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

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED OVAL CUT TOURMALINE WITH AAA QUALITY MINED FROM BRAZIL. GORGEOUS COPPER COLOR AND PERFECT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. PERFECTLY CUT INTO A FACETED OVAL CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 9X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.15 CARATS. THESE COPPER COLORED TOURMALINE ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND FROM A RECENTLY DISCOVERED VERY LIMITED SOURCE IN BRAZIL. MOST OF THE FACETABLE ROUGH MINED PRODUCES GEMSTONES BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF CARAT WITH SPECIMENS OVER 1 CARAT BEING CONSIDERED VERY RARE. SPECIMENS OVER 2 CARATS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND CONSIDERED NEAR PRICELESS BECAUSE ONLY A HANDFUL HAVE BEEN MINED. THIS VEIN OF COPPER COLORED TOURMALINE WAS FOUND LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY DEPLETED BY FALL OF 2016. COPPER COLORED TOURMALINE FROM THIS REGION IS VERY RARELY TREATED SINCE THE RARE COLOR IS PRIZED AMONG COLLECTORS. SPECIMENS WITH RED OR ORANGE UNDERTONES SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE SLIGHTLY MORE PRIZED THAN OTHERS. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE PERFECT GEMSTONE FOR JEWELRY APPLICATIONS THAT WILL BE WORN DAILY BECAUSE TOURMALINE IS VERY DURABLE AND STABLE. COPPER COLORED TOURMALINE IS A VERY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE WHICH IS SO RARE YOU WILL NEVER SEE IT ON HOME SHOPPING CHANNELS OR OTHER AMATEUR COLLECTOR RETAIL SALES OUTLETS, THIS MAKES IT A GREAT CONVERSATION PIECE WHEN WORN IN JEWELRY BECAUSE MOST OF THE PUBLIC IS UNAWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL TOURMALINE SUB SPECIES....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED OVAL CUT PRECIOUS IMPERIAL JADE MINED FROM CHINA WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY CUT INTO AN OVAL CABOCHON CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A LARGE 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.06 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID IMPERIAL GREEN COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. THIS IMPERIAL JADE IS OF THE FINEST QUALITY, AND IS ONE OF THE RAREST GEMSTONE SPECIES IN THE WORLD MAKING THIS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY GEMSTONE COLLECTOR WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH PRECIOUS AND RARE GEMSTONES. 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 OVAL CUT AQUAMARINE MINED FROM MT. ANTERO COLORADO WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED IN THE USA INTO AN OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PERFECT PREMIUM CUT GRADE. AMAZING SATURATED SKY BLUE COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER THAT EXPLODES FROM THE GEMSTONE UNDER ANY LIGHT SOURCE. MEASURES A BIG 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.21 CARATS. THIS AMERICAN MINED AQUAMRINE IS THE VERY BEST QUALITY AND THE PERFECT GEMSTONE FOR BOTH INVESTMENT USE AND JEWELRY APPLICATIONS. AQUAMARINE MINED FROM COLORADO IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. ONE OF THE LARGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY EXTREMELY RARE, BUT THE ROUGH IS DUG UP BY INDIVIDUAL PROSPECTORS USING PRIMITIVE TOOLS BECAUSE THEIR IS NOT ENOUGH ROUGH FOR A COMMERCIAL MINE TO BE PROFITABLE. THE COST OF AMERICAN LABOR IS ALSO EXTREMELY HIGH COMPARED TO COUNTRIES SUCH AS BRAZIL OR INDIA, AND MANY KNOWLEDGEABLE COLLECTORS PREFER STONES FROM CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO COMPLETE THEIR COLLECTIONS. AQUAMARINE MINED FROM COLORADO IS OFTEN FOUND IN VERY SMALL CRYSTALS WITH NO MATRIX ATTACHED, AND ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN AN UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF GAS INCLUSIONS (LOOK LIKE FOG OR CLOUDS WITHIN THE STONE). FOR THIS REASON GEMS OVER ONE THIRD OF A CARAT OR GEMSTONES WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF AQUAMARINE FROM THIS REGION IS IT LACKS GREEN OVERTONES WHICH IS HIGHLY PREFERRED BY AMERICAN JEWELERS AND GEMOLOGISTS AND DEMANDS A PREMIUM....