Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you fun, throwback tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Let's hark back to the spring of 1958, when a handsome 23-year-old from Tupelo, MS, was dominating the music scene with an unprecedented string of 10 consecutive #1 hits and his latest release, “Wear My Ring Around …

Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen took to Instagram on Monday to reveal to her 2.6 million followers the non-traditional ring marking her engagement to Grammy Award-winning music producer Cole M.G.N. The ring spotlights what appears to be a smoky-grey-blue gem prong set on a simple yellow gold band. Jewelry-industry pundits believe the stone may be a sapphire or spinel. …

A lavish three-strand diamond necklace linked to French aristocracy in the decade leading up to the 1789 French Revolution will be hitting the auction block at Sotheby's Geneva this fall carrying a pre-sale estimate of between $1.8 million and $2.8 million. “This rare and important diamond jewel is a sublime survivor from the opulent court life of the Georgian era, …

A Hong Kong-based company that supplies the shell nuclei to major cultured pearl producers in French Polynesia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Japan and China is embedding RFID technology in its product to track a pearl's origin and movement along the supply chain. Developed for more than a decade by the Fukui Shell Nucleus Factory, the technology called Metakaku® places a wireless RFID …

Timed to coincide with National Lobster Day — September 25 — Pauli's North End is offering a "true Boston proposal experience." For $10,000, the sandwich shop known for its outrageous promotions and its catchy tag line, “Wicked fresh. Crazy good,” is offering its massive 28-ounce "USS Lobstitution" lobster roll along with a diamond engagement ring. Pauli's described the center stone …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, country singer Sam Outlaw plays the part of a callous lover in his 2017 release, “Diamond Ring.” Outlaw’s “slow, sad waltz” tells the story of a couple with conflicting opinions about the status of their relationship. They've gone …

Four intricately crafted silver bracelets hidden under the floorboards of a Viking slave dwelling for 1,100 years were recently unearthed by archaeologists from Norway's University of Stavanger’s Archaeological Museum. The current owner of the property, Tårn Sigve Schmidt, had called in the archaeologists to survey his land ahead of his plan to carve out a new tractor road on his …

You can say that Lucara is riding a mega-diamond hot streak. Less than a month after the mining company announced the recovery of an incredible 2,492-carat rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in Botswana, it is back in the news with the discovery of a high-quality 1,094-carat rough. August's head turner ranked as the second-largest diamond ever found, and this …

British Olympian Adam Peaty, who missed winning a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke by a mere two-hundredths of a second, is still calling himself the "luckiest man in the world" after Holly Ramsay, the daughter of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, accepted his marriage proposal during their sun-drenched vacation in Mallorca, Spain. Holly revealed the big news to her 398,000 …

Not only did Spaniard Jon Rahm win the LIV Golf Individual Championship in Chicago on Sunday, but he also took home an $18 million bonus and a commemorative ring that rivals the style and ingenuity of those awarded by the NFL, MLB and NBA. Shimmering with 5.78 carats in white diamonds, 1 carat of black diamonds and 1.2 carats of …