In Cambodia, which produces kingfisher blues not seen anywhere else. the strong icy blue colour is created by exposing colourless topaz to irradiation and heat.īlue Zircon is a gem family available in a wide variety of colours including green, dark red, yellow, brown, orange and colourless but the beautiful sky blue is the most popular. The most affordable of blue gems, blue topaz is a miracle of modern science. Sapphire is the original true blue, the gem of fidelity and of theīlue Topaz. The reference is obvious: aqua sparkles like the sea and its colour is pale to medium blue, often with a slight hint of green.īlue Sapphire comes from the Greek word for blue, sappheiros, and this gem provides the most beautiful blues of the gem kingdom. This green gem is a unique variety of diopside found in China near the route of theĪquamarine, the gem of the sea, derives its name from sea water.
Tashmarine is one of the newest gem varieties: in fact, it's the first gem discovery of the 21 st century. Seafoam Tourmaline, a pastel green to bluish green, has a chameleon-like ability to complement almost every other colour, including sorbet shades, earth tones, and vivid brights. A few samples of extra-terrestrial peridot have even been faceted into Lime-green peridot is the extreme gem, found in the rocks created by volcanoes and even in meteors that fall to earth. Its rich green colour is due to trace amounts of chromium, the same element that is responsible for the green of emerald and the red of Imperial Diopside is the highest quality of chrome diopside. Treasured for 4,000 years, emerald is the essence of spring, a symbol of rebirth prized by the ancients as the gem representing love and new life. These rare platinum to charcoal cultured pearls from Mexico's Bay of Cortez sometimes have the shimmering green lustre of a peacock's feather.Įmerald. It was said to divert lightning and confer peace and wisdom on its owner.Ĭortez Pearls. The ancients called yellow sapphire hyacinth. Topaz is the birthstone for those born in the month of November. The Egyptians said that topaz was coloured with the golden glow of the mighty sun god Ra. Sunny and affordable, citrine blends especially well with the yellow gleam of polished gold. Named from the French name for lemon, citron, most citrines have a light lemony colour. Faceted chrysoberyl has a lovely honey-goldĬitrine. Is also sometimes available in the legendary pink-orange shade known as padparadscha.Ĭhrysoberyl is a gem family most well known for producing phenomenal gems, including cat's-eye chrysoberyl and the colour-changing alexandrite. Nyala Sapphire is found in beautiful clear orange tones and This sapphire is named after the rare Nyala antelope, which is native to the area in southern Malawi where these gems are mined. This rare orange-red member of the quartz family is mined only at the Linha Estefania mine, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grade de Sol. Its fiery colour is unique in the gem world for its vivid dayglow intensity.įire Citrine. Unique to Mexico, fire opal has been treasured since the time of the Aztecs. Cinnamon Spice Pearls have a bronzed orange glowįire Opal. Unlike saltwater cultured pearls, which have a bead in the centre, freshwater cultured Spice Pearls® are solid nacre. Allspice Spice Pearls have a beautifulĬinnamon Spice Pearls. Spice Pearls® are freshwater cultured pearls, created when a mollusc covers a foreign object with beautiful layers of nacre, the mother of pearl. Because many ancient pieces of garnet jewellery are studded with tiny red stones that resemble a cluster of pomegranate seeds, scholars believe the name garnet derives from the LatinĪllspice. Tourmaline from the newly discovered Himalaya Mine in California. At the turn of the century, she bought almost a ton of The last Empress of China loved pink tourmaline so much that she was buried with her carved tourmaline pillow.
Like Nyala Ruby, it has rare natural colour Pink sapphire has the same mineral composition as ruby but a lighter colour, which makes it a fancy sapphire.
This rare ruby, with a naturally vivid colour, is mined only at the Chimwadzulu mine in the southern African county of Malawi. Purple Sage® Chalcedony, Seafoam Tourmaline® and Nyala® Ruby and Sapphire. Moreover, we are also a supplier of brand-name exotic gemstones including Tashmarine®, Cortez Pearls®, Grape Garnet®, Fire Citrine®, Spice Pearls®, Imperial Diopside®, Royal Kings Plain Sapphire®,
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