AS WITH ALL OF OUR AUCTIONS WE TAKE EVERY STEP POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE OUR ITEMS ARE DESCRIBED AND PICTURED ACCURATELY. WE PHOTOGRAPH EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES USING A MACRO LENS TO SHOW THE SMALLEST DETAIL POSSIBLE. WITH OUR GEMSTONES YOU WILL OFTEN SEE FLAWS IN THE PHOTOS THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. PLEASE REMEMBER A GEMSTONE THE SIZE OF AN ERASER TIP IS BLOWN UP TO THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL ON A COMPUTER SCREEN, SO ITS COMPARABLE TO LOOKING AT A GEMSTONE IN A MICROSCOPE. FOR THIS REASON IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO READ ITEM DETAILS IN THE AUCTION LISTING. WE HAVE THE CLARITY, SIZE, COLOR, AND WEIGHT RATINGS LISTED FOR EVERY GEMSTONE WE SELL. WE ALSO PHOTOGRAPH EVERY ITEM WE SELL, AND DO NOT USE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY. VERY RARELY WE MIGHT LIST WHOLESALE GEMSTONE PARCELS WHICH SHOW A LARGE LOT FROM WHICH YOU WILL RECEIVE A RANDOM SMALLER LOT BUT IT WILL BE CLEARLY STATED IN THE DESCRIPTION AND USUALLY THE TITLE AS WELL. WE DO NOT ENHANCE OUR PHOTOGRAPHS USING ANY METHOD WHATSOEVER, IN FACT THE ONLY ALTERATIONS MADE TO OUR PICTURES IS CROPPING. WE COMBINE SHIPPING FOR ITEMS PURCHASED WITHIN THE SAME AUCTION ON THE SAME DAY. WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO COMBINE SHIPPING ON ITEMS PURCHASED FROM FIXED PRICE AUCTIONS MADE AT THE SAME TIME. FIXED PRICE AUCTIONS ARE THE ONLY AUCTIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COMBINE PURCHASES MADE FROM MULTIPLE AUCTIONS ON THE SAME DAY. PLEASE READ OUR SHIPPING POLICY FOR SPECIFIC COSTS OF COMBINED SHIPPING. WE GUARANTEE DELIVERY OF EVERY ITEM WE SHIP, AND AFRE CAREFUL TO PACKAGE EVERYTHING SAFE AND SECURELY. WE USUALLY SHIP THE BUSINESS DAY AFTER YOU MAKE A PURCHASE, BUT PLEASE ALLOW 2 BUSINESS DAYS FOR YOUR ITEM TO BE MAILED. DELIVERY TYPICALLY TAKES 2-7 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE YOUR ITEM IS MAILED (WITHIN THE USA), BUT WE OFFER EXPEDITED AND OVERNIGHT SHIPPING OPTIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE. IF YOU RECEIVE AN ITEM THAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGED PLEASE REFUSE DELIVERY, BY SIGNING FOR YOUR PACKAGE YOU ARE LEGALLY STATING YOU RECEIVED YOUR DELIVERY IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. RETURNS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. LIKE MOST OTHER AUCTION HOUSES ALL SALES ARE FINAL UNLESS YOU ARE ACCIDENTALLY MAILED THE WRONG ITEM, OR IF YOUR ITEM IS DAMAGED. EVERY ITEM WE SHIP IS INSPECTED BEFORE IT IS MAILED, THEN AGAIN VERIFIED TO MATCH THE INVOICE BY THE EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIPPING. WE HAVE OVERHEAD CAMERAS ABOVE WHERE THE PACKAGES ARE SEALED SO WE CAN SEE IF ANY MISTAKES ARE MADE ON OUR END WHEN PACKAGING ORDERS (SUCH AS FORGETTING TO PUT THE ITEM IN THE PACKAGE). IF YOU RECEIVE YOUR ITEM AND IT IS DAMAGED OR YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE SENT THE WRONG ITEM CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY. IT IS CRUCIAL YOU SAVE ALL PACKAGING MATERIALS INCLUDING PAPER WORK AND BUBBLE MAILERS/BOXES. IF YOUR ITEM IS DAMAGED DURING THE SHIPPING PROCESS WE NEED THESE ITEMS FOR THE POSTAL INSPECTOR. WITHOUT THEM YOU WILL NOT BE ISSUED A REFUND. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE SENT THE WRONG ITEM PLEASE CONTACT US WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAYS OF THE TIME YOUR ORDER IS RECEIVED. AFTER 1 WEEK FROM THE TIME YOU RECEIVE YOUR PACKAGE ALL SALES ARE FINAL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE INCLUDING DAMAGE OR A MISTAKE IN THE ITEM. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE A SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT SELLS ITEMS ON CONSIGNMENT. WHEN YOU PURCHASE ITEMS WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF KEEPING THEM WE ARE FORCED TO PAY FOR THOSE ITEMS OUT OF OUR POCKET WHICH CAN BE VERY DAMAGING. WE WANT ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO BE HAPPY AND WE ARE EAGER TO RESOLVE ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE. MANY OF THE ITEMS WE SELL ARE JEWELRY AND GEMSTONES. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IN THE ITEM SPECIFICS WE TEST AND CONFIRM EVERY ITEM WE SELL. GEMSTONES ARE TESTED BY OUR ON STAFF GIA CERTIFIED GEMOLOGIST AND DIAMOND EXPERT USING SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS MICROSCOPES, REFRACTOMETER, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, FILTER TESTING, AND EVEN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. PRECIOUS METALS ARE ALSO TESTED BY OUR ON STAFF GEMOLOGIST WHO USES ACID AND A STREAK PLATE TO TEST THE METALS PURITY. WHEN SELLING COINS MADE OF PRECIOUS METALS WE ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO TEST THEM USING ACID BECAUSE IT WOULD DAMAGE THE COIIN, SO WE MEASURE AND WEIGH THE COIN. IF A COIN IS MADE OF A PRECIOUS METALS ALL OF THE COINS IN THAT VARIETY WILL WEIGH EXACTLY THE SAME, AND COUNTERFEITS OFTEN WEIGH MUCH LESS. THIS IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD FORM OF TESTING COINS. IF COINS ARE PCGS OR NGC GRADED WE DO NOT CRACK OPEN THE CASES OR HANDLE THE COINS IN ANYWAY AS IT WOULD DESTROY THE VALUE.THE GEMSTONES WE SELL ARE GRADED USING GIA'S CLARITY, COLOR, SIZE, AND CUT GRADING STANDARDS. EVERY DESCRIPTION WILL HAVE THIS INFORMATION LISTED AS WELL AS OTHER ITEM SPECIFICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE GEMSTONE SPECIES....more

ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER SOLD AN ITEM TO A PAWNSHOP KNOWS YOU ARE LUCKY TO GET EVEN 10% OF ITS VALUE. WHY WOULD ANYBODY VOLUNTARILY LOOSE SO MUCH MONEY FOR NO REASON?! USUALLY BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW THAT WHEN YOU CONSIGN ITEMS FOR SALE WITH REPUTABLE AUCTION HOUSES SUCH AS D&D WILSON AUCTIONEERS THEY GET YOU FULL MARKET VALUE FOR YOUR BELONGINGS. WE HAVE THE LOWEST CONSIGNMENT FEES IN THE BUSINESS AND ARE ABLE TO BECAUSE WE DO ALL THE WORK OURSELVES FROM A MODEST OFFICE RATHER THAN HIRING DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES AND OWNING HUGE WAREHOUSES. WE HAVE OVER FIFTY THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE, MANY WHO ARE WILLING TO PAY WELL ABOVE MARKET VALUE FOR COLLECTABLE, RARE, UNIQUE, ANTIQUE, AND JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER TYPE OF ITEM OF VALUE. WE ARE TAKING IMMEDIATE CONSIGNMENT ON ITEMS SUCH AS COINS, JEWELRY, SCRAP GOLD OR SILVER, SPORTS MEMORABILIA, DIAMONDS, GEMSTONES, ANTIQUES, AUTOMOBILES, FIREARMS, KNIFES, AND JUST ABOUT ANY ITEM OF VALUE OR THAT IS UNIQUE OR ANTIQUE. WE ARE EVEN ABLE TO SELL YOUR ITEM BEFORE IT EVER LEAVES YOUR POSSESSION INSURING THAT YOU ARE 100% PROTECTED AND IN CONTROL AT ALL TIMES. YOU DONT HAVE TO TURN THE ITEM OVER UNTIL THE CASH IS IN YOUR HAND! WE ARE THE ONLY AUCTION COMPANY WHO WILL DO THAT! WE ALSO HAVE LIGHTING FAST TURN AROUND TIMES OFTEN BEING ABLE TO GET PAYMENT IN YOUR HAND WITHIN A WEEK! YOU EILL BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANOTHER AUCTION COMPANY ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL! IF YOU NEED MONEY EVEN FASTER, NO PROBLEM. WE WILL MAKE YOU A FAIR AND HONEST CASH OFFER ON YOUR ITEMS AS WELL. WE FREQUENTLY HEAR THAT OUR OFFERS ARE ABOUT 4 TIMES AS MUCH AS MOST PAWN SHOPS ON AVERAGE FOR GENERIC ITEMS, ABOUT DOUBLE FOR SCRAP GOLD, AND WELL OVER 10 TIMES AS MUCH ON DIAMONDS AND GEMSTONES! DONT WAIT, CALL US TODAY AND GET AN IMMEDIATE ESTIMATE. WE CAN BE CONTACTED AT (313) 670-5666. OUR OFFICE TIMES ARE 10:30 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. WE CAN CONSIGN AND BUY ITEMS FROM PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN A WAY THATS SAFE AND EASY FOR BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED. ALL ESTIMATES ARE FREE....more

*PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS INFORMATIVE LISTING* WE OFFER A VARIETY OF LAB REPORTS, APPRAISALS, LETTERS OF HERITAGE, AND ORIGIN REPORTS FOR ANY JEWELRY RELATED ITEM OR GEMSTONE SOLD THROUGH PROXIBID. MOST APPRAISALS ARE $40 AND INCLUDE 2 COPIES (ONE FOR YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND AN ORIGINAL COPY FOR YOURSELF). WE OFFER A DISCOUNT ON MULTIPLE DOCUMENTATION PURCHASES ($3 OFF EACH APPRAISAL WHEN 10 OR MORE ARE PURCHASED). THERE IS A 2-7 BUSINESS DAY HANDLING TIME ON APPRAISALS AND LETTERS OF HERITAGE. LAB REPORTS MAY TAKE UP TO 10 BUSINESS DAYS (VERY UNCOMMON) DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND LAB PREMISSES. ALL DOCUMENTATION IS DONE BY OUR ON STAFF GIA CERTIFIED GEMOLOGIST AND JEWELRY EXPERT WHO HAS 8 CERTIFICATIONS AND DIPLOMAS FROM THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, AND ANOTHER FROM THE AMERICAN GEM TRADE ASSOCIATION. HE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE GIA ALUMNI PROGRAM, AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN MULTIPLE PUBLICATIONS REGARDING JEWELRY AND GEMSTONES WITH OVER 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY. PLEASE CALL 1-313-670-5666 TO ORDER YOUR APPRAISALS. WE WILL NEED THE ITEM NUMBER AND LOT TITLE WHEN CALLING. IT IS BEST TO ORDER YOUR APPRAISALS WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE AUCTION CLOSE TO INSURE YOUR ORDER HAS NOT ALREADY SHIPPED. *PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS INFORMATIONAL LISTING, WE ARE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM YOUR AUTOMATED INVOICE AND YOU WILL BE CHARGED THE FINAL SELLING AMOUNT. THIS LISTING IS NOT FOR THE SALE OF ANY DOCUMENTATION, AND A WINNING BID WILL NOT CONSTITUTE AN APPRAISAL OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION FOR THE WINNER. APPRAISALS MUST BE ORDERED OVER THE PHONE....more

100 CARAT PARCEL OF NATURAL FACETED LOOSE GEMSTONES MINED FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE GEMSTONES IN THIS PARCEL ARE OF GEM QUALITY AND RANGE FROM COMMERCIAL TO AAA QUALITY. THIS PARCEL IS A MIXTURE OF GEMSTONES WHICH WE OBTAIN FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES INCLUDING CUTTING CENTER CLOSE OUTS, JEWELRY WHICH IS BEING SCRAPPED FOR ITS GOLD CONTENT, AND THE PURCHASE OR CONSIGNMENT OF PERSONAL GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS. IF WE NOTICE A GEMSTONE IS CRACKED, CHIPPED, OR OF POOR QUALITY WE DO NOT ADD THEM TO THE PARCEL, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A FEW TO GET THROUGH JUST BECAUSE OF THE ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF STONES ARE IN THIS PARCEL. THE STONES AVERAGE ABOUT 1 CARAT EACH BUT YOU WILL SEE A GREAT ASSORTMENT OF SIZES. THERE COULD LITERALLY BE ANY GEMSTONE SPECIES IN THIS PARCELS, WAY TOO MANY TO LIST INDIVIDUALLY. EVERY SINGLE GEMSTONE IN THIS PARCEL IS A NATURAL EARTH MINED GEM. THIS IS A LOT WE STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER FOR OUR WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS AND EBAY RESELLERS AND IT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS WITH NEARLY ALL OF THEM COMING BACK AND WANTING MORE! THESE ARE GEMSTONES THAT HAVE RETAIL VALUES OF $10-$1,500 EACH, SOMETIMES EVEN MORE MAKING THIS PARCEL ONE OF THE GREATEST INVESTMENTS YOU WILL EVER MAKE. THE PICTURES BLOW SHOW A COUPLE RANDOM SCOOPS OUT OF THE HUGE 7-8,000 CARAT PARCEL YOUR LOT WILL BE RANDOMLY SCOOPED FROM. THIS IS THE PERFECT SIZE LOT FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST BEGINNING RESELLING OR INVESTING IN GEMSTONES. WE TYPICALLY SEE 15-20 TIMES RETURNS ON THE GEMSTONES IN THESE LOTS WHEN SOLD SEPARATELY! MAKING THEM ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY WITH AN IMMEDIATE TURN TIME....