Light-emitting jewelry

A light-emitting jewelry piece comprising:

• a gemstone including a crown, a girdle, a pavilion having a plurality of outer surfaces, and a culet, the crown located in spaced-apart relation above the pavilion to locate the girdle therebetween, the pavilion located between the girdle and the culet;
• a light-emission system including a light-emitting shell coupled to an exterior surface of the gemstone and configured to emit light over time in response to receiving and storing light to cause visible light to be emitted through the gemstone,
• wherein the light-emitting shell includes
• a shoulder support coupled to the girdle and arranged to extend around and encircle the girdle and be in engagement with the girdle and outwardly away from the girdle,
• a culet cover coupled to the culet and arranged to extend downwardly away from the culet and the pavilion, and
• a body extending between and interconnecting the shoulder support and the culet cover, the body including a plurality of sidewalls arranged to radially encircle the pavilion, wherein each of the plurality of sidewalls extends parallel to the outer surfaces of the pavilion;
• and
• a head including a culet support, a gem retainer spaced apart from the culet support, and a prong extending between the culet support and the gem retainer;
• wherein the light-emitting shell is coupled to the head in a fixed position;
• wherein the gem retainer includes a ring-shaped plate and a ring-shaped lower plate spaced apart from the plate;
• wherein the prong includes a lower prong support coupled to the culet support and an opposing upper prong tip, wherein the lower plate is coupled to the lower prong support spaced apart from the culet support and the plate is coupled to the upper prong tip;
• and
• wherein the gem retainer is configured to mate with the shoulder support by receiving the shoulder support into a female insert space cooperatively formed by the plate, the prong, and the lower plate to retain the light-emitting shell between the gemstone and the head.