Answering your deep questions on prongs! What are prongs? How can you customize them? What are your options with prongs? While prongs mostly exist to keep your stone secure, they can also add to the design and are completely customizable to suit your style and best showcase your stone. Keep reading for your crash course on everything ‘prongs’.
Learn everything about sapphires: from their composition and symbolism to expert tips on buying, choosing the perfect sapphire, and treatment methods. Discover the ultimate sapphire buying guide.
An ode to the most under-hyped, but stunningly gorgeous stone around – Spinel! Often confused with Ruby, and found in a rainbow of hues, it’s a stone that deserves its moment in the spotlight.
To answer all your buying-online questions, we’re chatting certificates, appraisals, and everything jewelry report-related! Keep reading for:
What’s a jewelry appraisal and why might you want one?
Insurance and appraisals: are they necessary?
Appraisals vs certificates/reports
Do Gem Breakfast pieces come with appraisals or reports?
Appraisals through Gem Breakfast.
Explore our stunning collection of new loose sapphires! Find the perfect sapphire for your custom design, from vibrant blues to unique hues. Shop now for your ideal gemstone. All sourced from our favorite alternative gemstone dealer, Misfit Diamonds.
What are Champagne Diamonds? Everybody knows we love the unconventional, the unusual, and the avant-garde, so naturally we’re on board with the ever-effervescent champagne diamond. Maybe you’ve heard of champagne diamonds, maybe not, but today we’re here to raise a glass to these under-hyped but incredibly gorgeous golden-hued champagne diamonds.
Today in our Meet the Maker series, we’re chatting with Toronto-based Designer & Jeweler Kim Drosdick! New to the Gem Breakfast roster but a veritable veteran in the design world, Kim Drosdick is the artist behind the ultra-unique rough sapphire stunners and magical spinel confections you’ve been spying on IG!
If traditional diamond engagement rings feel a little too... expected, let us introduce you to Montana sapphires — colorful, ethical, and wildly unique stones with shades that stretch way beyond basic blue and back stories that actually feel good to tell.
Discover the beauty of Montana sapphires – ethically mined, rare, and unique gemstones. Learn about their stunning colors, ethical sourcing, and tips for buying a Montana sapphire engagement ring. Whether you're looking for a custom ring or a loose sapphire, explore our collection of Montana sapphires, including color-changing, bi-color, and cornflower blue stones, all mined under strict environmental and labor standards.
Whether you’re considering designing your own custom ring, or just shopping and overwhelmed by all the insider terms, we’re here with answers! Once you know all the components of a ring, you can get clear on what you love, what you don’t, and put it all together for a ring that sings your unique soul song!
What are salt & pepper diamonds and why do people love them? And how do you choose one? Find out in our blog post on salt & pepper diamonds that will answer all your questions!
Why go classic when you can go cosmic? If you’re craving a stone with story, soul, and a streak of rebellion, you’re in the right place. From sun-drenched champagne diamonds to moody, celestial salt and pepper stones and old-world rose cut romance, there's a whole universe of anything-but-ordinary alternative engagement ring stones ready to incite your obsession.