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alt rocks
March 24, 2015

25 Pieces of Eye-Catching Gemstone Jewelry

By Lori Keong

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Now that you’ve acquainted yourself with the full rainbow of candy-colored gemstones, it’s time to figure out how to wear them. Ahead, 25 glittering, covetable ideas — from multi-million-dollar blue-diamond baubles to affordable luxuries like citrine and tiger’s eye. Whether in sparkling cocktail rings (like James de Givenchy for Taffin’s spinel, diamond, and platinum design) or dangling earrings (like Renee Lewis’s watermelon tourmalines), these are investments too commanding to leave in the jewelry box.

*This article appears in the March 23, 2015 issue of New York Magazine.

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Elizabeth Stone  Photo: Bobby Doherty
Mociun  Photo: Courtesy of Caitlin Mociun
Sidney Garber  Photo: Bobby Doherty
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Joel Price Opals  Photo: Bobby Doherty
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