Were you an eager beaver to finish your taxes early so you'd know what you'll have for your tax return? Know someone who has a February birthday and that little government bonus check is now burning a hole in your pocket before you even get i..

Pearl jewelry is a forever-classic that will never go out of style. Odds are that one in ten thousand oysters will form a naturally occurring pearl in the wild. Because of this rarity and a call by conservationists to conserve the wild oyster beds mo..

Did you know that researchers are only now trying to collect empirical data connecting moods and feelings to colors and natural lightening? Modern research suggests that the feelings generated by color are based in personal color association and that..

  Everybody has heard of June brides. But what’s the most popular month to get engaged? December!   Yes, gentlemen, the month of Christmas trees, cocoa and carols is also the month to get up your nerve, get out your wallet, and buy ..

 Do you have a box of broken jewelry in your drawer? Has restringing your pearls or getting a broken clasp fixed been on your to-do list for months? Or even years? If it’s been decades, don’t tell us. That’s just too sad. Anywa..

Many of our customers are veterans or family members of vets. We’d like to take today’s blog to say thank you. Without the dedication, courage and sacrifice of veterans, we would not be the America we know and love.   So today we&rsq..

When the time changes and the nights grow long and cold, many of us like to stay in and watch a movie. And lots of us enjoy movies that show characters behaving in ways we never would in real life. At least not if we value our life, liberty, health a..

  Even people who never loved Star Trek might suddenly develop an interest in outer space. Why? Because of space diamonds!   Scientists already knew that diamonds dwelled in the cold cores of Uranus and Neptune. But recently they’ve l..

Here at Amidon, we like to daydream about beautiful gemstones. The bigger, brighter and rarer, the better. So on a crisp fall day, our thoughts turn to that great beauty, the Centenary diamond.         The Centenary originated ..

  You may have seen vivid blue diamonds and wondered if they were real. And if real, do they occur naturally?  At Amidon we offer a variety of beautiful designs made with blue diamonds. Here’s a little background info about these amaz..