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Pink Tourmaline 1.76ct
13.25x6.25mm (Madagascar)
| *This stone has many colors. Gives out minus ion, infrared rays. This gem
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Natural Ruby 1.3ct - non heating
9x6mm (Africa)
| *Recognizes big worth for natural stone. Ruby is one of corundum and shines
with red by adding an oxidization chromium of 1-2% into an oxidization
aluminum. Does an enhancement to vivid red by the heat enhancement after,
because ruby mined ordinarily is not vivid red generally. |
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Sapphire (corundum) 0.66ct
10x7mm (Madagascar)
| *Ruby and Sapphire are same stone belonging to the corundum. The Mohs scale
of the corundum is "9", and it is hardness next to the diamond
(hardness 10). Blue color of the sapphire is based on a little iron and
titanium. |
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Peridot (olivine) 2.93ct
9.5x8mm (Mogok, Myanmar)
| *Called as Olivine because of beautiful Olive color. It has an alias Evening Emerald, too. Main ingredients are magnesium and silicon. |
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Tanzanite (zoisite) 0.35ct
Pear Shape Cut 6x4mm
| *Popularity is rising up though low hardness (hardness 6.5) and processed
with heat. "Tanzanite" was named by Tifany for its coming from
Tanzania. |
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Mystic Topaz 1.89ct
8.2x8.1x4.6mm (USA)
| *Mistic Topaz is processed by the heat-treatment on the surface of Topaz
with titanium. |
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Rhodolite Garnet 1.4ct
Oval Cut 8x6mm
| *Popular stone which has many colors. Wine color is lovely |
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Iorite (Cordierite) 1.85ct
9x7.75mm (Madagascar)
| *The etymology for Iorite is IOS(violet) in Greece. It has an alias Water Sapphire, too. High grade stone in Madagascar is very expensive. |
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Labradorite (Madagascar)
30x20x7mm 7g
| *Because an etymology was discovered at Labrador seashore of St. Paul Island
in Canada. Labradorite belongs to feldspar group. Inscrutable jewel like
opal that a color changes according to an angle to see. |
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Lapis lazuli Heart (pyrite included)
25x25x14mm 14g
| *Popular jewel that has beautiful azure. Stone mined at Afghanistan is
high-class grade. Lapis lazuli is not a simple mineral and it is four and
more kinds of mineral aggregates. |
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Spinel (junk) 0.5ct
5mm (Mogok, Myanmar)
| *It is the spinel of pinkish red, and it is a popular color. Though there
is a break in a part of girdle... Red spinel looks like a ruby well. The
rubies on an imperial crown of England were not a ruby, and it was red
spinel really. This is a famous anecdote. |
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Emerald 2.03ct
8.8x7.4x5mm (Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
| *Beautiful emerald is mined also at Brazil! Very beautiful though having
the peculiar inclusions. Emerald colors as beautiful green by containing
a chromium element into Beryl. Though the hardness of Emerald has the hardness
"7.5" of the same degree to the Topaz, it has the fragile nature
which fractures easily, too. |
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Sapphire (corundum) 1.66ct
8x6mm (Madagascar)
| *Few green color is mixed. However this is very clear and beautiful. |
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White Opal 1.64ct
9.4x7.5x3.6mm
| *White opal shines blue when a background is made black. And, opal is delicate jewel. Warn a crack by drying. |
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Mexico Water Opal 0.72ct
5.5x6.4x3.9mm (Mexico)
| *The play of color with opal consists of a phenomenon of prism in silicon
and water. |
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Mexico Water Opal 0.74ct
7.3x6.2x3.1mm (Mexico)
| *Opal is the jewel which has various expressions, and their colors vary it in every stone. |
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Mexico Fire Opal 2.54ct
10.3x8.6x5.3mm (Brazil)
| *Fire opal has a color of orange or red, the play of color and no play. |
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Blue Topaz (Swiss Blue) 5.47ct
19.5x7.25mm (Brazil)
| *Processed by the gamma rays irradiation (treatment). Called as Sky blue,
Swiss blue, London blue according to their colors. The hardness of Topaz
has the hardness "8" next to the corundum. |
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Natural Pink Sapphire (corundum) 1.1ct
6.5x5.75mm (Mogok, Myanmar)
| *This cherry pink coloring is wonderful. |
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Ruby (corundum) 0.76ct
6x5mm (Mong Hsu, Myanmar)
| *Myanmar's Ruby is called what is most precious. Heated at Chantaburi.
