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It’s here. Well, it’s almost here. Fall, that is. This year, the colors for fashion and jewelry are a blend of “sensible and spirited.” Here’s more:

The season will contrast brighter-than-usual warm colors against versatile neutrals.

Here are the 10 Pantone colors for Fall 2011:

Fashion Color Trends Fall 2011 – from Pantone

Top row, left to right: Phlox (a deep purple), Orchid Hush (gray with orchid undertones), Deep Teal (a watery blueish green), Quarry (a cool medium gray), and Cedar (a midtone neutral green).

Bottom row, left to right: Nougat (a warm tan), Emberglow (bright warm orange), Bamboo (warm yellow with greenish undertone), Coffee Liqueur (rich creamy brown), and Honeysuckle (Pantone’s “color of the year” for 2011).

If you’re designing jewelry, here are two great ways to use this seasonal color information:

1) You may want to use the Fall fashion colors for 2011 in your jewelry designs.

2) Or you may prefer to use colors that will contrast / coordinate with this palette – since many of our customers’ new outfits will likely have these Pantone colors in them.

Source: Jewelry Business Blog

Even people not in the know, when it comes to the stock market, have heard how the price of gold continues to soar.

The price of gold per ounce hit a record $1,830 on Thursday, marking a steady climb in the months-long rapid escalation of the price of the metal. Jewelers across the country are reporting a noticeable increase in the amount of people coming in to sell their gold jewelry, which some are reluctant to refine.

“It’s turned into a feeding frenzy,” David Rotenberg, owner of David Craig Jewelers in Langhorne, Penn., said of buying gold. “It’s all we’re doing. People are lining up in the store.”

The economy’s hiccup earlier in August contributed to the increased number of consumers selling gold, Rotenberg said, and also to the types of gold jewelry they’re bringing in.

“They’re obviously digging deeper,” he said, “We went through a period, around 2008, where everything we were buying was scrap metal. Around 2010, people started coming in with nicer pieces of jewelry.”

Now he’s seeing scrap metal again, which leads him to believe that consumers are finding gold to sell that they haven’t considered before, including mementos.

Source: National Jeweler

So if you’ve been waiting to clean out that old jewelry box of yours, get to it sooner rather than later. The time is most definitely golden. Check out our page on how its done by a reputable jeweler such as ourselves.

Here’s a short, sweet poem about the power of women and jewelry. Hope you enjoy!

Barkev's Engagement Ring And Matching Wedding Band Set With Round Diamonds

We’re very choosy about the jewelry lines we carry at Joseph Schubach Jewelers. But this choice was easy. Barkev’s high quality jewelry certainly falls in that “one of a kind” category without being overly ostentatious. Simply put, its well-crafted, distinctive pieces that has been catching everyone’s eye online and at our jewelry showroom in Scottsdale, Arizona.

According to Barkev’s website:

Since 1981 Barkev’s has been successful in the designing, manufacturing and special orders of engagement rings and fine jewelry. Our continuing efforts enable us to offer to our customers the finest quality of engagement rings and fine jewelry, in a vast selection of styles and designs. Our factory is located in Los Angeles, and we take pride to say that all of our jewelry is designed and manufactured completely in our facilities.

Here’s a sampling, but check here for the full Barkev collection we carry:

Style 10702 Barkev’s Cathedral Style Solitaire Engagement Ring Starting from $1,385.00 Style 10712  Barkev Engagement Ring And Matching Wedding Band Set With Round Diamonds Starting from $1,785.00 Style 10703  Barkev’s Solitaire Engagement Ring Starting from $1,129.00 Style 10707  Barkev’s Solitaire Engagement Ring And Matching Wedding Band Set With Round Diamonds Starting from $1,299.00 Style 10726  Barkev Engagement Ring With Round Diamond Side Stones Starting from $1,459.00 Style 10795  Barkev Curved Design Four Prong Solitaire Engagement Ring Starting from $715.00 Style 10798  Barkev Engagement Ring With Diamond Side Stones Starting from $2,165.00 Style 10769  Barkev Cathedral Engagement Ring And Matching Wedding Band With Diamonds Starting from $2,635.00 Style 10758  Barkev Cathedral Engagement Ring And Mathing Wedding Band With Diamonds

Clarity enhanced diamonds undergo a special “touch up” procedure that allows more light to enter the diamond and consequently results in an even more brilliant sparkle. Affordability is just one more reason to say “I do” to clarity enhanced diamond rings. These diamonds are typically purchased for one third less than the carat price of comparable, non- enhanced diamond. When you buy clarity enhanced diamond rings, you can get more for your money with a brilliant sparkle that continues to gives diamonds their everlasting mass appeal.

Here are a few more facts about clarity enhanced diamonds:

There are two types of procedures that will improve the clarity of a diamond. The first is called laser drilling and the second is called fracture filling (more commonly known as clarity enhancement). Both are considered clarity enhanced diamonds.

All diamonds besides flawless diamonds will have internal characteristics commonly known as inclusions, including black carbon spots, feathers, clouds, bubbles and more.

Laser drilling creates a minute hole in the diamond, allowing for black carbon spots to be cleaned out. This type of enhancement is permanent, which is both an advantage and disadvantage.

On the one hand, the tiny holes, although not visible to the naked eye, will always be in the diamond. On the other hand, the diamond will be clearer for good.

Fracture filling, despite its name, does not mean that the diamond is broken or cracked, rather that the original inclusions are coated with a clear substance to make them invisible to the naked eye.

Diamonds that are filled are cleaned and boiled to remove any dirt and other imperfections, and then they are filled with a microscopic amount of clear material that cloaks the feathers. There are two types of filling used for clarity enhancement.

One using bromide and the other using a silicone based material. The former is the lower quality treatment and can discolor or fade over time. The higher quality treatment can last a lifetime so long as it isn’t exposed to extreme heat (over 1500 degrees) or acid.

Source: Shiree Odiz

Ashcher Cut Clarity Enhanced Diamond Ring With Pave' Diamonds