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FANCY CUT AQUAMARINE MINED FROM MT. ANTERO COLORADO WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED IN THE USA INTO A TRILLION SHAPED DOUBLE SIDED CHECKERBOARD CUT WITH A PERFECT PREMIUM CUT GRADE. AMAZING SATURATED OCEAN BLUE COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER THAT EXPLODES FROM THE GEMSTONE UNDER ANY LIGHT SOURCE. MEASURES A 7X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.39 CARATS. THIS AMERICAN MINED AQUAMARINE IS THE VERY BEST QUALITY AND THE PERFECT GEMSTONE FOR BOTH INVESTMENT USE AND JEWELRY APPLICATIONS. AQUAMARINE MINED FROM COLORADO IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. ONE OF THE LARGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY EXTREMELY RARE, BUT THE ROUGH IS DUG UP BY INDIVIDUAL PROSPECTORS USING PRIMITIVE TOOLS BECAUSE THEIR IS NOT ENOUGH ROUGH FOR A COMMERCIAL MINE TO BE PROFITABLE. THE COST OF AMERICAN LABOR IS ALSO EXTREMELY HIGH COMPARED TO COUNTRIES SUCH AS BRAZIL OR INDIA, AND MANY KNOWLEDGEABLE COLLECTORS PREFER STONES FROM CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO COMPLETE THEIR COLLECTIONS. AQUAMARINE MINED FROM COLORADO IS OFTEN FOUND IN VERY SMALL CRYSTALS WITH NO MATRIX ATTACHED, AND ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN AN UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF GAS INCLUSIONS (LOOK LIKE FOG OR CLOUDS WITHIN THE STONE). FOR THIS REASON GEMS OVER ONE THIRD OF A CARAT OR GEMSTONES WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF AQUAMARINE FROM THIS REGION IS IT LACKS GREEN OVERTONES WHICH IS HIGHLY PREFERRED BY AMERICAN JEWELERS AND GEMOLOGISTS AND DEMANDS A PREMIUM....more

NATURAL FANCY CUT MYSTIC RAINBOW TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. CUSTOM FACETED INTO A CUSHION SHAPE BAGUETTE CUT WITH A STEP CUT TOP WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL. THE CUT WAS MADE TO EXACT PROPORTIONS AND HAS A PERFECT PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A BIG 12X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.80 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL MYSTIC RAINBOW COLOR. THIS GEMSTONE EXPLODES A DIFFERENT COLOR OFF EACH FACET SURFACE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND EACH OF THE COLORS CHANGE WITH EACH LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THE GEMSTONE GIVING IT THE STRONG PLAY OF COLOR AND COLOR SHIFT WHICH MYSTIC TOPAZ ARE PRIZED FOR. EXPLOSIVE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. THIS GEM IS OF THE ABSOLUTE FINEST QUALITY POSSIBLE AND IS SURE TO BE LOVED BY ANYBODY WHO SEES IT! 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 CUT PRECIOUS RUBY MINED FROM THE CRAB TREE MINE IN FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA WITH INVESTMENT QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL NATIVE CUT WITH A GOOD CUT GRADE. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.98 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID RED WITH VERY SLIGHT PINK UNDERTONES COLOR AND VERY GOOD TRANSLUCENT CLARITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR RUBIES FROM THIS LOCATION. FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW MINES IN AMERICA WHICH PRODUCE JEWELRY QUALITY GEMSTONES. MOSTLY KNOWN FOR EMERALDS, STAR SAPPHIRES, AND RUBIES, BUT OTHER GEMSTONE SPECIES HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND. THIS GEMSTONE IS NATIVE TO FRANKLIN AND IS FROM A GEMSTONE MINE WHICH DOES NOT ADD GEMSTONES TO THEIR SOIL FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND. MINED AND FACETED BY THE MINE OPERATORS PROFESSIONALLY. BE WEARY OF GEMSTONES MINED FROM FRANKLIN FOUND BY PRIVATE PROSPECTORS, SINCE A FEW OF THE MINES ADD GEMSTONES TO THE MINING AREAS TO INCREASE PUBLIC INTEREST. THIS GEMSTONE WAS VERIFIED AS A NATIVE GEMSTONE AND IS OF INVESTMENT QUALITY. RUBIES FROM FRANKLIN'S MINES RARELY EXCEED SIZES OF 1/4 CARAT AFTER FACETED AND ARE RARELY FOUND IN EYE CLEAN (OPAQUE) CLARITIES WITH COLOR AS SATURATED AS THIS. PLEASE COMPARE PRICES TO SEE THIS COULD BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A REAL FRANKLIN RUBY FOR A FRACTION OF ITS VALUE....