More than 8.4 million fans of The Bachelorette watched breathlessly as JoJo Fletcher professed her love to Jordan Rodgers during Monday’s climactic two-hour season finale. The former NFL player responded by getting down on one knee and presenting the real estate developer with a 3.5-carat diamond engagement ring valued at $85,000. The ring features an oval-cut center stone accented with …

A wedding band found on the beach in Maui made its way back to a grateful couple in Kansas — more than 3,800 miles away — thanks to a set of GPS coordinates inscribed inside the band. About a month ago, Brandon and Megan Schumacher of Overland Park, Kan., were enjoying their honeymoon on the Hawaiian island of Maui when …

Did you know that July 31 was the busiest moving day of the year and that the summer is the most popular moving season? So, if you’re planning to resettle across town or even across the country, please consider these tips compiled by Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company and amended by our team for keeping your jewelry safe… • Do not pack valuable …

Available in a rainbow of vibrant colors, but best known as a ruby doppelgänger, the spinel has joined the yellow-green peridot as an official birthstone for the month of August. The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) and Jewelers of America (JA) delivered the surprising news in June. It was only third time in the past 104 years that the modern …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, we feature Elvis Presley singing about the powerful symbolism of a wedding ring in his 1973 cover of “She Wears My Ring.” To a smitten Presley, the ring he placed on his love’s finger is not only an expression …

Earlier this month, NASA’s Juno space probe successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit after a 365-million mile trek that took nearly five years. For the next 20 months, Juno will discover what’s hiding under the planet’s thick clouds and transmit that information back to Earth. Don’t be surprised if Juno encounters diamond crystals the size of hailstones along the way. Two prominent scientists …

Blazing temperatures topping 100 degrees couldn’t keep aspiring geologist and gem lover Grace Houston from uncovering the find of a lifetime during her family’s vacation to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. On Saturday, the nine-year-old from Missouri landed a 1.53-carat diamond while wet-sifting with her grandma. Despite a National Weather Service Heat Advisory, the determined young lady insisted …

Wedding bells will be ringing for supermodel Miranda Kerr and Snapchat Founder and CEO Evan Spiegel. The former Victoria’s Secret Angel took to Instagram to announce their engagement and show off the ring on July 20. Kerr, 33, shared the good news by posting a photo of her beautiful bauble, with a custom Snapchat filter (of course). The photo is captioned, …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fabulous songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, music legend Bruce Springsteen performs “Jersey Girl,” a tender ballad about falling head-over-heels in love with a gal from New Jersey. She’s so spectacular in so many ways that Springsteen is confident that some day he’ll ask for …

In the Madhya Pradesh region of central India, 4,700 villagers now have access to clean drinking water thanks to the initiatives of diamond producer Rio Tinto. In the Siberian town of Mirny, 2,000 youngsters take part in more than a dozen sporting activities offered at the state-of-the-art Cultural and Sports Complex built and funded by the diamond mining company ALROSA. …