Very good quality. Myanmar's Ruby is called as "Pigeon Blood"
and be proud of paramount beauty. Myanmar's ruby colors vivid red color
against other Ruby make somber under the sun. |
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Ruby (corundum) 0.5ct
5.75x4mm (Madagascar)
| *Madagascar's Ryby is just starting the mine since the end of 2000. So
I expect to the future... This Ruby's color includes few violet color and
be like a Sri Lanka's Ruby. Incidentally, about the Thai Ruby, it looks
like a dark red (called a beef blood) against Myanmar's Ruby. |
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Spessartite Garnet 1.91ct
8x6mm (Madagascar)
| *This one was cut at Chantaburi in Thailand. It is very beautiful orange color. |
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Tsavorite (Green Garnet)
0.27ct / 5x3mm (Africa)
| *Green color is because of the Vanadium and Chromium. The etymology was
named from Tasvo national park (Kenya/Tanzania) by Tiffany company. Rare
stone. |
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Natural Blue Zircon 1.38ct
7mm (Thailand)
| *Though misfortune jewel which has been misunderstood as an artificial stone, this is beautiful natural jewel having strong brilliance primarily substituted for Diamond. Incidentally, a cubic zirconia is the perfect artificial stone made by the zirconium element. |
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Aquamarine 2ct
10x8mm
*Morganite, Goshenite, Red Beryl, Heliodor and so on are same stone belonging to the Beryl.
(Presented by J.STELLA) |
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Tanzanite (zoisite) 0.53ct
Heart Shape Cut 5x5mm
| *The brightness of deep blue purple is full of the nobility. The name of
"Tanzanite" which Tiffany company associated with a Tanzanian
night hits exactly. |
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Larimar (Pectolite) 3ct
10x6x5mm (Dominica)
| *Only mined at Dominica. The stone having the stripe clearly is expensive. |
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Black Opal 2.48ct
8.6x12.4x3.5mm (Australia)
| *Black opal is most precious in the opals. This is a real stone without Doublet/Triplet(pasted). It's expensive! |
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Natural Jadeite 1.78ct
10x6.2mm (Kachin, Myanmar)
| *No coloring treatment. Lately coming from Myanmar is a proof to be real
Jadeite. Actually, only this Jadeite's color is near to Rohkan (Translucence
deep green, Alias is the imperial jade) being best class though transparency
is low. It's expensive so much! Incidentally, the hardness of Jadeite has
the hardness "6.5-7.0" of the same degree to the Crystal(hardness
7.0). |
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Golden Beryl 0.78ct
8.5x5.0mm (Brazil)
| *Enchanted by the glitter of gold color! Formal name is Heliodor. The factor
of coloring to yellow mainly depends on the iron influence. |
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Amazonite Heart
45x40x25mm 60g (Brazil)
| *Unique jewel in the Micocline. There is also a clear light blue color.
Named as Amazonite because found at Amazon river by the Spanish. |
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Star Sapphire (corundum) 2.20ct
7mm (Mogok, Myanmar)
| *Oops! The star(=Asterism) is not appearing at all (-.-#) Asterism effect
appears by Cabochon cutting the jewel such as Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet, Zircon,
Rose Quartz and Aquamarine. |
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Garnet (junk) 1.14ct
9x5mm
*A lilac garnet is also existing. Though there is a clack inside, it is
a clean color.