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED OVAL CABOCHON CUT BEAUTIFUL AAA QUALITY ONYX LOOSE GEMSTONE. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPE CABOCHON DOME CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A LARGE 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.83 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL JET BLACK COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN OPAQUE CLARITY. ONYX IS A BEAUTIFUL MASCULINE GEMSTONE THAT HAS LONG BEEN A FAVORITE AMONG JEWELERS FOR BOTH MENS AND WOMENS JEWELRY. IT IS ONE OF FEW GREAT CHOICES FOR MENS JEWELRY BECAUSE OF ITS MASCULINE APPEARANCE AND DURABILITY. ONYX IS STRONG ENOUGH TO BE WORN IN A MENS RING DAILY AND STAND THE TEST OF TIME....more

NATURAL FACETED HEART CUT PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE MINED FROM CEYLON WITH PPERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO A HEART SHAPE BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. GORGEOUS SATURATED AND VERY VIVID NATURAL PINK COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. GLISTENING DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 5X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.00 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR USE AS A CENTER STONE 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 CUT PALLASITE PERIDOT CUT FROM A RARE FORM OF PALLASITE METEORITE. PERFECTLY FACETED BY SKILLED GEMSTONE CUTTERS INTO AN OVAL BRILLIANT CUT WITH A GOOD CUT GRADE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID GREEN WITH YELLOW UNDERTONES COLOR WITH A NEON LIKE HUE AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WHICH PALLASITE PERIDOT ARE PRIZED FOR. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.18 CARATS WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE EXTREMELY LARGE (IN THE TOP 1%) OF PALLASITE PERIDOT MINED. PALLASITE PERIDOT IS AN EXTREMELY RARE SPECIES OF OLIVINE WHICH FORMS IN ROCKY IRON BASED METEORITES. THESE RARE METEORITES WHICH HAVE AN IRON BASE AND STONEY IMPURITIES ARE EXTREMELY RARE. THE REASON PERIDOT IS ABLE TO FORM IN THESE METEORITES IS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURE AND SLOW COOLING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE CRYSTAL TO FORM AND THE METEORITES HIGH IRON CONTENT WHICH GIVES THE CRYSTALS A GREEN COLOR. IN FACT, PALLASITE METEORITES HAVE SUCH A HIGH IRON CONTENT, THAT THE PERIDOT FOUND WITHIN THEM USUALLY HAVE A MORE MORE SATURATED COLOR. EYE CLEAN SPECIMENS OF PERIDOT FROM PALLASITE METEORITES ARE RARE BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. GEMOLOGISTS PREDICT ABOUT 4-5% OF PALLASITE PERIDOT FOUND IN GEM QUALITY IS EYE CLEAN, THIS MEANS 95% OF THE GEMSTONES WILL CONTAIN INCLUSIONS. AS A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE PALLASITE IS EXPECTED TO CONTAIN INCLUSIONS AND EVEN AAA QUALITY GEMSTONES MAY CONTAIN INCLUSIONS. THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES IS A MEMBER OF THE EXOTIC - ELITE GEMSTONE CLASS WHICH IS VERY SELDOM TALKED ABOUT WITH MEMBERS OF THE RETAIL JEWELRY COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE STONES WITHIN ITS CLASS ARE SO INCREDIBLY RARE AND VALUABLE THEY ARE BEYOND REACH FOR MOST RETAIL CONSUMERS. GEMSTONES FROM THE ELITE/EXOTICS CLASS ARE MOSTLY PURCHASED BY VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE GEMOLOGISTS, SAVVY INVESTORS, CELEBRITY / ROYAL JEWELERS, OR MUSEUMS MAKING THIS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO ADD SUCH AN AMAZING GEMSTONE TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION. PALLASITE PERIDOT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM REGULAR PERIDOT BY MEASURING ITS IRON CONTENT. PALLASITE PERIDOT HAS A MUCH HIGHER AMOUNT OF IRON THAN REGULAR TERRESTRIAL PERIDOT....