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED TRILLION CUT ZIRCON MINED FROM CAMBODIA WITH AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A BRILLIANT TRILLION CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. GORGEOUS HONEY COLOR WITH SLIGHT PINK AND ORANGE UNDERTONES AS WELL AS FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EXPLODES WITH BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES A LARGE 10X10 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.40 CARATS. PERFECT SIZE FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. THIS GEMSTONE IS THE FINEST QUALITY POSSIBLE AND WORTHY OF THE WORLDS FINEST ROYAL GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS. ZIRCON IS A VERY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL NATURAL GEMSTONE WHICH IS PRIZED FOR ITS VERY INTENSE FIRE AND BRILLIANCE CAUSED BY IT HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX. MANY PEOPLE CONFUSE CUBIC ZIRCONIA (CZ) AND NATURAL ZIRCON NOT REALIZING THAT ZIRCON IS A NATURAL GEMSTONE. THIS EXOTIC GEMSTONE SPECIES IS VERY RARE AND NOT OFTEN SEEN IN CHAIN JEWELRY STORES DUE TO ITS HIGH COST AND AND RARITY. ZIRCON CAN BE FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY COLOR WITH THE MOST PRIZED COLORS BEING BLUE, PINK, COLORLESS, AND HONEY. ZIRCON IN SIZES OVER 1/2 CARAT WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND CONSIDERED OF INVESTMENT QUALITY AND SIZE....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED ROUND CUT AQUAMARINE MINED FROM MT. ANTERO COLORADO WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED IN THE USA INTO A FACETED ROUND BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. AMAZING SKY BLUE COLOR WITH VERY SATURATED HUE AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 6X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.00 CARATS. COLORADO MINED AQUAMARINE IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE. MOST SPECIMENS RETAIL FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ONLY ALLOWING THE WEALTHIEST COLLECTORS ABLE TO PURCHASE SPECIMENS OF GEM QUALITY. ALL COLORADO AQUAMARINE IS PROSPECTED BY HAND USING PRIMITIVE METHODS SUCH AS PICKS AND SHOVELS. MOST HAVE CLAIMS WHICH ARE ONLY ABOUT 1/10TH ACRE AND SPEND THE WHOLE SEASON PROSPECTING ONLY TO FIND 100-150 CARATS. JUST THE LABOR IT TAKES TO RETRIEVE THESE STONES CAN AMOUNT TO HUNDREDS OF HOURS PER CARATS. SINCE THESE STONES ARE SO RARE AND VALUABLE THEY ARE RARELY TREATED, AND ARE ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN EYE CLEAN CLARITIES. SINCE THE TELEVISION SHOW "PROSPECTORS" HAS AIRED THE DEMAND FOR GEMS FROM THIS REGION HAS INCREASED DRASTICALLY, THIS SPARK IN PUBLIC INTEREST HAS CAUSED THE STONES PRICE TO TRIPLE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE! THE COLORED STONE PRICE INDEX CURRENTLY ESTIMATES THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE OF THESE AQUAMARINE TO BE $1,402.10 PER CARAT OF GEM QUALITY MATERIAL!...more

NATURAL OVAL CABOCHON CUT PRECIOUS RUBY MINED FROM BURMA WITH EXCELLENT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY CUT INTO AN OVAL SHAPED CABOCHON CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. SATURATED YET VIVID PIGEON BLOOD RED COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 6X4 MM WITH A WIEGHT OF 0.80 CARATS. BURMA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST RUBIES, UNFORTUNATELY AMERICA HAS A TRADE EMBARGO WITH BURMA THAT RESTRICTS THE IMPORT OF ANY BURMESE GOODS INCLUDING GEMSTONES. THIS HAS MADE THE PRICE OF BURMESE RUBIES SOAR! THIS RUBY WAS IMPORTED AS ROUGH YEARS BEFORE THE TRADE EMBARGO AS AN INVESTMENT GEMSTONE. THIS AND ALL OTHER GEMSTONES WE SELL ARE CONFLICT FREE AND HAVE HAD THE SOURCES VERIFIED. BURMESE RUBIES OF THIS QUALITY ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND OFTEN COMMAND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT. PLEASE COMPARE PRICES AND SEE THIS IS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY VALUABLE NATURAL RUBY FOR A FRACTION OF ITS VALUE....more

VERY RARE AND VALUABLE ANTIQUE SAPPHIRE WHICH WAS SALVAGED FROM A LARGE DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE RING DATED BACK TO 1724-1738 THROUGH A MAKERS MARK. THIS SAPPHIRE HAS A VERY UNIQUE WIDE PEAR SHAPED DOUBLE SIDED OLD MINE ROSE CUT WITH EXCELLENT PROPORTIONS FOR A FREEHAND CUT OF ITS TIME. PERFECTLY COLORLESS HUE AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 8X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.40 CARATS. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. LIKELY MINED FROM SRI-LANKA/CEYLON AS THE JEWELER WHO USED IT ACQUIRED MOST OF HIS SAPPHIRES FROM THIS REGION. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE GEMSTONE WITH A VERY INTERESTING HISTORY THAT IS SURE TO BE THE PRIZE OF MANY GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS. SAPPHIRES ARE ONE OF ONLY 3 MEMBERS OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY DUE TO THEIR RARITY, BEAUTY, AND VALUE. FOUND IN EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE SAPPHIRES OFFER A GREAT VARIETY OF HUES TO FIT ANYBODIES JEWELRY NEEDS. THE FINEST SAPPHIRES IN THE WORLD COME FROM MONTANA, CEYLON, SRI-LANKA, KASHMIR, BURMA, AND THAILAND. SAPPHIRES CAN BE FOUND ON EVERY CONTINENT AND EACH REGION IS KNOWN FOR DIFFERENT COLORS OR PROPERTIES. WITH A HARDNESS OF 9 (MOHS SCALE OF HARDNESS) AND VERY STRONG DURABILITY THIS SPECIES IS PERFECT FOR EVERYDAY WEAR EVEN WHEN SET IN A RING. SAPPHIRES CAN BE CLEANED USING MOST INDUSTRY METHODS AND DOES NOT REACT TO CHEMICALS. GIA ESTIMATES OVER 99% OF THE SAPPHIRES INTRODUCED IN TODAYS MARKET ARE TREATED (HEAT IS THE MOST COMMON) TO IMPROVE BOTH COLOR AND CLARITY. UNTREATED SAPPHIRES ARE VERY RARE AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE OFTEN COMMANDING THOUSANDS PER CARAT FOR AVERAGE QUALITY GEMSTONES....