Joanne Gold Ring - Emerald and Diamonds

Our 14K Gold jewelry is crafted to last a lifetime. Gold jewelry does not oxidize and does not change color, even when worn daily, year after year.

Emerald is the green variety of beryl, a «sibling» of aquamarine and morganite. Its color comes from traces of chromium and vanadium.

For an emerald to form, two elements that almost never meet in nature — beryllium from the crust and chromium from deep within — must come together in the same place, under rare geological conditions, over hundreds of millions of years.

That’s why a clean emerald can be more expensive than a diamond of the same size.

Look closely and you’ll see tiny natural inclusions — jewelers poetically call them «jardin», garden. They aren’t flaws, but the unique signature of each stone, proof that it’s natural and formed in the rock.

The Egyptians mined it over 2,000 years ago from deposits now called the «Cleopatra Mines»; the queen adored it and adorned her palace with it.

Closer to our times, Richard Burton gifted Elizabeth Taylor a legendary Bvlgari emerald suite.

At the 2009 Oscars, Angelina Jolie wore Colombian emerald earrings totaling over 100 carats, sparking a global wave of demand. On the red carpet, emerald remains the stone that says «elegance without compromise».

The finest effect, a velvety green called «gota de aceite» (drop of oil), appears in roughly one stone in a thousand.

Its green ranges from light to deep, regal hues. The purest greens come from Colombia, from the Muzo and Chivor mines.

A symbol of hope, wisdom, and renewal, emerald is the birthstone of May.

With a hardness of 7,5–8 it’s durable, but its inclusions make it sensitive to knocks, and most emeralds are oil-treated — so it deserves to be worn with care.

Clean only gently, with no ultrasound and no chemicals. Its regal green comes to life best in yellow gold or 925 silver.

Diamond is the hardest known natural material—the only gemstone that hits the top score, 10, on the hardness scale. It is made of pure, crystallized carbon.

A diamond you wear today likely formed over a billion years ago, about 150 km deep in Earth's mantle, under unimaginable pressures.

The rarest diamonds, blue ones, rose from depths of hundreds of kilometers and owe their color to traces of boron.

It was brought to the surface by ancient volcanic eruptions, through rocks called kimberlite—nature's true "elevators" from the deep.

The diamond’s unmistakable brilliance comes from the way it refracts and disperses light—an effect called "fire." Its quality is graded by the 4Cs: cut, color, clarity, and carat.

The notion that a diamond is a must for engagements isn’t nearly as old as it seems: it was born from a 1947 ad slogan, "A Diamond Is Forever," written by copywriter Frances Gerety for De Beers and later named the greatest slogan of the 20th century.

Some famous diamonds, like the blue Hope Diamond, carry the notoriety of a "curse"—a captivating tale, but just a tale, fueled by their tumultuous histories.

The Koh-i-Noor diamond passed through the hands of Mughal, Persian, and Afghan emperors before it reached the British Crown, where it remains today.

The most prized is the colorless diamond, but there are also fancy-colored diamonds—from yellow to pink and blue—some rarer and more valuable than colorless stones.

A symbol of eternal love, purity, and strength, the diamond remains the classic choice for engagement rings and is the birthstone for April.

Practically indestructible in everyday wear—but it does have cleavage directions, so a sharp blow to an edge can chip it; it’s worth protecting from heavy impacts.

It cleans easily with a microfiber cloth. Its brilliance pairs beautifully with 925 silver, white gold, or yellow gold.