Interesting and Unusual Gemstones

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Interesting and Unusual Gemstones

Postby griv » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:02 pm

One of my favorites, Axinite, is hard to find as clear and with as much fire as this particular gemstone.

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Color changing Amethyst.

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Andesine from Congo

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Russian Valentianite, once considered by the Czar to be more valuable than diamonds.

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Petalite, unfortunate name

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Tashmarine, a green non chrome bearing diopside is the first new gemstone found after the millennium. Tri Gems owns the rights to the only mine which is flooded and mined out located 9000 feet up in the mountains of China. Almost all cuts of these stones where millennium cuts.

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Demantoid, the rarest of garnets.

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Watermelon tourmaline cut in a heart. Multicolored tourmalines are one of my favorites.

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Another watermelon tourmaline.

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Riesling Beryl, a greenish gem in the "emerald family". Difficult to find because these isn't much demand for this gem.

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Golden sapphire in a fancy cut

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Moldavite, the only gemstone from space.

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