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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Just in time for Christmas, we completed a very interesting and successful sale for a client who had found us via the Internet last spring. She had purchased this wonderful 5.72 ct. Paraiba tourmaline in the early 90’s, just when the first stones from the Paraiba region of Brazil were coming onto the market. Prices […]
Tags: gem broker, Mozambique, Nigeria, paraiba tourmaline, Vintage Jewelry
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Our new Raincross piece for this year is the beautiful Heritage Raincross pendant, a brilliantly enameled version of the well-loved Raincross brand orange crate label. We were a little late in getting it into production, but fortunately, the new piece was an immediate hit—we pre-sold all of our opening order with orders for more to […]
Tags: Afghanistan, Heritage Raincross, Marine
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Saturday, December 10th, 2011
“Sunburst” descibes this new ring, a one-of-a-kind original design by Jim and Jenny Sweaney of Mardon Jewelers. The center diamond, just under I/2 ct, is a beautiful warm Fancy Yellow color that we’ve accented with a custom bezel of 18K yellow Harmony gold. The 14k white gold mounting supports six marquise brilliant diamonds that radiate […]
Tags: baguette diamond, Custom Jewelry, fancy yellow diamond, one-of-a-kind jewelry, recycled gold, recycling diamonds
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Every year for Christmas, we jewelers put our best foot forward, looking to make special pieces that will find their way into Santa’s sleigh. This year, I was able to find some spare hours to make these three special rings that feature one of the world’s most unique gemstones, the American Fire Agate.
Tags: fire agate, Fire Agate Studio, One Track Mine
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
The latest addition to our Famous Raincross Collection of fine jewelry is simply stunning! We think our fine silver pendant wonderfully captures the unique style and bright colors of the orange crate art from the heyday of California citrus.
Tags: CAD/CAM, citrus colony, enamel, Magick, orange crate labels, Viszu
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
We want to thank our loyal friends and fans who once again voted Mardon the Best Jeweler in Riverside for the third year in a row! Read about it in the annual Press Enterprise Reader’s Choice supplement in today’s paper. We truly appreciate your support!
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Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Wife Kaye just created this charming necklace for a client, using relatively inexpensive materials including the baroque ammolite center, a freshwater cultured pearl, glass beads with copper and silver wrapped wire. This particular lady likes play-of-color, asymmetry and a slightly funky look for not a lot of cost– Kaye captured her wishes perfectly!
Tags: Alberta, ammolite, ammonite, calcentine, Canad, Custom Jewelry, korite, Tucson Gem Show, wrapped wire
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
Recently, we’ve had the pleasure of working with some outstanding vintage Art Deco jewelry. We appraised this wonderful diamond and black onyx ring which features two large Old European cut diamonds, both approximately 1 3/4 cts, both eye clean, near colorless and well matched. Imagine some flapper gal dancing the night away in a Roaring […]
Tags: Art Deco Jewelry, black onyx, bright cut, filigree, hand engraving, milgraingin, Old European cut diamond, platinum, Roaring 20"s, Vintage Jewelry
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Wife Kaye recently worked with a local family to renovate this heirloom bracelet, composed of sterling silver panels, strung on a ribbon, each hand engraved with the initials of a family member. Judging by the style, the bracelet probably was started around the late 1800’s or so– the most recent person on the bracelet was […]
Tags: Estate Jewelry, Geneology, hand engraving, Silver Name Bracelet, Victorian Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Our client sadly thought this family heirloom .96 ct. Old European cut diamond had little or no value– after years of wear, it had been cherished almost to death and looked like it had been through the garbage disposal. Mardon to the rescue! A close inspection in our gemological microscope revealed that while the […]
Tags: Antique Cushion, Diamond Grading, GIA, Old European Cut, recutting diamond, recutting emeralds, Ruby, Sapphire
Posted in Estate Jewelry, Featured Post, Gemstones, Jewelry Facts, Jewelry Services | Comments Off on Repairing Broken Hearts and Broken Diamonds