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

A Guide To September’s Birthstone – Sapphire

September birthstone

What is Sapphire?  Sapphire is the official birthstone for September and provides a fabulous gemstone for jewellery lovers. As you will see from our graphic below. Sapphire is the common name of Corundum. Sapphires and Rubies are both Corundum.However, the name Ruby is reserved specifically for the red colours of the precious gemstone.Secondly, the sapphire 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

The Significance of the 1000 Gram Gold Price

Gold price per 1000 grams

The 1000-gram gold price represents the price of 1 kg of gold. Traditionally, gold weight is represented by Troy ounces, with 1 Troy ounce equal to 31.10 grams. Today, the 1000-gram gold price is around £60,000. How many Troy ounces in 1kg of gold There are 32.15 Troy ounces in 1kg of gold. At the 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

Shaped Wedding Bands for Three Stone Engagement Rings

Addison 3 stone cluster ring with fitted wedding band

Shaped wedding rings created for 3-stone engagement rings curve around a trilogy (3-stone) arrangement of diamonds. Their shape ensures a seamless, fitted appearance during wear. As part of our bespoke work, we create various rings specially shaped to fit three-stone diamond rings. How do you know if your trilogy ring requires a shaped band? Firstly, 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