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This photo shows gold, exhibited in the mineral gallery of the Natural History Museum in Paris.

Gemstones

Since the 1990’s, the variety of stones used in jewelry has considerably increased.

Following the emergence of a new clientele from emerging countries, demand in the jewelry sector has increased. There was a need to produce always more jewels and stones, which have become always more difficult to find. Since then, some mines are even depleted. Thus, the jewelers began to take an interest in previously neglected materials. We witnessed the return of the opal in the years 2010, with the appearance of fine stones in the showcases of the famous jewelers.
The entry of fashion labels into jewelry has upset the sector, not just in its operation. The styles of these new players on the market, more varied, were staged by colored stones. Lately, brightly colored stones, such as spessartite garnet, chrysoberyl or paraiba tourmaline, discovered in 1989, for example, have enjoyed increasing interest.

I started working as a jewelry designer in 2000. Little by little, I was able to fill my address book with names of quality suppliers, each specialized in a subject or provenance. Today, I know how to find the stone you dream of, or make you dream of a stone you did not suspect.

 

Tanzanite of jewelry quality, is a stone as beautiful as a precious stone. We meet this fine stone regularly in my creations of rings, pendants, earrings.

TANZANITE

Named after the country where the only deposit at the foot of Kilimanjaro was discovered by shepherds, Tanzanite is a variety of gemstone with a wide variety of shades. The Maasai, a tribe of East Africa, consider this stone sacred, symbolizing happiness and prosperity.

Tanzanite has a vitreous luster ranging from brilliant blue to deep purple to grey. Its particularity lies in its ability to change colour according to the orientation. The stone reflects blue, red-violet and bronze according to the choice of the stone cutter, which makes each stone unique.

Like satin, it is the symbol of the 24th wedding anniversary.

 

Imperial topaz is not a very beautiful gemstone. Why not get off the beaten track and have Annette Girardon make such a stone into a custom-made ring?

IMPERIAL TOPAZ

Topaz covers a wide range of colours. The rarest and most expensive variety is imperial topaz. Its palette resembles that of a twilight sky. It begins with fiery gold tones, extends to peach-pink shades towards purple variations.

In recent years, we have seen brightly coloured precious and semi-precious stones. Spessartite garnet is often associated with pink sapphires in high jewellery creations.

SPESSARTITE GARNET

Another gem that has a very varied colour spectrum is garnet. In addition to its richness of colour, it impresses with its great brilliance. As brightly coloured stones have recently gained a lot of interest, I present here an orange garnet from Africa. Combined with other coloured gems, such as pink morganite, it is particularly attractive.

The black opal of Australia is as spectacular as a gemstone thanks to the sparkling colours it reflects back to us. It is also appreciated by the brands of high jewellery, place Vendôme.

BLACK OPAL

from Australia

to see a ring with a black opal

Tsavorite is a variety of garnet among the most popular gemstones. Its green is less bluish than emerald. It is a quality gemstone.

TSAVORITE

This gem symbolizes kindness, vitality and prosperity. In 1967, Campell Bridges, the legendary geologist, discovered it in Tanzania, rather by chance. It exists in shades ranging from a pastel green to a deep and bright green, close to that of emerald.

These custom made earrings, in blackened silver, paved with diamonds, sapphires of different colors and tsavorites, are very original, inspired by nature, and made in France.
EARRINGS
RINGS
L'artisan joaillier paris, Annette Girardon, spécialiste de la création de bijoux sur-mesure, est en train de dessiner un bijou crée sur-mesure,à deux pas de la place Vendôme dans son atelier à Paris.
CUSTOM-MADE-JEWELS
Annette Girardon commence a sculpter un nouveau bijou dans un bloc en cire, à Paris, dans le quartier des artisans joailliers, garants de la tradition de la joaillerie française.
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