(Presented by J.STELLA)
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Sillimanite Cat's Eye 1.09ct
7x5mm (India)
| *The origin of the name depends on Silliman professor of American Yale University having discovered it. Chatoyancy appeared so much. |
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Cat's Eye (Chrysoberyl) 1.69ct
6.75x5.5mm (Sri Lanka)
| *Root of the Cat's Eye. This is the same mineral as an alexandrite that changes its color under the incandescent lamp and under the fluorescent light. |
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Spinel 1.47ct
7.25x6.75mm (Mogok, Myanmar)
| *It is the delicate color which is brown and orange are mixed with red,
but transparent. Spinel is substituted for Ruby sometimes... But, red spinel
is expensive unexpectedly. |
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Iorite 2.31ct
10x7.75mm (Madagascar)
| *Quite looks like a Sapphire! Iorite is a jewel of blue (indigo blue) which
purple mixed into a little. Specific gravity is light, and it can obtain
the jewel of the comparatively big size per Carat. |
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Chromium Diopside 0.27ct
Marquis Cut 3x6mm (Thailand)
| *Main producing district is Russia. Although substituted for Tavorite,
Rare stone. |
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Turquoise which included Net 3.50ct
10x14x4mm
| *Popular stone. Main producing districts are the Middle East, USA and China. |
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Inca Rose 7.5ct
Round Cabochon 12mm
(Argentina)
| *Named as Inca Rose because the Inca were using preferably this beautiful
stone being rose color. This color is Pinkish Orange and a clear stone
is very precious. |
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Nephrite (Jade) 9ct
Oval Cabochon 13x18mm
(Canada)
| *Quite different stone (Cheapness: Yen 980) to precious Jadeite. There
is a dealer who names this as "Jadeite" and who sells it. Don't
be deceived! Incidentally, the hardness of Nephrite has the hardness "5-6". |
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Spectrolite (Labradorite)
2.5ct Oval Cabochon 8x10mm
(Finland)
| *Especially called as Spectrolite to beautiful Labradorite which mined
at Finland. |
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Andalusite 2.73ct
8.25x7.5mm (Brazil)
| *Main element for andalusite is a silicic acid alumina and known with showing the multiple colors. It is a popular gem for collectors. Its etymology is from the Spanish Andalusia area which is a place discovered. Main producing districts are Brazil and Sri Lanka. |
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Imperial Topaz 1.06ct
8x5mm (Brazil)
| *The topaz of Brazilian golden yellow is given the best honor in the topaz
which has various colors. |
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Sunstone 2.98ct
10x8mm (India)
| *Sunstone is a plagioclase having the formation which is like an anorthite
consisting mainly of calcium, though it is same group in the feldspar being
same to moon stone. Another name is an aventurine feldspar. There is included
a metal small piece crystal such as red steel and copper, and it is a characteristic
that glitters from the inside stone with the yellow and red rays by the
angle to point light. |
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Green Tourmaline 1.84ct
8x6mm (Madagascar)
| *It is an excellent gem that is made to be impressed feel nobility by the
color tone of dark green. |
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Royal Blue Moonstone
0.58ct Heart Shape Facet 6x6mm
| *Moonstone is a kind of orthoclase and called as moonstone because it looks
like the light of moon by the play to color with blue and white (schiller
effect). Its cause is an inside stone is separated with two kinds of feldspar
and there is occured the border in the diffraction and interference of
the light. Especially it is called as Blue Moonstone to beautiful stone
with a blue color by schiller effect in the moonstones. |
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Goshenite 3.29ct
12x9mm (Gilgit, Pakistan)
| *Colorless Beryl is called "Goshenite". Named from the Massachusetts
Goshen in USA which was first discovered. |
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Pink Opal 8.52ct
18x13mm (Acalli, Peru)
| *This is a pink jewel mined from Mexico and Peru. Announced as a mineral
of "Palygorskite" formally in 1977. |
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Chrysoberyl 1.84ct
8.5x7mm (Ratnapura, Sri Lanka)
| *Chrysoberyl was named from Greek "khrusos" (golden) and "beryl".
