Welcome to the Gemstone Learning Center at Classicgemshow.com. This section is intended to better your understanding of the gems you purchase, allowing you first to become a well-informed buyer and then to be a conscious gemstone owner. This information is being constantly updated, and we welcome your suggestions for additions, amendations, etc. Click on the following hyperlinks to learn more about your specific areas of gemstone interest. A brief description has been placed under each heading, outlining the information each page contains.
This section contains the names and descriptions of all the stones sold on our site and also provides some interesting information of pertinence to each specific gem. Click on the name of the stone to view the individual item pages. If there is a type of stone you do not see on the list, please do not hesitate to contact us.
This section contains a list of and information about the traditional gems representative of each month of the year. Scroll down on the page to find interesting details about these stones. If you wish to know more, please visit the "Definitions" section.
In this section you will find a list of the gems traditionally representative of the different years of marriage. After detailing the stones given annually for the first twenty-five years, the list then provides information on the gems recieved every five years after that until the seventy-fifth anniversary. Detailed descriptions of each of the stones may be found in either the "Definitions" or the "Birthstones" sections.
The basic storage and care required to maintain the purchase quality of our pearls and gemstones may be found in this section. Scroll down the page to browse the alphabetically-listed products. If you do not see the product you are looking for on this list, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Gemstone background stories from many different cultural backgrounds may amaze and amuse you. Gems have interesting histories. Read all about them here.
Here may be found a virtual dictionary to translate those arcane references and unintelligible terms that roll off the tongue of your local jeweler back into everday English. The meaning behind the cant of those mysterious lapidaries is unveiled here.
