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Paul Haywood FGA DGA

I'm Paul Haywood FGA DGA, the owner and founder of Haywoods Gems, I'm a fully qualified Gemmologist and Diamond Grader from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
The World's Most Expensive Sapphire
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The World’s Most Expensive Sapphires – Top 10!

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA November 19, 2025

This post is part of my World’s Most Expensive series, where we look at the most expensive gemstones that have sold at public auction and when you are looking at…

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How to start selling jewellery online
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How To Sell Jewellery Online

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA July 14, 2025

How do you start selling jewellery online? It doesn’t matter whether you are a jeweller, goldsmith, designer-maker or reseller, in the modern world, you have to have an online presence….

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How To Photograph Jewellery

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA November 19, 2025

Taking pictures of jewellery sucks! And I’m going to try and make it suck a bit less. Now I’m not a professional photographer but when I was selling jewellery online,…

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How to become a gemmologist
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How To Become A Gemmologist

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA July 5, 2025

So you want to be a gemmologist but not sure where to start or what to do? Then this post is for you! This was inspired by a recent post…

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How I Became a Gemmologist

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA December 6, 2025

I started my own jewellery business in 2012, selling Gold and Silver jewellery and at the start of 2015, I added my first range of gemstone jewellery. And even though…

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The World's Most Expensive Gemstones
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The World’s Most Expensive Gemstones – Top 10

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA June 9, 2025

What are the most expensive gemstones in the world? I wanted to find out but a lot of the information online isn’t backed up by any data and you often…

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The World's Most Expensive Emerald
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The World’s Most Expensive Emeralds – Top 10!

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA December 6, 2025

As one of the Big 4 Gemstones, Emeralds have been loved, desired and cherished for hundreds of years. And as one of the most important gemstones in history, it is…

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The Rarest Diamond Colors
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The Rarest and Most Expensive Diamond Colours

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA December 27, 2025

Even though most people think of colourless stones when they picture a Diamond, these amazing gemstones come in all different colours. And coloured Diamonds are rare as less than 2%…

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Million Pound Gemstones: Diamond
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The Most Expensive Blue Diamonds – Top 10!

ByPaul Haywood FGA DGA February 18, 2024

One of the most desirable colours when it comes to Diamond is blue as they are not only incredibly rare, only around 0.1% of all Diamonds are naturally blue but…

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