Thus it is the meaning of golden beryl and had been thought as a kind of
beryl long ago. But, this was identified as a mineral that is different
from beryl in 1789.Chrysoberyl is also known as a mineral producing Cat's
Eye and Alexandrite. Though it is no change color, it has a splendid feeling
of the luster, and they are colors with yellow, green and brown. |
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Natural Lavender Jadeite 9.41ct
15x13.5mm (Kachin, Myanmar)
| *Lavender Jadeite in comparison with a green jadeite is not popular in
Japan. However it is said that is a popular color in USA. |
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Blue Diamond 0.17ct
3.5mm (treated)
| *Treated one to natural diamond by the radiation irradiation. Almost blue
diamonds in the market are treatment stone because a natural blue diamond
is very expensive and rare. |
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Natural Star Ruby 3.45ct
9x8mm (Mogok, Myanmar)
| *When it lights a penlight, "a star" appears clearly. Are they
the characteristics of the heated stones in Thailand? A crack is conspicuous.
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Labradorite Heart 21.2g
34x32mm
| *Blue brightness is beautiful. |
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Natural Alexandrite 0.44ct
5x3mm (Brazil)
| *Alexandrite belongs to Chrysoberyl being same Cat's Eye. Discovered in
the Ural mountains in 1830. Its color is changed to green under the sun,
and changed to red such as a magic under the incandescent lamp because
of including an oxidization chromium. The history of the name of Alexandrite
was named from the Aleksandr II when presented for the Czar Nikolai I of
Russia of the time because of a very rare jewel, and the day was 12th birthday
(April 29) for the Crown Prince Aleksandr II. Well, left picture is taken
under the sun and right picture is by a penlight. |
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Natural Alexandrite 0.21ct
4.5x3.5mm (Brazil)
| *Alexandrite is very rare jewel and one of high quality is expensive than
diamond. Changing from green to red clearly is a high valuation. Left picture
is taken under the sun and right picture is by a penlight. We can confirm
that is emitting the beautiful schiller. |
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Natural Alexandrite 0.69ct
5.32x4.48x3.16mm (Madagascar)
| *It has been cut by the factory in Sri Lanka from a non heating natural
gemstone. Though it has an inclusion, it's giving off beautiful lights
for that nature. Anyway we are very fascinated to such an Alexandrite of
large size. Left picture is taken under the sun and right picture is by
a penlight. |
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Color Change Garnet 0.16ct
3.2x2.8mm (Sri Lanka)
*This one is a sample of the Color Change Garnet which is getting it is
very difficult currently. We can enjoy a color change like Alexandrite
though it has a needle-shaped inclusion with peculiarly garnet inside crystal.
(Presented by Sri Lanka Jewels) |
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Hessonite 0.77ct x 2
4.3mm (Sri Lanka)
*It's a Hessonite (Another Name: Orange Garnet) being a representative
jewel with Tavorite in the Grossular Garnet. The feature is an inclusion
that looks small whirlpool of the bubble like a honey. The gemstone of
good quality is mined at Sri Lanka.
(Presented by Sri Lanka Jewels) |
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Natural Blue Sapphire 1.381ct
7.35x5.57mm (Ratnapura, Sri Lanka)
| *This is a very rare non heating natural blue sapphire. It has been cut
what mined at the local factory in Ratnapura of Sri Lanka. Though this
is a royal light blue color, it's a good gloss and good quality blue sapphire
Real natural stone has a peculiar taste against the pottery's stone shared
almost in the market. . |
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Natural Pink Sapphire 0.202ct
4.2x2.8mm (Madagascar)
*This is also non heating natural pink sapphire.It has been cut at the
factory in Sri Lanka.
(Presented by Sri Lanka Jewels)
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White Sapphire 0.45ct
6x4mm (Sri Lanka)
| *In the Corundum, called White Sapphire to colorless gem.Sapphire's Mohs
hardness is 9. It has 2nd hardness next to diamond and they are used mainly
as a substitution of diamond in the accessories. |
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Blue Sapphire 2.51ct
8.75x6.75mm (Madagascar)
| *Anyway, this one is a Sapphire that is proud of big size. |
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Kunzite (Spodumene) 6.71ct
11.75x9.75mm (Pakistan)
| *One of the lilac pink having a jewel quality in the Spodumene is called
as "Kunzite". It was named from Dr. Kunz who is an authority
of jewels in USA. Cut gem is precious as much as Hiddenite because cutting
is so hard due to the cleavage with Spodumene. |
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Hiddenite (Spodumene) 10.98ct
12.5x11mm (Afghanistan)
| *One of the green having a jewel quality in the Spodumene is called as
"Hiddenite". It was discovered at Stonypoint, Alexander county,
North Carolina, USA in 1879, and was named from William E. Hidden who is
a mineralogist and discoverer. Hiddenite's green is caused by Chromium.
