gift.
Leading ladies in Hollywood gleamed yesterday at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. Understated elegance was the jewelry theme of the evening. Diamond and platinum web-like mesh necklace designs seemed to be all the rage, particularly among some of the younger starlets. Here’s our list of 2011 Golden Globe Jewelry winners below:
29-year-old Black Swan actress Natalie Portman radiated throughout the evening while showing off her baby bump. She accessorized her pale pink Viktor & Rolf gown with a gorgeous diamond and platinum mesh necklace.
Eva Longoria added shimmer to her flowing black Zac Posen gown with 2 diamond and platinum brooch pins.
Glee star Diana Agron sparkled in a diamond and platinum mesh necklace.
British actress Helen Mirren looked sensational. She paired her Spring 2011 lemon Badgley Mischka strapless gown with a 55 carat diamond and platinum drop necklace worth $1.75 million.
20-year old Modern Family star Sarah Hyland accented her vintage champagne Max Azria gown with a stunning 50 carat diamond and pearl mesh necklace worth $600,000.
Jennifer Lopez looked simply angelic draped in a Zuhair Murad floor length-gown. Her sleek pony tail revealed a set of glittering floral motiff diamond earrings worth $3 million.
Halley Berry broke the mold with 5 diamond and platinum bangle cuffs and a pair of 3 carat diamond studs. While looking gorgeous as ever, her choice of wardrobe was rather questionable.
Jessalyn Gilsig paired her eggplant jacquard David Meister gown with teardrop earrings adorned with diamonds and pink, yellow and blue sapphires. Her 282 carat pink sapphire bangle bracelet set in white and rose gold helped complete an unforgettable look.
20-year old Modern Family star Sarah Hyland accented her vintage champagne toned Max Azria gown with a stunning 50 carat diamond
Firenze Jewels would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Thank you for an exciting holiday season and 2010 overall. We wish you and your family a bright 2011! Designs are set to be quite interesting this year in jewelry world. Please stay tuned as we unveil our newest diamond jewelry arrivals as well as upcoming in-store and online events.
Imagine a world where diamonds are more plentiful than sand? Nasa has discovered a massive planet so abundant in carbon, that the mountains on it could very well be made entirely of diamonds. Named WASP-12b, the planet is said to be a gas giant 1.4x the size of Jupiter.
This is the first planet ever discovered with a carbon-to-oxygen ratio greater than one. The high amounts of carbon have led astronomers to believe that its solid core is composed entirely of diamonds rather than the silicon and oxygen rich elements on earth. Diamonds are formed when carbon is compressed at extremely high temperatures.
“The high carbon-to-oxygen ratio indicates a carbide or diamond interior rather than the silicate geology of the Earth”, said Nikku Madhusudhan, a Princeton astrophysicist who led the study. Madhusudhan and his team were able to analyze the composition of the planet due to the proximity of its star. In fact, the planet resides so close, it revolves around the star in a little more than an earth day.
Already planning a space expedition to see explore this scintillating beauty and perhaps grab a gem or two? Even if you managed to travel 871 light years to visit, you would be welcomed by a temperature of 4,200 degrees Fahrenheit which would probably vaporize you instantly.
Renowned jewelry designer to the stars, Simon G was asked by producers of The Ellen Show to design a ring for their 12 Days of Giveaways holiday special. The gorgeous diamond ring seen in the image above, features 14k white gold encrusted in black and white round brilliant cut diamonds in a signature Simon G striped design. It is valued at approximately $760 and is a limited design available exclusively to Ellen Degeneres’s audience members only. For those who missed today’s episode(Day 4 of 12 Days of Giveaways), watch the audience scream in excitement as she announces the gift in the clip below:
Firenze Jewels, Inc. is an authorized Simon G Retailer. If you were an audience member who attended The Ellen Show’s 12 Days of Giveaways holiday special and would like to redeem your gift certificate, please contact a Firenze Jewels jewelry specialist.
Attesting to a growing demand of rare gems being bought for investment purposes, a world record was smashed when one was sold for 45.4 million francs ($46 million) at auction in Geneva this week. Laurence Graff won the bid for a 24.78-carat rare pink emerald cut diamond surpassing initial expectations of $27 million to $38 million dollars. “This is the highest price ever bid for a jewel at auction,” said David Bennett, the head of Sotheby’s European and the Middle Eastern jewelry departments. “Everybody was surprised it went that high,” Mart van Drunen, a jeweler from Amsterdam, commented after the sale.
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has classified the diamond as “Fancy Intense Pink”. Sold by a private collector, this marks the first time the gem was put on the market in 60 years. “What makes it so immensely rare is the combination of its exceptional color and purity with the classic emerald-cut,” said chairman David Bennett. “It’s a style of cutting normally associated with white diamonds and one that is so highly sought-after when found in rare colors such as pink and blue,” he added.
Graff immediately renamed the gem the “The Graff Pink”. “It is the most fabulous diamond I’ve seen in the history of my career and I’m delighted to have bought it,” he said in a statement issued by Sotheby’s. The jewelry auction raised a record 103 million francs.
Congratulations to Prince William on his engagement to Kate Middleton! Honoring his late mother, The Prince recently announced the engagement ring he gave his new fiancé Kate Middleton was the same one Prince Charles once gave to Princess Diana. “I’d been carrying it around with me on my right side for about three weeks…” Prince William said in an interview with CNN. “I literally would not let it go. Everywhere I went I was keeping hold of it because I knew if this thing disappeared, I’d be in a lot of trouble. You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things go horribly wrong, but it went really, really well.”
The exquisite 18 carat diamond and blue sapphire engagement ring features an oval cut center surrounded by 14 brilliant cut white diamonds in a cluster setting. The sapphire alone is worth approximately $300,000 and the ring total is worth $500,000 retail. Sapphires are rarer than diamonds, but less expensive because the demand is lower. With blue sapphires all the rage once again, here’s a selection of our favorite diamond rings featuring an oval cut center that would make for a unique engagement ring:
Bracelets