مجوهرات عصام جمال تحتفل بعامها الثالث والأربعين بحضور “هي” نظمت علامة مجوهرات عصام جمال احتفالًا بمرور 43 عاما على تأسيسها في فندق شدا في محافظة جده، وكان الهدف من الحفل تقدير كل العملاء الذين دعموا العلامة التجارية وآمنوا بها وعاصروا تطورها. عن مجوهرات عصام جمال بدأت القصة في عام 1979 عندما قرر المؤسسون صناعة وجهة محلية للمجوهرات تنافس الوجهات العالمية، بلمسة سعودية تناسب المناسبات الخاصة والهامة، والتي تجمع مابين القيمة والجودة...
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Care of the Big 3
Approaching the issue of care and cleaning starts with understanding a gem’s durability. Corundum, for instance, is one of the hardest natural materials on earth.Both ruby and sapphire score a 9 on the Mohs hardness scale. This means they can scratch almost anything, and no natural gemstone other than diamond can scratch them. In fact, non-gem-quality corundum is often used to cut and polish other colored stones. Emerald is...
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Sapphire
SapphireSapphire and ruby are corundum. Except for the impurity elements that cause color, they are the same chemically, physically, and optically. When the word sapphire stands alone, it usually means the gem is blue. Sapphires also appear in colorless and black variations as well as a wide range of colors. They include violet, green, yellow, orange, pink, and purple. They’re considered fancy-color sapphires and designated by color, as in...
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Ruby
It’s very probable that humans discovered rubies about 3000 bc. The famous Mogok mining area of Burma (now the Union of Myanmar) has been so heavily mined for so many thousands of years that evidence is rare. Yet the caves were once so rich that it’s unlikely that the early cavedwelling, tool-wielding humans who lived there weren’t aware of the dazzling red corundum crystals around them. There are documented...
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Emerald
Emerald, famous for its distinctive green color, is a variety of the beryl mineral species. Other beryl varieties include aquamarine and morganite. The first known emeralds emerged from the mines of ancient Egypt. Estimates of the earliest emerald mining range widely, from about 3500 to 330 BC. The exact date is not as important as this: The obstacles to mining emeralds were overwhelming. And the quality of the stones...
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