Archive for the ‘Featured Post’ Category
Saturday, April 30th, 2016
Once again, we’re asking you to vote Mardon Jewelers as the Best Jeweler in the Inland Empire. Our customers have voted us Press Enterprise Reader’s Choice Best Jeweler for 7 years in a row- we thank you and truly appreciate your patronage and confidence in us. Your votes matter– small family businesses like ours have to […]
Tags: Inland Empire, Raincross, Reader's Choice, Riverside
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Saturday, April 30th, 2016
With the unfortunate passing of Prince, I’ve been watching some of the tributes and interviews with and about the Purple One. The Saturday Night Live tribute last week was a hoot, showing some of his past performances on SNL, as well as several hilarious sketches called “The Prince Show” featuring Fred Armisen as Prince and Maya Rudolf […]
Tags: Beyonce Knowles, Beyonce', Fred Armisen, Love Symbol, Mardon, Mardon Jewelers, Maya Rudolf, Prince, purple diamonds, Saturday Night Live, SNL
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
Our Paraiba-type Tourmaline & Diamond 14 Karat Rose & White Gold Ring is truly one-of-a-kind. The centerpiece of the design is a gorgeous oval brilliant cut Cuprian Tourmaline. It measures ~10.70 x 7.13 x 5.24 mm and weighs 2.56 carats. The gem is perfectly cut and exhibits a delicate light mint green. Cuprian Tourmalines are a rare […]
Tags: Art Deco, Cuprian Tourmaline, Paraiba, rose gold
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Friday, November 27th, 2015
The holiday season is just a whirlwind of joy and stress — we’re all busy juggling our day to day life and getting ready for the Thanksgiving Feast, then Christmas with family, then New Year’s Eve. Into this mix of busy, we need to find gifts for loved ones, old friends, and business associates. At Mardon, we’ll help you […]
Tags: Benitoite, Cuprian Tourmaline, Holly Blue Agate, Tanzanite, Turn of the Century Platinum ring
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Recently, we had a gentleman stop by to purchase one of our Raincross pendants. He proudly showed us this ring he had made after his service as a soldier in a Special Forces unit in Afghanistan. The ring is made from the brass casing of a machine gun shell. The jeweler cut the shell into strap that could be […]
Tags: Soldier, Special Forces
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Friday, November 6th, 2015
In today’s world, some things change rapidly and some stay the same. Just in the last 20 years or so, jewelry making has changed radically. Previously we used labor intensive processes like carving wax models by hand to create our original designs and master models. We now use technological marvels like computer aided design and modeling (CAD/CAM) and […]
Tags: CAD/CAM, custom designs, hand engraving, jewelry enameling, technology
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Saturday, September 5th, 2015
Mardon Jewelers has been voted Best Jeweler in the 20th Annual Best of the Inland Empire Reader’s Choice. This is the 7th year in a row and 10th of the last 12 years that we’ve earned this distinction. We’re very grateful for the votes and loyal support of all of our patrons. Thank You! Look for the Reader’s Choice magazine in […]
Tags: Benitoite, Best Jeweler, Best of Inland Empire 2015, Cisitty, Custom Jewelry, diamond, Estate Jewelry, one-of-a-kind, platinum
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Friday, July 3rd, 2015
We just acquired four wonderful antique and vintage rings which are, as they say, “Farm Fresh.” It’s often the case that estate pieces need TLC before they can be resold– they’ve been worn and loved for years! They’ll need restoration, refurbishing and GIA certifications to meet our standards for resale to our clients. Here’s what we do to bring these lovely pieces up […]
Tags: Antique Cushion, antique jewelry restoration, GIA, GIA cert, jewelry renovation, Marty Guptill
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Saturday, June 6th, 2015
Alexandrite is a very rare and valuable natural gemstone, famous because its color changes almost magically, from red to green. Alexandrite is a variety of Chrysoberyl, a mineral found in nature. Chrysoberyl is well suited for jewelry because it is very hard and durable, and because it’s rare, beautiful and unusual. The colors we see in […]
Tags: Alexandrite, Certified Gemologist Appraiser, color change synthetic sapphire, Estate Jewelry, gemologists, Padparadscha, Ruby, Sapphire, synthetic corundum, Verneuil, Verneuil process
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
We recently performed extensive repairs on a wedding ring that had been purchased in the LA Jewelry Mart. Thing is– the ring was brand new! The client brought the ring to us for an insurance appraisal. We recognized this as a “jewelry mart special” because he had a “feel good appraisal” from the original seller that valued the […]
Tags: appraisals, Best of Inland Empire 2015, Custom Design, jewelry repair, original jewelry, Reader's Choice 2015
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