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PEAR CUT PRECIOUS IMPERIAL TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. FANCY BRILLIANT PEAR CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. EXPLOSIVE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. BEAUTIFUL PEACHISH ORANGE WITH SLIGHT RED UNDERTONES COLOR AND PERFECT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES A BIG 16X12 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 9.15 CARATS MAKING THIS PRECIOUS IMPERIAL TOPAZ OF HEIRLOOM SIZE AND QUALITY. IMPERIAL TOPAZ IS A VERY RARE FORM OF YELLOW, ORANGE, BROWN, OR RED TOPAZ. IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW MEMBERS OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY AND OFTEN COMMANDS THE SAME PER CARAT PRICE OF RUBIES, AND SAPPHIRES OF COMPARABLE QUALITY. IN ORDER TO BE CLASSIFIED AS IMPERIAL, TOPAZ MUST HAVE A NATURALLY OCCURRING COLOR OF THOSE LISTED ABOVE AND HAVE NO TREATMENTS. IMPERIAL TOPAZ IS MOSTLY MINED IN BRAZIL, BUT HAS ALSO BEEN FOUND IN A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS IN MUCH SMALLER QUANTITIES. COLOMBIA AND UTAH ARE TWO SECONDARY SOURCES OF IMPERIAL TOPAZ THAT ARE PRODUCING QUALITIES AS NICE AS BRAZIL. ALL THREE LOCALITIES ARE EQUALLY VALUED....more

NATURAL FACETED RADIANT CUT MERCURY MYSTIC TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. FACETED INTO A FULL RADIANT BRILLIANT CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A HUGE 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 6.28 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND EXPLOSIVE LUSTER AND BRILLIANCE. VIVID CANARY YELLOW BASE HUE WITH STRONG PASTEL MYSTIC COLOR SHIFT MAKING THE GEMSTONE EXPLODE WITH A DIFFERENT PASTEL COLOR OFF EACH FACET ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE GEMSTONE. MERCURY MYSTIC TOPAZ ARE VERY RARE, AND RARELY FOUND IN SIZES THIS LARGE, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH PERFECT FANCY AND INTRICATE CUTS SUCH AS THIS ONE HAS. MERCURY MYSTIC TOPAZ IS A VERY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS COLORLESS BASE COLOR AND VERY STRONG RAINBOW PLAY OF COLOR WHICH REFLECTS OFF EACH DIFFERENT FACET. UNLIKE REGULAR MYSTIC TOPAZ WHICH ARE MOSTLY DARKER COLORS AND GREEN BASE COLOR THIS IS ALL BRIGHT VIVID COLORS SUCH AS PINK, BABY BLUE, YELLOW, AND VIVID PASTEL GREENS. MERCURY TOPAZ GETS ITS NAME FROM THE PLANET MERCURY, AS MOST EXOTIC COLOR SHIFT TOPAZ ARE NAMED AFTER PLANETS. MERCURY MYSTIC TOPAZ IS A STABLE AND DURABLE STONE WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR USE IN ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION AS WELL AS FOR JEWELRY PIECES WHICH WILL BE WORN DAILY....more

NATURAL FACETED OVAL CUT PRECIOUS RUBY MINED FROM MOGOK, BURMA WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY AND PRICELESS VALUE. RUBIES SUCH AS THIS ARE SO INCREDIBLY RARE THEY ARE CONSIDERED IRREPLACEABLE AND COMMAND TOP PRICES FROM COLLECTORS AROUND THE WORLD ASSEMBLING THE FINEST ROYAL COLLECTIONS. FACETED BY HAND INTO AN OVAL NATIVE CUT WITH PRECISION PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER AS ONLY FOUND IN THE WORLDS FINEST RUBIES. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.50 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY WHICH IS ALSO EXTREMELY RARE FOR RUBIES PERFECT PIGEON BLOOD RED SATURATED COLOR WITH A VIVID HUE AND FINEST COLOR RATING. THIS RUBY WAS MINED IN THE LATE 1930'S AND HELD IN SWITZERLAND BY A DIAMOND BUYING GROUP AS AN INVESTMENT GEMSTONE. IT WAS MINED AND EXPORTED WELL BEFORE THE TRADE EMBARGO AND IS COMPLETELY LEGAL TO OWN AND SELL, AND IS ALSO CONFLICT FREE. 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

