Nothing beats daydreaming about beautiful jewels, so today we’ll look at one of the biggest and brightest ever mined. The Cullinan was found in South Africa’s Premier Mine in 1905. The mine manager almost discarded it, thinking something so enorm..

Many people carry a St. Christopher medal for good luck while traveling. But do you know who Christopher was? Turns out not much is known about this mysterious saint. He is usually acknowledged as a tall 12th century man with a long beard, althoug..

? Now that it’s October, fall has officially fallen. It’s time to anticipate the pleasures of autumn. Jewelry from Ben David captures the brilliant reds and golds of the turning leaves. So let’s dress to match the season. Here are a f..

In the last few years, it’s been popping up as earrings worn with frilly dresses, in delicate pendants and even – demonstrating real staying power – in engagement rings. It’s rose gold, that extra pretty pinkish gold. But like many jewelry lo..

September’s birthstone is sapphire. It’s hard to go wrong with this beautiful, sparkly blue stone. This week we’ll share some fun sapphire trivia facts with you. Learn more about this popular and durable gem. And please shop Ben David for your ..

It’s getting to be that time when parents think about sending their kids back to school. The end of summer is typically a bittersweet time. Kids might be getting restless, but still not convinced they want to buckle back down to reading, writing an..

Peridot, the August birthstone, looks good on all sorts of people: brunettes, redheads and blondes, the fair-skinned and the dark. Similarly, peridots are gorgeous when combined with other gemstones. Ben David has taken advantage of the stone’s..

Extravagant 1,300-year-old Viking jewelry uncovered at a farm site on the Danish island of Zealand has archeologists wondering if the modest agrarian settlement could have also been the home of nobility. When scientists from the Roskilde Mus..

A 35-carat rough diamond is the new pride and joy of De Beers’ Victor Mine in Attawapiskat, Ontario. The nickel-sized gem set a record for the largest diamond ever pulled from Canadian soil. The rough diamond is currently undergoing a six..

The glistening gold medals Olympic athletes win on the ninth day of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, will be embedded with something out of this world — a fragment of the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, exactly one year ..