Gem Blog

How to Choose a Gemstone: What Should You Look For?
How to Choose a Gemstone: What Should You Look For?
Choosing a gemstone isn't about finding the “perfect” stone. From colour and cut to inclusions, treatments and origin, there are many things to consider — but ultimately, beauty is personal.... Read more...
Tourmaline: A Rainbow in One Gemstone
Tourmaline: A Rainbow in One Gemstone
When people think of tourmaline - one of the October birthstones, they might picture a rich green gemstone or perhaps a vibrant pink. But tourmaline is one of those gemstones... Read more...
Introducing the Bonbon Collection
Introducing the Bonbon Collection
Inspired by the jewel-like beauty of Japanese Kohakutou sweets, the Bonbon Collection brings together hand-selected natural gemstones in playful, candy-inspired colours, each chosen for its own character. Read more...
Heated or Unheated Sapphire: Does It Really Matter?
Heated or Unheated Sapphire: Does It Really Matter?
Heated or unheated — what does it really mean for a sapphire? We explore how heat treatment works, why it is so common, and why heated doesn't necessarily mean less... Read more...
Sapphire: More Than Just Blue
Sapphire: More Than Just Blue
Most people picture sapphire as blue — but sapphire comes in almost every colour imaginable. From the science of corundum to vivid pink, warm yellow, teal and purple, discover why... Read more...
Emerald: The Green That Has Captivated the World for Millennia
Emerald: The Green That Has Captivated the World for Millennia
Emerald is more than just a green stone — it is one of the most mythic gemstones in human history. From its chemistry and jardin inclusions to Colombian versus Zambian... Read more...
Three different colour garnets placed in front of a brown velvet background
Rhodolite and Grossular: Two Garnet Varieties Worth Knowing
The garnet family is vast — and rhodolite and grossular are two of its most quietly beautiful members. From vivid raspberry rhodolite to delicate mint green and warm golden grossular,... Read more...
Carter Mismatch Studs featuring one royal blue sapphire and a vanadium spinel, placing in front of a dark green velvet background.
Beyond Red and Pink: The Most Extraordinary Spinel Varieties You Should Know
Not all spinels are red or pink. Within the spinel family are four extraordinary varieties — electric cobalt blue, fiery vanadium orange-red, neon Jedi pink and the optically fascinating colour... Read more...
Two tsavorite placed in front of a brown velvet background
Tsavorite Garnet: The Green That Needs No Introduction — But Deserves One
Discovered in 1967 and named after Kenya's Tsavo National Park, tsavorite garnet has earned its place among the world's most coveted green gemstones in just a few decades. Naturally untreated,... Read more...
Flora natural chrysoberyl and Lab Grown Diamond cocktail ring in two tone gold
Chrysoberyl: The Gemstone Family With Three Very Different Faces
Chrysoberyl is one of the most optically remarkable gemstone families in existence — and one of the least known. Discover its four faces: transparent yellow-green, vanadium mint green, cat's eye... Read more...
Mali Garnet: The Newcomer With Something to Prove
Mali Garnet: The Newcomer With Something to Prove
Mali garnet was first discovered in 1994 — and to this day, Mali remains the only known source in the world. A hybrid of grossular and andradite garnets, it has... Read more...
Two milky pink spinels placed on top of a brown velvet background
Transparent or Milky? There Is No Better. There Is Only Yours.
Vivid and sparkling, or soft and milky — which is better? At Atelier Cara, we believe that there is no answer to that question. Discover why both are extraordinary in... Read more...
Malaya Garnet: The Outcast That Became a Treasure
Malaya Garnet: The Outcast That Became a Treasure
Dismissed by miners, named 'outcast' in Swahili — Malaya garnet spent years overlooked before the world recognised what it truly was. Discover this rare and extraordinary East African gem. Read more...
Five different colour spinels placed on top of a velvet beige tray
Spinel: The Stone That Fooled the World
The Black Prince's Ruby in the British Imperial State Crown is actually a spinel. Discover the full story and extraordinary colour range of this natural, untreated gemstone. Read more...
Garnets: More Than Just a Red Stone
Garnets: More Than Just a Red Stone
Garnet is not just one stone — it's an entire family of gemstones spanning almost every colour imaginable. From vivid orange Fanta spessartine to electric green tsavorite, peachy Malaya to... Read more...