AuAlchemy Jewelry Guide

Symbolic jewelry pieces — hamsa, lotus, and crescent moon pendants arranged on white marble surface

What Does Your Jewelry Say About You? The Psych...

Look down at what you're wearing right now. There's a reason you put it on this morning — even if you can't name it. The necklace you've worn every day...

What Does Your Jewelry Say About You? The Psych...

Look down at what you're wearing right now. There's a reason you put it on this morning — even if you can't name it. The necklace you've worn every day...

Minimalist yin yang symbol in brushed silver and black ink on white stone, editorial jewelry photography

The Yin Yang Symbol: What It Actually Means and...

The yin yang gets misread constantly — in jewelry stores, on T-shirts, in casual conversation. Most people treat it as a shorthand for balance, a visual way of saying "opposites...

The Yin Yang Symbol: What It Actually Means and...

The yin yang gets misread constantly — in jewelry stores, on T-shirts, in casual conversation. Most people treat it as a shorthand for balance, a visual way of saying "opposites...

Delicate gold star pendant necklace on a clean surface — five-pointed star in solid gold

Star Symbolism in Jewelry: What These Shapes Re...

The star is the one symbol that every human civilization drew independently, before they had contact with each other. Not the cross, not the spiral — the star. Sumerians carved...

Star Symbolism in Jewelry: What These Shapes Re...

The star is the one symbol that every human civilization drew independently, before they had contact with each other. Not the cross, not the spiral — the star. Sumerians carved...

Turquoise gemstone

Turquoise Jewelry Guide: Natural Stone, Grading...

Most stones you encounter are exactly what they claim to be. Turquoise is different. The majority of turquoise sold in jewelry today has been treated in some way — stabilized,...

Turquoise Jewelry Guide: Natural Stone, Grading...

Most stones you encounter are exactly what they claim to be. Turquoise is different. The majority of turquoise sold in jewelry today has been treated in some way — stabilized,...

Sterling silver jewelry collection — necklaces and pendants — on a clean white surface

How to Clean Sterling Silver Jewelry: The Compl...

Sterling silver tarnishes. This is not a defect — it is chemistry. The silver reacting with sulfur compounds in the air is the same response that makes it a malleable,...

How to Clean Sterling Silver Jewelry: The Compl...

Sterling silver tarnishes. This is not a defect — it is chemistry. The silver reacting with sulfur compounds in the air is the same response that makes it a malleable,...

Natural rough diamond crystal showing characteristic octahedral form and triangular growth marks before cutting, on white background

The Science of Diamonds: Formation, Light, and ...

In 1797, English chemist Smithson Tennant burned a diamond — deliberately, inside a sealed glass tube filled with oxygen. He held it over a flame until the stone was gone,...

The Science of Diamonds: Formation, Light, and ...

In 1797, English chemist Smithson Tennant burned a diamond — deliberately, inside a sealed glass tube filled with oxygen. He held it over a flame until the stone was gone,...