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Blue Topaz 0.90ct
7x5mm
| *This is a treatment Blue Topaz of Swiss blue having deep blue color. |
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Sphene 1.36ct
8x6mm (Brazil)
| *Sphene is the jewel whose brightness of rainbow color giving to yellow
from green is beautiful. It is the beautiful jewel which has strong brightness
though the hardness is "5" and delicate hardness. Also it's a
rare stone and expensive. |
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Tsavorite (Green Garnet)
0.49ct / 6.0x4.9mm
(Africa)
| *Because there is a little production of transparent quality of a jewel of Tsavorite, popularity between the collectors is high, and it is a very expensive jewel, too. |
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Natural Spinel
0.238ct / 4.8x3.2mm
(Sri Lanka)
*This is a Spinel of pinkish violet.
(Presented by Sri Lanka Jewels) |
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Tourmaline
0.62ct / 5.0mm
(Madagascar)
| *It is the tourmaline of the color which reminds it of "padparacha"
in the corundum. |
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Emerald
0.38ct / 4.75mm
(Zambia)
| *The color of blueish green looks like a Colombian emerald somehow. |
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Natural Kornerupine 0.752ct
6.20x5.08mm
(Ratnapura, Sri Lanka)
| *Kornerupine of Greenish Yellow. This is a rare jewel named from a geologist
in Greenland, the name of A.Kornerup who is a discoverer in 1884. Though
it was authorized as a new jewel in 1912, a present main places of production
are Sri Lanka, Madagascar and East Africa and so on. Kornerupine of quality
of a jewel is so few mining, and mainly it is cut for only collectors and
it is circulating. It is the jewel which has the strong multiple colors
of three colors, and the green and blue are rare especially. |
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Kornerupine Cat's Eye 0.569ct
6.0x3.5mm
(Ratnapura, Sri Lanka)
*It is the Cat's Eye of Kornerupine. Though a crack is appearing, this
is an interesting one. It looks like a coffee bean.
(Presented by Sri Lanka Jewels) |
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Natural Spinel (For the study)
1.391ct / 7.63x5.85mm
(Sri Lanka)
| *Though it is wonderful if there is no cleavage, there are crack and inclusions.
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Natural Spinel (For the study)
0.654ct / 5.95x4.46mm
(Sri Lanka)
| *Though it is a clean stone exactly, there are crack and inclusions. |
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Hauynite 0.19ct
4x3mm (Germany)
| *The production of Hauynite is rare, and all the size is a small grain,
too. Naturally enough, what was cut is very precious. The brightness of
the beautiful cobalt blue is attractive. |
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Blue Topaz (Swiss Blue) 2.90ct
8.75x6.75mm (Brazil)
| *Blue topaz of the emerald cut is very refreshing impression. It is appealing
for the existence in the big size. |
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Turquoise 1.16ct
7.6mm (Iran)
| *This is an Iranian turquoise which has become rare. It is the color of
the beautiful sky blue.The etymology of the turquoise is because a stone
passed through Turkey from Persia and it was carried to Europe at the time
of the 13th century. Incidentally, turquoise doesn't seem to be excavated
in Turkey now and long ago, too. |
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Rhodolite Garnet 0.97ct
6.15x5.5mm@(Ratnapura, Sri Lanka)
| *The Rhodolite Garnet of the wine red color is especially the most popular
in the garnet. This one is the Rhodolite Garnet of the excellent gem quality
which surpasses others in a feeling of the transparency. |
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