{"id":37572,"date":"2017-09-13T12:49:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T16:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=37572"},"modified":"2017-09-13T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T16:49:18","slug":"wednesdays-video-engagement-ring-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/wednesdays-video-engagement-ring-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s Video: Engagement-Ring Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written about the problems of using <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/beware-of-nontraditional-gems-in-engagement-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nontraditional gems in engagement rings<\/a>:\u00a0 People are just too tough on everyday rings to mess around with pearls! That&#8217;s why I prefer to use only the hardest gems in engagement rings. Diamonds, for instance, rate a perfect 10 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohs hardness scale<\/a>, while rubies and sapphires (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corundum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corundum<\/a>) come in at 9.<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s YouTube video, I talk more about the practicality of using a hard gem in an engagement ring; how to source conflict-free diamonds; the way you can drive yourself crazy overthinking the history of antique gems; and more! I also segued into a spontaneous, unpaid testimonial for Monica Stephenson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/jewelry-peeps-come-see-me-in-nyc-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANZA Gems<\/a>. As you&#8217;ve seen, I&#8217;m really excited about her effort to support ethical mining of colored gemstones in Kenya and Tanzania, and this year she has obtained some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BR_-JJfDjFQ\/?hl=en&amp;taken-by=anzagems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gorgeous sapphires<\/a> that I would love to work with.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eVvQS2SWJo4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to ask me about engagement rings, or ANZA Gem projects, by emailing me at info at wendybrandes dot com. 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