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• Natural, Lab-Created or Treated Three words decide most of what you pay for a coloured stone. Here is how to read them.
• Measure Your Ring Size at Home A paper strip and a ruler are all you need to get the size right first time.
• Aqeeq: Origins and Meaning Where Yemeni aqeeq comes from, and how to tell a good one from a dyed one.
• Buying a Ruby Without Overpaying Colour, clarity and origin — which of the three actually moves the price.
• Swat and Colombian Emerald Two famous origins, two very different stones and price brackets.
• Looking After a Gemstone Ring Cleaning, storing, and what to keep your ring away from.
• Feroza: Reading a Turquoise Matrix, colour and stabilisation — what changes the value of turquoise.