Useful Tips for YOU:

If You Have Jewelry Allergies:

- Look for jewelry with a “nickel-free” label and hypoallergenic jewelry to avoid most types of allergic reactions to jewelry

- Creating a barrier between you and the nickel jewelry. For example for gold rings, coat the inside with clear nail polish, about three coats.

- Test [...]

April Birthstone

“April’s birthstone is remarkably simple in composition, yet stunning in its unique ability to reflect and refract light into vivid flashes of brilliant color. The ancient Hindus called the Diamond “Vajra,” meaning lightening, both because of the sparks of light thrown off by this gem as well as its invincible strength. The Diamond [...]

American Gem Trade Association

AGTA is an association of United States and Canadian natural colored gemstone and Cultured Pearl industry professionals dedicated to promoting the natural colored gemstone trade. The association pursues its aims through the combined use of educational programs, industry events, industry relations and publicity to the trade and consumer; while maintaining the highest ethical standards [...]

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If you have not been able to come to our location and visit our store we would like to give you a preview of what you’ve been missing out on! Take a look at the photos below and make sure you plan a day to look around. For all other questions please [...]

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Founded in 1984, Cornelis Hollander Designs, Inc., is a full service jewelry design company located in Scottsdale, Arizona. As a well-established jewelry design company, Cornelis’ jewelry has been distributed all over the US and internationally. All jewelry designs are manufactured on the premises, our studio in Scottsdale. Highly-skilled craftsmen work with Cornelis [...]

Custom Designs

CORNELIS HOLLANDER

Providing timeless deigns in rings, necklaces and pendents. Custom work is available because Cornelis Hollander is an award winning, state-of-the-art jewelry designer in Scottsdale, Arizona. Cornelis produces the finest quality jewelry with custom modern designs using gemstones, and diamonds. He manufactures all of his jewelry on premises, [...]

The story behind the Engagement ring

As most people know, the engagement ring symbolizes the promise between two people to love one another for the rest of their lives. What most people don’t know, however, is how the engagement ring came to be such a popular tradition.

Engagement rings date back as early as the 15th Century. The first [...]

History of Emeralds

Within the depths of the emerald are tiny fractures or inclusions, which the French call “jardin,” or garden, because of their similarity to foliage. The Egyptians were also known to engrave Emeralds with the symbol for foliage to represent eternal youth, and to bury these jewels with their dead. The ancient Romans associated this [...]

History of Jewelry

According to an article from Joden World Resources and LuShae Jewelry, throughout human history, culture jewelry has existed as an integral form of expression, social status and wealth. While the materials and techniques used to manufacture jewelry have in many ways evolved, there are also many similarities with the very first forms of jewelry [...]

History of Rings

According to an article on the history of rings, one of the most significant symbols from the past is the circle. A circle symbolizes unity, peace, perfections, holiness, endlessness because of its no beginning and no end. In Ancient Europe, people used hair knots as circle rings as a symbol of love, faith, and [...]