NATURAL FACETED EMERALD CUT BEAUTIFUL KUNZITE GEMSTONE MINED FROM AFGHANISTAN WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PRECISION FACETED INTO AN EMERALD STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID PASTEL PINKISH PURPLE COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.30 CARATS. THIS KUNZITE IS OF THE FINEST QUALITY MAKING IT PERFECT FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION AS WELL AS INVESTMENT AND COLLECTING PURPOSES. KUNZITE IS A VERY RARE VARIETY OF GEM QUALITY SPODUMENE. IT OCCURS MOSTLY IN PALE PINK HUES. VERY RARELY PURPLE SPECIMENS CAN BE FOUND BUT THEY COMMAND A HIGH PREMIUM. IRRADIATION IS A COMMON TREATMENT USED TO DARKEN COLOR, BUT THIS STONE HAS NOT BEEN TREATED IN ANY MANNER. KUNZITE IS AN EXOTIC GEMSTONE SPECIES WHICH IS GAINING POPULARITY WITH THE PUBLIC. IT IS VERY RARE AND UNTREATED PINK AND PURPLE SPECIMENS COMMAND A PER CARAT PREMIUM IN. AS THE GEMSTONES GET BIGGER THE PRICE PER CARAT RAISES DRASTICALLY SINCDE LARGE SOLITAIRE WORTHY SIZE GEMSTONES ARE MUCH LESS COMMON....more

NATURAL FACETED OVAL CUT BEAUTIFUL KUNZITE GEMSTONE MINED FROM AFGHANISTAN WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PRECISION FACETED INTO AN OVAL BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID PASTEL PINKISH PURPLE COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.29 CARATS. THIS KUNZITE IS OF THE FINEST QUALITY MAKING IT PERFECT FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION AS WELL AS INVESTMENT AND COLLECTING PURPOSES. KUNZITE IS A VERY RARE VARIETY OF GEM QUALITY SPODUMENE. IT OCCURS MOSTLY IN PALE PINK HUES. VERY RARELY PURPLE SPECIMENS CAN BE FOUND BUT THEY COMMAND A HIGH PREMIUM. IRRADIATION IS A COMMON TREATMENT USED TO DARKEN COLOR, BUT THIS STONE HAS NOT BEEN TREATED IN ANY MANNER. KUNZITE IS AN EXOTIC GEMSTONE SPECIES WHICH IS GAINING POPULARITY WITH THE PUBLIC. IT IS VERY RARE AND UNTREATED PINK AND PURPLE SPECIMENS COMMAND A PER CARAT PREMIUM IN. AS THE GEMSTONES GET BIGGER THE PRICE PER CARAT RAISES DRASTICALLY SINCDE LARGE SOLITAIRE WORTHY SIZE GEMSTONES ARE MUCH LESS COMMON. ...more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED OVAL CUT BIXBITE MINED FROM UTAH WITH EXCELLENT AAA QUALITY. FACETED INTO AN OVAL NATIVE CUT WITH A GOOD CUT GRADE. GORGEOUS VIVID YET SATURATED LIPSTICK RED COLOR AND VERY SLIGHTLY INCLUDED TYPE 3 CLARITY WHICH IS EXCELLENT FOR THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES. MEASURES 5X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.48 CARATS. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST QUALITY BIXBITE WE HAVE EVER SOLD MAKING THIS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY GEMSTONE ENTHUSIAST OR JEWELER. BIXBITE WAS VOTED AS THE RAREST GEMSTONE IN THE WORLD IN 2013 BY THE GEMOLOGISTS GUILD AND LOUPE MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY GIA, AND IT WAS FOR GOOD REASON. THIS RARE GEM SPECIES IS A FORM OF BERYL MUCH LIKE AQUAMARINE OR EMERALD ONLY MUCH, MUCH, MORE RARE BECAUSE OF SEVERAL FACTORS. BIXITE IS ONLY FOUND IN UTAH AND CALIFORNIA. THE VERY FEW POCKETS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND CONTAIN VERY LITTLE MATERIAL SO THEIR IS NO COMMERCIAL MINING OPERATIONS IN PLACE, AND LIKELY NEVER WILL BE. THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES IS A TYPE 3 GEM, WHICH MEANS IT IS NEARLY ALWAYS INCLUDED AND EVEN THE FINEST SPECIMENS MAY HAVE EYE VISIBLE INCLUSIONS. EYE CLEAN SPECIMENS ARE VERY RARE, IN FACT GIA ESTIMATES FOR EVERY 1,000 CARATS OF FACETED BIXBITE LESS THAN 1 CARAT OF MATERIAL IS EYE CLEAN! THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES HAS BEEN KNOWN TO SELL FOR TENS, AND EVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT!...more