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED OVAL FACETED CUT WHITE TOPAZ WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY MINED FROM BRAZIL. PERFECTLY FACETED OVAL BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. PERFECTLY COLORLESS HUE AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.96 CARATS. COLORLESS TOPAZ IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW VARIETIES OF TOPAZ THAT IS COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. FOR THIS REASON PEOPLE WHO PREFER COMPLETELY UNTREATED GEMSTONES LOVE WHITE TOPAZ BECAUSE IT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND GEMSTONE SUITABLE FOR EVERYDAY WEAR AND ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. IT IS VERY STABLE, DURABLE, EASY TO CLEAN, AND HARD. IT IS KNOWN TO HAVE GREAT BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER AS WELL WHICH IS ANOTHER ADDED BONUS TO USING IT IN JEWELRY. COLORLESS TOPAZ HAS BEEN FOUND IN MANY LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD BUT THE MOST COMMON AND WELL KNOWN SOURCE IS BRAZIL. OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE WESTERN USA, INDIA AND PAKISTAN, AFRICA, RUSSIA, AND MORE!...more

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 1 OF A KIND FANCY CUSTOM CUT MYSTIC TOPAZ OF ENORMOUS MUSEUM SIZE. THIS PRICELESS GEMSTONE IS WORTHY OF THE FINEST MUSEUM DISPLAYS OR ROYAL COLLECTIONS. ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. GREEN BASE TONE WITH VERY STRONG PLAY OF RAINBOW COLORS. EXPLODES WITH EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW AT THE SAME TIME! VERY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL COLOR SHIFTING GEMSTONE. MEASURES 37X27 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 115.69 CARATS. PERFECTLY LASER CUT INTO AN OVAL MILLENNIUM CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. THIS 1 OF A KIND MYSTIC TOPAZ IS THE PERFECT GEMSTONE FOR USE AS AN INVESTMENT OR RESALE BECAUSE YOU WILL LIKELY OWN THE ONLY ONE OF COMPARABLE SIZE ON THE MARKET! USED IN JEWELRY THIS GEMSTONE WILL MAKE A BOLD HEIRLOOM QUALITY PIECE SURE TO DEMAND ATTENTION WHENEVER WORN. MYSTIC TOPAZ IS A VERY UNIQUE AND DISTINGUISHABLE GEMSTONE WHICH HAS BECOME A FAVORITE WITH JEWELERS OVER THE LAST DECADE. IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS VERY STRONG PLEOCHROIC EFFECTS WHICH MAKES THE STONE SHIFT COLORS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND LIGHT SOURCES. THERE ARE MANY VARIETIES OF MYSTIC TOPAZ WITH THE MOST COMMON BEING A GREEN BASED TONE WITH STRONG PURPLE, BLUE AND RED PLAY OF COLOR EMITTING FROM WITHIN THE STONE. RECENTLY SEVERAL MORE VARIETIES WERE DISCOVERED MAKING SOME MYSTIC TOPAZ HAVE BLUE, ORANGE, RED, AND EVEN SILVER AND GOLD BASE COLORS....more

NATURAL OVAL FACETED CUT TANZANITE LOOSE GEMSTONE MINED FROM TANZANIA AFRICA WITH EXCELLENT INVESTMENT GRADE QUALITY. GORGEOUS VIOLET - BLUE COLOR WITH A VIVID HUE AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. GLISTENS WITH TOP QUALITY BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES A LARGE 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.16 CARATS. TANZANITE IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND POPULAR GEMSTONES IN THE CURRENT MARKET. ORIGINALLY IT WAS DISCOVERED BY TIFFANY AND CO IN THE LATE 1960'S WHEN ONE OF THEIR GEMOLOGISTS TRAVELED TO TANZANIA AFRICA AND FOUND A VEIN OF BROWNISH COLORED CRYSTALS WITH EXCELLENT LUSTER AND SCINTILLATION. THIS KNEWLY DISCOVERED GEMSTONE WAS IN FACT ZOISITE. KNOWING IT WAS A NEW DISCOVERY AND THIS WAS LIKELY THE ONLY DEPOSIT IN THE WORLD TIFFANY STARTED HAVING THEIR GEMOLOGISTS USE TREATMENTS SUCH AS HEAT, DIFFUSION, IRRADIATION, ETC. THEY FOUND IF THE STONE WAS HEATED IT WOULD TURN SHADES OF PURPLE AND BLUE, BUT STILL KEEPS ITS BEAUTIFUL RED SCINTILLATION. THEY PURCHASED THE MINES RIGHTS AND IMMEDIATELY HAD A BEAUTIFUL NEW GEMSTONE SPECIES THAT WAS MARKETED SUBSTANTIALLY. AFTER ABOUT 5 YEARS IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE GEMSTONES FOR JEWELRY USE. ITS PRICES ORIGINALLY WERE ABOUT 1/4 OF SAPPHIRES (PROVING TO BE A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE SPECIES). TODAY, IN 2014 THE TANZANITE MINED HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DEPLETED BUT THE DEMAND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE IS HIGHER THAN EVER....more

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF EXTREMELY RARE FACETED EMERALD CUT PALASITE GEMSTONES CUT FROM A VERY RARE FORM OF METEORITE WHICH WAS DISCOVERED IN EASTERN UKRAINE. THESE GORGEOUS GEMSTONES ARE PERFECTLY FACETED BY HAND INTO OCTAGON SHAPE EMERALD STEP CUTS WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND PREMIUM CUT GRADES. BOTH GEMSTONES MEASURE 7X5 MM AND THE PAIR HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 1.76 CARATS. BOTH HAVE FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND PERFECT PURE YELLOW COLOR WITH A VERY SATURATED TONE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. BOTH OF THESE BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONES WERE CUT FROM THE SAME CRYSTAL TO INSURE THEY MATCH PERFECTLY. PALASITE GEMSTONES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MATCH BECAUSE THEY VERY SO DRASTICALLY IN COLOR, CLARITY, COLOR DISPERSION, AND SIZE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF PALASITE GEMSTONES WEIGH UNDER 0.10 CARATS AFTER FACETING. THIS MAKES GEMSTONES LARGER THAN THAT RARE ON THEIR OWN, AND MAKES FINDING MATCHED SETS IN LARGER SIZES THAT MUCH HARDER. THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST GEMSTONE SPECIES IN THE WORLD, AND WITH A VERY STRONG DEMAND FOR PALASITE METEORITE SPECIMENS IT IS VERY HARD TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO CUT THE METEORITES THEY HAVE INTO GEMSTONES. THIS IS WHY PALASITE RETAILS FOR HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A CARAT. HAVING A MATCHED PAIR USUALLY ABOUT TRIPLES THE PRICE PER CARAT OF THE GEMS. HAVING MATCHING LOTS MAKE THEM MORE AND MORE VALUABLE IN A PER CARAT PRICE. THIS IS THE REASON YOU NEVER SEE TENNIS NECKLACES OR BRACELETS MADE OF PALASITE, OR EVEN EARRINGS FOR THAT MATTER. THAT MAKES THESE GEMSTONES AN UNBELIEVABLE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS A GREAT LOT FOR JEWELERS AND RESELLERS AS WELL. PALASITE METEORITES ARE A RARE FORM OF METEORITE THAT RESEMBLE STAINED GLASS AND HAVE MANY CHUNKS OF COLORED GEMSTONES. VERY RARELY A GEMOLOGIST WILL FACET THESE GEMSTONES SUCH AS IN THIS INSTANCE. THESE GEMSTONES ARE VERY HARD TO FIND BECAUSE PALASITE METEORITES ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN THEIR NATURAL SPECIMEN STATE AND FACETING THEM GREATLY REDUCES THE WEIGHT. THE OUTCOME IS A GORGEOUS BUT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GEMSTONE USUALLY WITH RETAIL PRICES BETWEEN $1000 AND $3000 PER CARAT. THE MOST COMMON COLOR IS GREEN, THEN COOL COLORS SUCH AS BLUE WITH THE RAREST COLORS BEING WARM COLORS LIKE RED AND ORANGE. PERIDOT IS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND GEMSTONE IN PALASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY. THESE UNIQUE GEMS ARE CALLED PALASITE GEMSTONES RATHER THAN PALASITE PERIDOT....more

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF WORLD CLASS NATURAL COLOMBIAN MINED EMERALDS. FACETED INTO OCTAGON STEP EMERALD CUTS WITH PREMIUM CUT GRADES. PERFECT GREEN COLOR WITH SLIGHT BLUE UNDERTONES AND SATURATED YET VIVID HUE AS ONLY THE WORLDS FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS PRODUCE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR TYPE 3 GEMSTONES SUCH AS EMERALDS. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. EACH OF THESE PRECIOUS EMERALDS MEASURE 5X3 MM WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 0.70 CARATS. COLOMBIAN EMERALDS ARE ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND RARE MEMBERS OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY. PRIZED FOR THEIR VIVID COLOR AND EXCELLENT CLARITY. THE TWO MOST FAMOUS EMERALD MINES IN COLOMBIA ARE THE CHIVOR AND MUZO MINES WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BECAME VERY UNSTABLE AFTER BEING OPENED FOR PUBLIC MINING. IT IS ESTIMATED OVER 80% OF COLOMBICOLOMBIA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. THEIR AMAZING VIVID COLOR IS UNMISTAKABLE, AND WHEN YOU FIND A PERFECT SPECIMEN WITH SLIGHT BLUE OVERTONES YOU WILL INSTANTLY RELIZE WHY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY 5-10 TIMES MORE FOR EMERALDS FROM THIS REGION. THE ABSOLUTE FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS ORIGINATE FROM THE CHIVOR AND MUZO MINES, BOTH ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING DEPLETED AND INSTABILITY IN BOTH OF THE MINES HAS CAUSED THE COST OF COLOMBIAN EMERALDS TO BREAK $1000 A CARATS (IN GEM QUALITY STONES). EMERALDS HAVE BEEN RISING IN PRICE AND VALUE SINCE THE MID 1980'S, HIGH QUALITY STONES HAVE PROVEN TO BE AN OUTSTANDING INVESTMENT WITH A 10-20% RETURN PER YEAR! GEMSTONES THAT COST $10 A CARAT IN 2001 WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN SELLING GEMSTONES ARE NOW SELLING FOR $300-500 A CARAT, AND THATS IF YOU CAN EVEN FIND THEM. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TO PURCHASE EMERALDS FOR ANY UPCOMING PROJECTS AS SOON AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE WE CAN NOT GUARANTEE HOW LONG WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND COLOMBIAN EMERALDS IN SIZES OVER 1 CARAT WITH QUALITY LIKE THIS. EMERALDS ARE DURABLE ENOUGH FOR PRETTY MUCH ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. THEY ARE AN 8 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE SO THEY WILL NOT SCRATCH WITH NORMAL WEAR. EMERALDS ARE A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS INCLUDED. THE VALUE OF TYPE 3 GEMSTONES ARE NOT EFFECTED BY INTERNAL INCLUSIONS UNLESS THE INCLUSION EFFECTS THE DURABILITY OF THE STONE OR TAKES UP A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE STONE. EYE CLEAN EMERALDS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND COMMAND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT WHEN SOLD LOOSE TO THE RETAIL MARKET....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED MARQUISE CABOCHON CUT PRECIOUS PINK SAPPHIRE PROSPECTED FROM THE AFRICAN TUNDRA WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY CUT INTO A MARQUISE CABOCHON CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE AND PERFECT PROPORTIONS. VIVID PINK COLOR WITH INTENSE HUE AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 8X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.80 CARATS. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND SURFACE LUSTER. TUNDRA SAPPHIRES ARE FOUND AS HIGH QUALITY SMALL CRYSTALS IN DESSERT SAND THAT HAVE BEEN WEATHER AND NATURALLY POLISHED. ALMOST ALWAYS CUT INTO A CABOCHON TO RESEMBLE THE ORIGINAL ROUGH CRYSTAL WHICH APPEARS POLISHED AND SPHERICAL DUE TO THE SANDS OF TIME. CAN BE FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY COLOR WITH DIFFERENT LOCATIONS PRODUCING DIFFERENT COLORS. THE MOST VALUABLE ARE RED (SOMETIMES CALLED DESSERT RUBIES, OR SAHARA RUBIES), BLUE, PINK, AND ORANGE....