LuxeRox wants to send you museum-quality mineral specimens.

October 27, 2022

If you’re here, you probably love pretty rocks as much as I do. Most of the time my DitL posts focus on rocks that you can wear, but today we’re shifting focus to gorgeous display mineral specimens!

LuxeRox is a new luxury mineral subscription service that sends rock-lovers like us gorgeous display-ready minerals on a monthly basis. Oh yes, you head me correctly.

LuxeRox will send you display-ready crystal, fossil, and mineral specimins

LuxeRox wants to send you museum-quality mineral specimens.

Each LuxeRox package arrives in a sleek black box emblazoned with the LuxeRox logo and contains one museum-quality mineral specimen in a custom LuxeRox velvet pouch. As you unwrap the package, you’ll also find a LuxeRox Lucite mineral stand and an informational card telling you exactly what your mineral is, where it was mined, and what its symbolic meanings and associations are.

All you have to do is take the rock out of its pouch, admire its beauty, place it on its stand, and then decide where in your house your gorgeous new treasure is going to live.

The subscription is monthly, so that’s a new specimen arriving at your door every few weeks!

Every LuxeRox mineral specimen arrives with its own lucite stand, so they're ready for display.

It’s a thrilling moment, reaching your hand into that velvet bag to retrieve your new crystal, fossil, or mineral.

I speak from firsthand experience, because LuxeRox was kind enough to send me a mineral specimen of my own so that I could test drive their program for you! I am now the proud owner of a gorgeous piece of Velveteen Malachite, that was mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s a stone of transformation and it’s sitting on a bookshelf right by my left shoulder as I write this.

Hop over to my Instagram (link here) to see me unboxing my LuxeRox malachite.

If you also think this sounds like pretty much the coolest thing ever, I have good news for you: LuxeRox has been kind enough to offer a free gift for Diamonds in the Library readers!! Enter the code “diamondsinthelibrary” in the gift message field when signing up for a 3 month or 6 month LuxeRox subscription to get a free LuxeRox Mineral-infused soy candle (a $30 value). Your candle will ship separately from your minerals.

The code expires on Wednesday, November 23, so don’t wait! And yes: this would be an utterly fantastic holiday gift for the jewelry lover in your life.

LuxeRox wants to send you museum-quality mineral specimens

LuxeRox was kind enough to send me one of their mineral specimens for free, but my opinions remain my own.

Images c/o LuxeRox.

Bejewel your floor with a gemstone rug from Wear The House.

August 2, 2022

Do you have a gemstone rug in your house, my darlings? Because I don’t…and now that I know that these beauties exist, that feels like a huge problem. Don’t our homes deserve adornment, too?

Bejewel your floor with a gemstone rug from Wear The House.

One of the hazards of being a jewelry lover is that it can take over your whole life’s aesthetic. You end up wanting a sparkly phone case, you own a diamond-shaped ice cube mold, and it’s never enough: you know there are more places you could adorn with gem motifs and you want them allll.

Did I say hazard? I meant benefit. Upgrading your day-to-day visuals to include gemstones and jewelry motifs will only make you happier and your home more beautiful. At least, that’s how my diamond-shaped ice cube molds and I see it.

I love these gem rugs from Wear the House

Wear the House is a new-to-me brand that I recently discovered through social media. I was scrolling when a gemstone rug happened across my feed and I immedicably needed to know more. Their bright colors gorgeously geometry, and wonderfully playfulness captured my heart.

Just look at them! Why don’t I already have a trail of gems leading into my house from my front door?

I want a gemstone rug! These three gem rugs are by Wear the House.

Each Wear the House gemstone rug is made from 100% New Zealand wool, hand-tufted by artisans. They come in a variety of colors, from pastel to vibrant to multicolor, and they can be personized with custom text across the gem too. (Wouldn’t that be absolutely perfect for a jewelry store’s décor?)

Prices for these ravishing gemstone rugs start around $250, so they’re waaayyyyyyy more budget-friendly than covering your floor in actual gemstones. Probably much softer on the footsies, too.

A beautiful purple pear shaped gemstone rug from Wear the House

So there you have it! Who else is now in love with Wear the House’s work and dreaming of which gemstone rug you’d like to add to your own house?

I definitely have a few favorites already. I think the DitL office may just be in for a décor refresh in the near future.

A lineup of gemstone rugs from Wear the House

Images c/o Wear the House.

Jewelry box cleanout: buy my jewelry.

January 23, 2020

I’ve come to the decision that I actually have too much jewelry. I know that doesn’t sound like a thing, but I just can’t wear all of it. These treasures deserve new homes where they will be enjoyed.

To quote Elizabeth Taylor, we are only temporary custodians of beauty. I’ve had my time with these particular treasures and I’m ready to pass them along to their next keepers. It would give me the greatest thrill to know that jewelry that used to be in my jewelry box is now in yours.

Jewelry box cleanout: buy my jewelry!

Over the past 10 years or so, I’ve carefully sourced these pieces from jewelry stores, antique shows, dealers I’ve worked with, friends on Instagram. They’ve come to me from different cities, states, and countries.

They’re all pieces that I love and believe in (otherwise I wouldn’t have bought them!) but I’ve decided it’s time to set them free! 30+ pieces from my personal collection are now available exclusively from Stay Gold.

Stay Gold is a thrilling new online jewelry store from my dear friend and jewelry genius Liz Kantner. Stay Gold‘s focus is unique, beautifully crafted handmade jewelry; it offers both new and vintage pieces and I am so excited that my collection gets to be a part of its launch.

As you know, authenticity is always an important consideration when you’re buying antique or vintage jewelry. I sent all of these beauties off to my highly qualified friend Nicholle Mogavero (alias Jewelry Nerd) for evaluation. If you buy any of these pieces, you can be confident that they’ve been analyzed by an experienced Graduate Gemologist.

The pieces I’m selling range from fine jewelry to costume, with prices starting under $100 and going up to just over $1,000.

Let’s take a look!

Kicking things off with one of the more affordable beauties in the bunch!

This utterly romantic bracelet is a gorgeous example of Art Deco era costume jewelry. Between the pink stone and that gold filigree, whimsical as a garden gate, there’s a whole lot to love here

(Link to above bracelet.)

I have a weakness for antique turquoise, especially when a piece features antique turquoise that has aged in a way that offers a variety of colors, like in these two pieces.

Turquoise was a popular stone in the Victorian era and for good reason. The left is rosy gold, the right is platinum over yellow gold. Both of these rings are Victorian era, circa 1880. They look so good together, don’t they? I’ve paired these two in a ring stack many times.

(Find them here and here.)

If you’ve followed Diamonds in the Library for a while, you already know I love camphor glass. This translucent, dreamily frosty material was popular in the Art Deco era and is usually paired with delicate openwork details. It looks like lace and mist and dreams.

This is the only camphor glass bracelet I’ve ever bought. I’m not much of a bracelet wearer, but I just could not resist this piece. It’s absolutely flawless and the details are stunning! I have loved seeing it in my jewelry box but somehow it never ends up on my wrist. Are you the right person to give it a new home?

(Find this bracelet here.)

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LuxeRox wants to send you museum-quality mineral specimens.

Bejewel your floor with a gemstone rug from Wear The House.

Jewelry box cleanout: buy my jewelry!

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