Halloween is coming up, Folks! Do you know what that means? Lots of spooks and scares! Fear is a fundamental human trait. Everyone experiences it and some like it more than others. We all love a tale of a haunting or a crazy story of death. Real-life tales of horror surround a couple of jewels that are notorious for a particularly disturbing history that includes deaths and misfortune. Here are five bone chillingly creepy tales of these jinxed gems. The Hope Diamond The award for most famous jinxed jewel has to go to the Hope Diamond. Fourteen people have fallen victim to this beautifully haunting diamond. The story starts with Jean-Baptiste Tavernier buying the Hope Diamond from India in
Hello, wonderful customers and friends of H & A International Jewelry! It has been a while since we last chatted, hasn’t it? Where has the year gone? We are already well into October, folks. The seasons are changing from luscious and green to crisp and earthy. With all of the colors seen in nature this season, it makes sense that one of autumn’s most unique birthstones is opal! Opal, which is October's birthstone, is known for its unique play of color making it an intriguing gemstone. Its colorful and color-changing nature pays homage to the start of autumn. There is no way one can mistake opal for something else. When held against the sunlight, the gemstone looks like a little miniature di