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PEAR CABOCHON CUT RUTILATED QUARTZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY CUT INTO A PEAR SHAPED CABOCHON CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. PERFECT COLORLESS HUE WITH GOLDEN RUTILE NEEDLE INCLUSIONS THAT THIS RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES IS PRIZED FOR. MEASURES A BIG 17X11 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 9.87 CARATS. RUTILATED QUARTZ IS A VERY RARE AND UNIQUE SPECIES OF QUARTZ CRYSTAL WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS NEEDLE LIKE INCLUSIONS WHICH GROW THROUGH THE COLORLESS QUARTZ CRYSTAL. RUTILATED QUARTZ CAN HAVE THICK BLACK NEEDLE LIKE INCLUSIONS MADE OF TOURMALINE OR BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN, RED, OR EVEN GREEN COLORED THIN HAIR LIKE NEEDLE INCLUSIONS THAT ARE ACTUAL RUTILE CRYSTALS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE GEMSTONES IN THE WORLD AND IS PRIZED AMONG CRYSTAL HEALERS FOR ITS POWERS TO IMPROVE MEMORY AND REDUCE FEARS, AS WELL AS MAKE DECISIONS EASIER. RUTILATED QUARTZ CAN BE FOUND IN MINES AROUND THE WORLD BUT IS MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN BRAZIL....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED (INCLUDING HEAT TREATMENT) PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE MINED FROM KASHMIR. GORGEOUS VIVID INK BLUE WHICH KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE PRIZED FOR. EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.18 CARATS. UNTREATED SAPPHIRES ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS QUALITY AND FROM THIS LOCATION! KASHMIR IS KNOWN AS THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE HIGHEST QUALITY SAPPHIRES IN THE WORLD. STONES FROM THIS MINE ARE SO PERFECT EVERYBODY FROM ROYALTY TO CELEBRITIES PREFERRED THEM IN THEIR PIECES EVEN MORE THAN DIAMONDS IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWARD HUGHES (THE AIRLINE MOGUL AND CELEBRITY AVIATOR) WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A FASCINATION WITH THE STONES BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED THEM TO BE PERFECT. SAPPHIRES FROM THIS REGION HAVE SATURATED COLOR OFTEN DESCRIBED AS INKY ALONG WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. IT IS THE ONLY MINE IN RECORDED HISTORY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BLUE SAPPHIRES WITH SUCH AMAZING COLOR THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE HEAT TREATED. THE LACK OF HEATING SAPPHIRES WITH COLOR SUCH AS THESE LEAVES THE NATURAL SILKY GEMMY APPEARANCE EXPERIENCED GEMOLOGISTS CRAVE. KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE MINED FROM A REGION PLAGUES WITH CONFLICT SITTING BETWEEN THE PAKISTANI AND INDIAN BORDER. A DISPUTE OVER THE LAND HAS CAUSED SMALL BATTLES AND ON AND OFF MORTER SHELLING FOR DECADES. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MINES DEPLETION HAS CAUSED THESE STONES TO BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND THEIR PRICES DOUBLE - TRIPLE EACH PASSING DECADE....more

NATURAL FACETED PRINCESS CUT WITH PREMIUM CUT GRADE FANCY COLORED DIAMOND MINED FROM THE ARGYLE MINE IN AUSTRALIA. THIS MINE IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST FANCY COLORED DIAMONDS AND THIS DIAMOND IS TESTAMENT TO THAT FACT. PERFECT SATURATED NATURAL FANCY YELLOW COLOR. COMPLETELY EYE CLEAN CLARITY WITH A VVS1 GIA DIAMOND CLARITY RATING. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. THIS DIAMOND HAS VERY LITTLE TO NO FLUORESCENCE WHICH ATTRIBUTES TO THE GEMSTONES CRYSTAL CLEAR CLARITY AND LACK OF A CLOUDY APPEARANCE. MEASURES 3.5 X 3.5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.30 CARATS. THIS IS A VERY RARE INVESTMENT GRADE DIAMOND. PLEASE RESEARCH HOW INCREDIBLY VALUABLE AND RARE DIAMONDS WITH PERFECT FANCY COLOR RATINGS AND PERFECT VVS1 CLARITY RATINGS ARE. YOU WILL QUICKLY SEE COMPARABLE DIAMONDS WITH NATURAL YELLOW COLOR RETAIL FOR WELL OVER $12,000 A CARAT! THIS DIAMOND IS PERFECTLY CUT WITH TOP COLOR, CLARITY, AND LUSTER GRADES, THIS IS LIKELY THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL EVER SEE A DIAMONDS OF THIS QUALITY AND VALUE IN A NO RESERVE AUCTION WITH A 1 CENT START PRICE!!!!...more

NATURAL FACETED EMERALD CUT PRECIOUS PINK SAPPHIRE MINED FROM CEYLON WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED BY SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST GEMSTONE CUTTERS IN THE DIAMOND DISTRICT OF BELGIUM. CUT TO PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND HAS A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. EXTREMELY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. STUNNING PINK COLOR WITH SATURATED AND VERY VERY VIVID HUE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 6X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.03 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR USE IN A RING OR PENDANT. PINK SAPPHIRES HAVE LONG BEEN A FAVORITE AMONG JEWELERS AND GEMSTONE ENTHUSIASTS BECAUSE OF THEIR RARITY, BEAUTY, AND DURABILITY. SAPPHIRES ARE ONE OF ONLY 3 MEMBERS OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY AND OFTEN COMMAND THOUSANDS PER CARAT. THE COLORED GEMSTONE INDEX CURRENTLY HAS PINK SAPPHIRES OF GEMSTONE QUALITY STARTING AT $150 A CARAT AND GOING UP TO AS MUCH AS $50,000 PER CARAT. LARGE SIZED STONES ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND MOST PINK SAPPHIRES OVER 1 CARAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF INVESTMENT SIZE. WITH SAPPHIRES RATING AT A 9 ON THE MOHS HARDNESS SCALE AND ALSO HAVING A STRONG DURABILITY RATING THEY ARE A GREAT CHOICE FOR JEWELRY THAT YOU WILL BE WEARING EVERYDAY INCLUDING RINGS WHICH TAKE THE MOST ABUSE. PINK HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SAPPHIRE COLORS, IN-TURN THE PRICE HAS BEEN RISING STEADILY SINCE THE LATE 90'S AND IS EXPECTED TO KEEP DOING SO FOR DECADES TO COME BECAUSE NO NEW SOURCES OF MATERIAL HAVE BEEN FOUND IN DECADES....