Gem Gift Lab

Lab-grown diamond and fine jewelry gift guides for U.S. buyers: settings and metals, the four Cs, price ranges and holiday timing.

Author: Claire Dubois

Claire Dubois spent eleven years as a jewelry counter manager and then a bench-side consultant for an independent jeweler in Boston, where she explained grading reports, metal alloys and resizing policies to thousands of gift buyers. She noticed that the most common regret was not the price but a setting that did not suit the wearer. She writes Gem Gift Lab for buyers who want the story behind the stone.