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Known as the Wallace Cut, this is a groundbreaking gem-carving technique pioneered by artist Wallace Chan in the 1980s. It's a blending of cameo, intaglio and internal faceting all carved with the amethyst.

Stacey texted me a couple pics of her pup Kobe (named after her favorite bball player). He was standing up on his hind legs in the center console of the car. I knew exactly where I'd seen that pose before, so, I made a AI image. Kobe hanging with the Meerkats in Africa. Sweet!

This fancy vivid blue cushion cut modified brilliant diamond weighs 10.03 carats and is a type IIb diamond. Labeled as the "Mediterranean Blue", it was unearthed in South Africa as an impressive rough weighing 31.93 carats. Took over 6 months to cut. Sold for 21.5 million at Sotheby’s in Geneva.

Where in the world do emeralds come from? Some major emerald-producing countries are Colombia, Zambia, Brazil and Afghanistan.

Here are some bi-color gems that can add some spice so to speak to a gemstone. The tourmaline green and red is a classic one.

Need a chain, here are some of the more popular styles that can come in 18kt, 14kt and 10kt in yellow or white gold. Also can be made in silver and some platinums.

Well it happened again this morning in a little over a week. A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit near Orcas Island early this Monday morning, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN). The quake happened around 5:02 a.m. with its epicenter off Deer Beach, according to PNSN.

Zoe Saldana won her first Oscar for best supporting actress in Emilia Perez. Her Cartier diamond panther choker necklace, named Panthère Versatile because it is exactly that, features a 10.10-carat Zambian emerald at its center, hung from a speckled vine-like cord of onyx and diamonds. Sweet

Now I know what woke me up around 3:45am this early morning. A 3.4 magnitude earthquake, with the epicenter out by Lake Holm just northeast of Tacoma. Guess the timing of the quake coincided with my clock time when I looked at it. I was a little fuzzy at the time as to happened. Not a big quake!

At Kiros Diamond we just finished this redo of one of our customer's 14 karat yellow gold ring with a 1.20 carat greenish blue irradtiated diamond and two green irradiated diamonds with european shank base.

Go Commanders, Dan Quinn and Bobby Wagner former coach and defense player for Seahawks

University of Kansas beat Duke 75 to 72 in Los Vegas. And the Vegas Sphere popped up a Jayhawk. Sweet