All posts by Mark Johnson

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Spot the Difference – Diamond Lookalikes

Can you tell the difference between a real diamond and a fake diamond? A range of stones exist that bear similarity to the appearance of a diamond and to the novice, and untrained eye, they will often appear extremely similar. Specific terms are used within the jewellery industry for manufactured stones, lookalike stones bearing many Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Locked in Love – Romance & The Phenomenon of the Love-Padlock

A wire fence in Colgne supports countless love padlocks.

Love Locks Across the World Locked into Love – Love Padlocks Across the World There’s a romantic craze which has been sweeping across the World since the turn of the Century. A declaration of two people locked in love. This act does not involve diamonds. Nor does it involve precious metals. Most of the tokens Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Buying New Jewellery with Old Gold – Selling Gold More Effectively

Old Gold for New Jewellery

Offsetting the Cost of New Jewellery with Old Gold. Is Cash for Gold Best Value? Over the last 12 months, we have helped many people purchase new jewellery whilst adding-in their existing jewellery to lower the cost. When sold through new and existing “Cash for Gold” outlets the return is usually far less than when Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk