Designer Goldsmiths at Leesburg, VA

Designer Goldsmiths at Leesburg, VA Unique Handcrafted one of a kind Artisan Jewelry by Jolanda Pali Kesari. Her work is inspired by nature and is considered wearable art.

A little about the artist

Albanian born artist, Jolanda Kesari is a master goldsmith and a classically trained artist. She received a degree in painting and drawing before she apprenticed with world renowned Greek jewelry designer Nikos Michalopoulos where she fell in love with jewelry and metal work. Most of her pieces are one of a kind designs. She incorporates a mix of metals and stones to make her unique jewelry.

Looking to pick an exceptional Round Brilliant Cut diamond? Save these tips on diamond anatomy!- 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: This is the larg...
07/03/2025

Looking to pick an exceptional Round Brilliant Cut diamond? Save these tips on diamond anatomy!

- 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: This is the largest facet at the top of a diamond. It allows light to shine into the diamond and reflect back out. A large table facet can make a diamond appear larger, but too large of a table facet can reduce the crown facets’ ability to disperse light. The ideal table size is between 52-62% of a diamond’s diameter.
- 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧: The crown facets at the top of the diamond consist of 8 bezels, 8 stars, and 16 upper halves. They gather and disperse light to create brightness, fire, and a scintillating pattern of light and dark. The crown angle – the angle between the bezel facet plane an the table plane – should be between 31.5 to 36.5 degrees.
- 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞: The girdle surrounds the middle portion of a diamond like a “belt,” Separating the crown from the pavilion. It should not be too thick, which can hide weight, or too thin, which may make the diamond vulnerable to chipping.
- 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧: The pavilion or bottom facets consist of 16 lower halves and 8 mains. They reflect light back through the crown into the viewer’s eye. The pavilion, angle, the average angle made by the diamond’s pavilion facets and girdle plane, is a key dimension relating to the stone’s brightness, and ideally falls between 40.6 – 41.8 degrees.
- 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐭: The culet is an optional facet at the very bottom of the diamond. It can reduce the chance of the bottom tip chipping. An overly large culet can look like a distracting dark circle through the table facet.

Importantly, GIA considers how a diamond’s proportions relate to each other, rather than considering individual proportions in isolation.

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They say pearls are delicate, but that’s not entirely true. With proper care, they can literally stay beautiful for thou...
06/10/2025

They say pearls are delicate, but that’s not entirely true. With proper care, they can literally stay beautiful for thousands of years. To prove it, just take a look at the top image, the one with the pink pearl. This is the oldest known pearl in the world: 8,000 years old, and it was exhibited at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi. (Yes, that’s really its name.) Of course, if you zoom in, you’ll see it’s a bit scratched, but that’s to be expected after such a long and adventurous history. The real cautionary tale is the one on the bottom. That grayish pearl may be “only” 5,500 years old (it’s the second oldest ever found), and it was discovered in Japan. Yet despite its “youth,” it looks much duller and more worn. That’s exactly what will happen to our own pearls if we just toss them in with the rest of our jewelry, don’t store them separately, and handle them with lotion-covered hands. And it won’t take 5,500 years! It’ll happen much, much sooner!

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06/08/2025

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Address

203 Harrison Street SE Suite 100/Deck Level
Leesburg, VA
20175

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 6:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 6:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 6:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 6:30pm

Telephone

+17037777661

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