PERFECTLY MATCHED LOT OF 5 PEAR CUT MYSTIC MARS TOPAZ WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. ALL 5 WERE FACETED TO PRECISION PROPORTIONS TO INSURE A PERFECT MATCH AND HAVE A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. EACH MEASURES 7X5 MM AND THE LOT HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 5.62 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. AMAZING VIVID FIERY ORANGE-RED BASE COLOR WITH VERY STRONG MYSTIC RAINBOW PLAY OF COLOR WHICH MAKES A DIFFERENT COLOR EXPLODE OFF EACH FACET ALL AT THE SAME TIME! VERY STRONG COLOR SHIFTING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MYSTIC MARS TOPAZ IS A VERY UNIQUE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE MYSTIC TOPAZ FAMILY. IT GETS THE ADDED NAME OF "MARS" BECAUSE OF ITS BEAUTIFUL RED AND ORANGE BASE COLOR. WHAT MAKES THIS GEMSTONE SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GEMSTONES WITH RED AND ORANGE COLORS IS ITS SUPER STRONG MYSTIC EFFECT WHICH CAUSES THE GEMSTONE TO REFLECT NEARLY EVERY COLOR YOU CAN THINK OF OFF OF EVERY GEMSTONE FACET AT THE SAME TIME, GIVING THE GEMSTONE THE LOOK OF SHIFTING COLORS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES WHILE SCINTILLATION EXPLODES FROM WITHIN THE STONE FLASHING MANY OTHER COLORS. WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY ALMOST ALWAYS SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OTHER GEMSTONE LIKE IT. MYSTIC TOPAZ IS BECOMING MORE COMMON IN JEWELRY BUT EXOTIC COLORED MYSTIC TOPAZ SUCH AS THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE, DIFFICULT TO FIND, AND VERY EXPENSIVE. ***THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE 5 OF THE MYSTIC MARS TOPAZ PICTURED ABOVE.***...more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED EXTREMELY RARE BLUE SPINEL MINED FROM SRI-LANKA WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A PRINCESS SQUARE SHAPED STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 6X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.29 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND GORGEOUS VIVID DEEP BLUE COLOR. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE LUSTER. VERY BEAUTIFUL, RARE, VALUABLE, AND UNIQUE GEMSTONE. THIS VERY RARE FORM OF BLUE SPINEL WAS RECENTLY FOUND IN A SMALL POCKET LOCATED IN SRI-LANKA AND IS EXPECTED TO ONLY PRODUCE 15,000 - 20,000 CARATS OF GEM QUALITY FACETED MATERIAL MAKING IT EASILY THE RAREST SPINEL SUB SPECIES IN THE WORLD! SPINEL IS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONE SPECIES WHICH HAS BEEN PRIZED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THEY ARE A NATURAL GEMSTONE WITH VERY SIMILAR PROPERTIES TO RUBIES AND SAPPHIRES. MANY INEXPERIENCED GEMSTONE COLLECTORS AND JEWELRY ENTHUSIASTS BELIEVE SPINEL IS A MAN MADE GEMSTONE BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST LABORATORY GROWN SYNTHETICS AND HAS MANY COMMERCIAL USES IN ITEMS SUCH AS WATCH FACES, LASERS, AND CUTTING TOOLS (BECAUSE OF ITS HARDNESS). SPINEL NATURALLY OCCURS IN NEARLY EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE WITH THE MOST PRIZED COLOR BEING RED, FOLLOWED BY BLUE AND PASTELS. SPINEL IN SIZES OVER 0.5 CARATS ARE VERY RARE AND OFTEN RESERVED FOR HIGH END AND CUSTOM MADE PIECES OF JEWELRY. THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES IS ALSO EXCELLENT FOR INVESTMENT AND RESALE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH SELLING PRICE AND LARGE DEMAND FOR GEM QUALITY STONES....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED COLLECTORS GRADE RARE BLUE SPINEL MINED FROM SRI-LANKA WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN EMERALD OCTAGON STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 9X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.15 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND GORGEOUS VIVID DEEP BLUE COLOR. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE LUSTER. VERY BEAUTIFUL, RARE, VALUABLE, AND UNIQUE GEMSTONE. THIS VERY RARE FORM OF BLUE SPINEL WAS RECENTLY FOUND IN A SMALL POCKET LOCATED IN SRI-LANKA AND IS EXPECTED TO ONLY PRODUCE 15,000 - 20,000 CARATS OF GEM QUALITY FACETED MATERIAL MAKING IT EASILY THE RAREST SPINEL SUB SPECIES IN THE WORLD! SPINEL IS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONE SPECIES WHICH HAS BEEN PRIZED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THEY ARE A NATURAL GEMSTONE WITH VERY SIMILAR PROPERTIES TO RUBIES AND SAPPHIRES. MANY INEXPERIENCED GEMSTONE