Longview Washington Business Directory Blog

Longviewbiz.com is proud to have its first advertiser. The Gallery of Diamonds is now listed in the Jewelry catagory in the website. How exciting. Bob Crisman is the owner and has been in business for over 30 years in the Longview Washington community. The Gallery of Diamonds also caters to customers in Kelso, Woodland, Kalama, and Castle Rock Washington. He is one of the northwests leading dealers for Swarovski Crystals, figurines and Jewelry. He also carries watches, Seiko, Citizen, Pulsar, and Skagen. I met Bob though some personal business dealings and have found him to be both very personable and professonal in his dealings with me. He has the capability and facilities in house to design and produce custom Jewelry in both gold and silver.

Here is a little info on gold prices and why gold jewely costs what it does. It may even explain why gold fluctuates so much and what drives it up and down. Gold prices are a determining factor in jewelry costs, even here in Longview and Kelso Washington!

Gold has been precious since the dawn of time. It has also been used to make jewelry shortly after its discovery. Most of the gold mined and collected today is used in making jewelry. According to the US Geological Survey, 84 percent of the gold mined is used to produce Jewelry and art objects. Pure gold is relativly soft compared to other metals. It conducts electricity very well and is exceeded only by copper and silver. Gold is very corrosion resistant. The reasons that gold is used a great deal for jewelry is due first of all to the fact it is valuble, second it is very malable and works very easy. The earliest works in gold was jewelry found to be made in 4400 B.C. in Bulgaria. The price of gold continues to hit record highs and it it tightly tied to the dollar. According to the World Gold Council, gold is a good hedge against inflation as our dollar goes down in value. Gold will always carry a high value and be revered as it is used to make jewelry.