For 11-year-old Kyle Cooney in North Vancouver, the bracelets he and his family sell are more than just jewelry.
They are an aid to self-regulation and a tool to help Kyle cope with severe challenges on the road to adulthood. They are a source of necessary income and a source of priceless p
Hugo Vickers writes for the Sunday Mail
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Philip Larkin famously wrote that sexual intercourse began in 1963, "between the end of Chatterley's ban and the Beatles' first LP".
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The story of La Rose Carrée is a tale which resembles those told through the ages. One of happenstance, adoption, transformation, rebirth, and above all, beauty. In the late 1990's, Michel Parmigiani acquired a grande
There are many kinds of ratnas and up-ratnas. More than 84 kinds of gems are recorded in ancient books. However, most of them are not available now. Let us briefly understand Beruj ratna or aquamarine here.
Beruj ratna is also called aquamarine in English and is very transparent. This gemst
Brilliant transparent gemstones in warm tropical tones of pale lemon, rich gold, delicate apricot or vivid saffron can be challenging to identify. What could they be?
First in affordability and popularity is the quartz family – from the delicate pastel tones of ‘lemon quartz&rsq
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P earls ruled the 20th century. Jackie Kennedy described them as “always appropriate”. Diana Vreeland once fired off a memo to sta
The couple-opal cutters and retailers respectively-had no previous experience in finding opals, but under the guidance of local senior miner Rod Griffin and experienced friend David Darby, they went on an expedition. The expedition was filmed for the Discovery Channel's Inland Opal Hunter series.