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED OVAL FACETED CUT COPPER BEARING PARAIBA TOURMALINE MINED FROM THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL. BIG 12X10 MM SIZE WITH A WEIGHT OF 5.45 CARATS. VERY VIVID ELECTRIC LIKE ICE BLUE WITH VERY VERY SLIGHT GREEN UNDERTONES COLOR AND NEAR EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EXPERTLY CUT INTO A FACETED BRILLIANT OVAL CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. PARAIBA TOURMALINE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXOTIC GEMSTONE SPECIES THAT IS USUALLY FOUND IN SIZES SMALLER THAN 1/4 CARAT AND IS ALMOST ALWAYS HEAVILY INCLUDED. WHAT SETS PARAIBA TORMALINE APART FROM REGULAR TOURMALINE IS THE PRESENCE OF COPPER IN ITS CHEMICHAL COMPOSITION. PARAIBA TOURMALINE IS ONLY MINED FROM THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL WHICH IS WHAT THE STONE IS NAMED AFTER. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES TO FIND HOW RARE AND VALUABLE IT REALLY IS. THIS TOURMALINE MEETS AND SURPASSES ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY GIA TO BE SOLD AS A REAL PARAIBA INCLUDING BEING MINED FROM THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL, HAVING COPPER IN ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, HAS A PRIMARILY VIVID BLUE COLOR, AND ALL OTHER VARIABLES WHICH MUST BE CONFIRMED IN ORDER TO BE LABELED A PARAIBA TOURMALINE. WHEN RESEARCHING THIS STONE AND COMPARING PRICES PLEASE BE AWARE OF LESS HONEST SELLERS ADVERTISING PARAIBA TOURMALINE MINED FROM LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL. IN ORDER FOR A GEMOLOGIST TO LEGALLY CERTIFY OR APPRAISE A STONE AS PARAIBA TOURMALINE IT MUST ORIGINATE FROM THE PARAIBA MINE SUCH AS THIS ONE HAS....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED HEART CUT AQUAMARINE MINED FROM THE SANTA MARIA MINE IN BRAZIL WHICH IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST QUALITY AND DARK COLORED AQUAMARINE. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A BRILLIANT HEART CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. HAS VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES A LARGE 9X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.09 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL SKY BLUE COLOR WITH SATURATED HUE AND EXCELLENT VVS CLARITY. AQUAMARINE IS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONE WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE BERYL FAMILY. KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL BLUE COLORS WHICH SOMETIMES HAVE GREEN OVERTONES. AQUAMARINE IS BECOMING EXTREMELY RARE IN SIZES OVER 1 CARAT WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY, AND AQUAMARINE WITH SATURATED COLOR OVER 1 CARAT ARE EVEN MORE RARE. FOR THIS REASON THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENT GEMSTONES ON THE MARKET. WITH A HARDNESS OF 8 AND GREAT DURABILITY WHICH PROVIDES A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR EVERYDAY WEAR. MANY GEMOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO ADD AQUAMARINE TO THE LIST OF PRECIOUS GEMSTONES (EMERALD RUBY, SAPPHIRE) BECAUSE OF ITS INCREASING RARITY AND VALUE. MANY HIGHER QUALITY AQUAMARINE ARE RIVALING OR SELLING FOR EVEN MORE THAN EMERALDS, RUBIES, AND SAPPHIRES. EUROPE HAS ALREADY ADDED THIS BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE TO THE LIST NEARLY A DECADE AGO. THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AQUAMARINE IS MINED FROM THE SANTA MARIA MINE IN BRAZIL AND IS KNOWN FOR ITS SATURATED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. THE RAREST AQUAMARINE ARE MINED FROM A SMALL DEPOSIT IN FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH PRODUCES LESS THAN 1% OF GEMSTONE QUALITY AQUAMARINE. AQUAMARINE CAN BE HEAT TREATED TO IMPROVE COLOR, IT IS A SAFE AND PERMINENT TREATMENT WHICH IS USED ON NEARLY ALL MODERN MINED AQUAMARINE....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PRECIOUS IMPERIAL JADE MINED FROM CHINA. EXCELLENT QUALITY OVAL CABOCHON CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.09 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID GREEN COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. IMPERIAL JADE HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AND CHERISHED AS ONE OF THE WORLDS RAREST AND MOST VALUABLE GEMSTONES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF IMPERIAL JADE COMES FROM CHINA AND MUST BE 100% NATURAL AND UNTREATED MATERIAL TO BE CONSIDERED OF THE IMPERIAL VARIETY OF JADE. THIS RARE FORM OF JADE IS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 10,000 TIMES MORE RARE THAN A DIAMOND BY GIA, AND OFTEN COMMANDS PRICES MUCH HIGHER THAN DIAMONDS WITH EQUAL QUALITY. MOST JADE IS USED FOR CARVINGS AND CABOCHON CUT GEMSTONES, AND RARELY IS JADE FACETED INTO A CUT GEMSTONE SINCE IT IS NOT A TRANSPARENT MATERIAL THAT CAN REFFLECT LIGHT OFF OF FACETS....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED EMERALD CUT GREEN BERYL MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED WITH PRECISION PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A BIG 9X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.28 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND GORGEOUS GREEN WITH STRONG BLUE UNDERTONES AND SATURATED HUE. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. GREEN BERYL IS AN EXTREMELY RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES THAT IS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO AN EMERALD. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS GREEN BERYL HAS A MUCH LIGHTER HUE AND IS FOUND WITH MUCH BETTER CLARITY THAN MOST EMERALDS. THE FINEST GREEN BERYL COMMANDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT AND EVEN COMMERCIAL QUALITY SMALLER SPECIMENS BRING HUNDREDS PER CARAT BECAUSE OF ITS EXTREME RARITY. GREEN BERYL IS OFTEN FOUND ACCIDENTLY IN AQUAMARINE MINES (SINCE AQUAMARINE IS BLUE BERYL). ADDED IMPURITIES TO THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION MAKE THE STONE COLOR GREEN INSTEAD OF BLUE. IT IS VERY STABLE AND DURABLE GEMSTONE WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR EVERY DAY WEAR IN ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. IT IS STABLE TO HEAT AS WELL AS CHEMICALS AS WELL MAKING IT EASY TO KEEP CLEAN. GREEN BERYL IS A GREAT CHOICE AMONG INVESTORS BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY, BEAUTY, AND ALSO BECAUSE NO SOLITARY SOURCE HAS EVER BEEN FOUND. THIS MEANS IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS ONLY FOUND ACCIDENTLY WHILE SEARCHING FOR OTHER GEMSTONE SPECIES AND CANT BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN LARGE DEPOSITS....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED VERY RARE OVAL FACETED CUT PALASITE LOOSE GEMSTONE CUT FROM A VERY RARE TYPE OF METEORITE. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND COMPLETELY COLORLESS HUE. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES A VERY LARGE 12X10 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 5.48 CARATS. THIS IS WITHOU A DOUBT THE LARGEST AND HIGHEST QUALITY COLORLESS PALASITE WE HAVE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL. THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZINGLY RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES, AND ALSO ONE OF THE RAREST COLORS THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN. THIS NEAR PRICELESS GEMSTONE IS WORTHY OF THE WORLDS FINEST GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS AND WILL MAKE A 1 OF A KIND HEIRLOOM PIECE OF JEWELRY THAT WILL BE CHERISHED BY ALL WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF WEARING IT. PALASITE METEORITES ARE A RARE FORM OF METEORITE THAT RESEMBLE STAINED GLASS AND HAVE MANY CHUNKS OF COLORED GEMSTONES. VERY RARELY A GEMOLOGIST WILL FACET THESE GEMSTONES SUCH AS IN THIS INSTANCE. THESE GEMSTONES ARE VERY HARD TO FIND BECAUSE PALASITE METEORITES ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN THEIR NATURAL SPECIMEN STATE AND FACETING THEM GREATLY REDUCES THE WEIGHT. THE OUTCOME IS A GORGEOUS BUT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GEMSTONE USUALLY WITH RETAIL PRICES BETWEEN $1000 AND $3000 PER CARAT. THE MOST COMMON COLOR IS GREEN, THEN COOL COLORS SUCH AS BLUE WITH THE RAREST COLORS BEING WARM COLORS LIKE RED AND ORANGE. PERIDOT IS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND GEMSTONE IN PALASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY. THESE UNIQUE GEMS ARE CALLED PALASITE GEMSTONES RATHER THAN PALASITE PERIDOT....more

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED PEAR CUT PALASITE GEMSTONE CUT FROM A RARE TYPE OF PALASITE METEORITE. EXPERTLY FACETED IN THE USA INTO A BRILLIANT PEAR SHAPED FACETED CUT WHICH HAS A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. BEAUTIFUL ICE BLUE WITH VERY VIVID HUE AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.83 CARATS. PALASITE METEORITES ARE A RARE FORM OF METEORITE THAT RESEMBLE STAINED GLASS AND HAVE MANY CHUNKS OF COLORED GEMSTONES. VERY RARELY A GEMOLOGIST WILL FACET THESE GEMSTONES SUCH AS IN THIS INSTANCE. THESE GEMSTONES ARE VERY HARD TO FIND BECAUSE PALASITE METEORITES ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN THEIR NATURAL SPECIMEN STATE AND FACETING THEM GREATLY REDUCES THE WEIGHT. THE OUTCOME IS A GORGEOUS BUT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GEMSTONE USUALLY WITH RETAIL PRICES BETWEEN $1000 AND $3000 PER CARAT. THE MOST COMMON COLOR IS GREEN, THEN COOL COLORS SUCH AS BLUE WITH THE RAREST COLORS BEING WARM COLORS LIKE RED AND ORANGE. PERIDOT IS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND GEMSTONE IN PALASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY. THERE ARE MANY SPECIES AND TYPES OF PALASITE GEMSTONES, WHICH CAN BE SEEN EASILY WHEN YOU VIEW SLABS OF THE RARE TYPE OF METEORITES. THEY APPEAR TO LOOK LIKE STAINED GLASS WITH MULTIPLE COLORED CRYSTALS FORMING BEAUTIFUL QUILT LIKE PATTERNS....more

GORGEOUS LILAC COLORED EMERALD CUT PALASITE GEMSTONE CUT FROM A METEORITE WITH AAA QUALITY NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED EMERALD CUT PALASITE GEMSTONE CUT FROM A VERY RARE FORM OF PALASITE METEORITE. EXPERTLY CUT TO PERFECT PROPORTIONS WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. ONLY THE FINEST QUALITY STONES ARE CUT INTO EMERALD CUTS BECAUSE THE LARGE STEP CUT FACETS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE GEMSTONE MAKE INCLUSIONS, COLOR ZONING, AND OTHER IMPERFECTIONS MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE. THIS IS WHY YOU RARELY SEE EMERALD CUT PALASITE OF LARGER SIZES OR THE RARER COLORS. THIS SPECIMEN HAS A VERY VERY RARE PINKISH PURPLE COLOR WHICH IS THE EXACT COLOR OF FRESHLY BLOOMED LILACS. THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE EXOTIC COLORED PALASITE YOU LIKELY WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN CUT INTO A GEMSTONE SIZE AND QUALITY PIECE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.31 CARATS. PALASITE METEORITES ARE A RARE FORM OF METEORITE THAT RESEMBLE STAINED GLASS AND HAVE MANY CHUNKS OF COLORED GEMSTONES. VERY RARELY A GEMOLOGIST WILL FACET THESE GEMSTONES SUCH AS IN THIS INSTANCE. THESE GEMSTONES ARE VERY HARD TO FIND BECAUSE PALASITE METEORITES ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN THEIR NATURAL SPECIMEN STATE AND FACETING THEM GREATLY REDUCES THE WEIGHT. THE OUTCOME IS A GORGEOUS BUT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GEMSTONE USUALLY WITH RETAIL PRICES BETWEEN $1000 AND $3000 PER CARAT. THE MOST COMMON COLOR IS GREEN, THEN COOL COLORS SUCH AS BLUE WITH THE RAREST COLORS BEING WARM COLORS LIKE RED AND ORANGE. PERIDOT IS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND GEMSTONE IN PALASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY....more