COLLECTORS AND JEWELRY ENTHUSIASTS BELIEVE SPINEL IS A MAN MADE GEMSTONE BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST LABORATORY GROWN SYNTHETICS AND HAS MANY COMMERCIAL USES IN ITEMS SUCH AS WATCH FACES, LASERS, AND CUTTING TOOLS (BECAUSE OF ITS HARDNESS). SPINEL NATURALLY OCCURS IN NEARLY EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE WITH THE MOST PRIZED COLOR BEING RED, FOLLOWED BY BLUE AND PASTELS. SPINEL IN SIZES OVER 0.5 CARATS ARE VERY RARE AND OFTEN RESERVED FOR HIGH END AND CUSTOM MADE PIECES OF JEWELRY. THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES IS ALSO EXCELLENT FOR INVESTMENT AND RESALE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH SELLING PRICE AND LARGE DEMAND FOR GEM QUALITY STONES....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FANCY CUT PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL CHECKERBOARD FACETED CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 18X15 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 16.22 CARATS WHICH IS ENORMOUS FOR THIS ULTRA RARE SPECIES OF GEMSTONE. PALLASITE OF THIS SIZE AND QUALITY IS CONSIDERED PRICELESS BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE, AND THE RECOVERY OF PALLASITE METEORITES HAS DECREASED OVER THE LAST CENTURY. BEAUTIFUL SATURATED YELLOW COLOR AND EXCELLENT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. PALLASITE 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 PALLASITE 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 PALLASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY. THERE ARE MANY SPECIES AND TYPES OF PALLASITE 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

NATURAL AND COMPLETELY UNTREATED FANCY PEAR CUT ZIRCON MINED FROM CAMBODIA WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO PRECISION PROPORTIONS MAKING A FANCY PEAR SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A VERY LARGE 14X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 5.76 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL VIVID GOLDEN HONEY COLOR. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WHICH NATURAL ZIRCON ARE PRIZED FOR. 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 OVAL CABOCHON CUT AMETHYST MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL CABOCHON CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND PREMIUM CUT GRADE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID SATURATED PURPLE COLOR AND NEAR EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 11X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.33 CARATS. AMETHYST IS A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL FORM OF PURPLE QUARTZ WHICH HAS BEEN MINED AND CHERISHED BY MAN FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. SPECIMENS WITH DARK SATURATED COLOR ARE MORE RARE THAN THEIR LIGHTER COUNTERPARTS AND SOUGHT AFTER BY GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS ALIKE. THIS IS A GREAT GEMSTONE SPECIES FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION BECAUSE MOST OF THE PUBLIC IS FAMILIAR WITH THE GEMSTONE. THE MOST PRIZED AMETHYST ARE THOSE MINED FROM AFRICA, BRAZIL, AND SIBERIA. WITH EXTREMELY RARE SPECIMENS SHOWING COLOR CHANGE AND STRONG PLEOCHROIC PROPERTIES. ...more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED ROUND CUT PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A ROUND FACETED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 9X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.79 CARATS WHICH IS THE PERFECT SIZE FOR NEARLY ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. BEAUTIFUL VIVID YELLOW COLOR AND EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN FLAWLESS CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. PALLASITE 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 PALLASITE 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 PALLASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY. THERE ARE MANY SPECIES AND TYPES OF PALLASITE 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