A perspective into hematite properties, a natural stone of healing and a popular choice of jewelry by men and women around the world. Hematite is an extremely common form of iron oxide; the word "hematite" is a Greek term meaning “blood-stone” because of its metallic grey or reddish color. [...]

No trip to New York City is complete without seeing the sights, and of course, some major shopping. Whether you are a shopping in SoHo as a long-time New Yorker or a visitor, SoHo is a lower Manhattan neighborhood with some of the best stores in New York. [...]

An inside look at the formation of the coral gemstone utilized within popular men's and women's jewelry and the healing they possess. Coral used in jewelry is constructed from the calcium carbonate skeleton of a marine invertebrate animals related to sea anemone and jellyfish. They form in living colonies of polyps. The calcium carbonate skeleton protects the polyps' and as the polyps reproduce, the colonies grow in size. [...]

Lazaro Diaz owner and founder of Lazaro SoHo recently sat down with producer Jean Paul Davila, to discuss his life and work for the Spanish web series American Vive.[...]

When a foreign object gets inside a mollusk, such as an oyster or in freshwater a mussel, the animal covers it with layers of a substance called nacre, which forms a pearl. This can happen naturally, by chance, but this is rare and difficult to find, which makes “natural” pearls extremely valuable...[...]