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

*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

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED CITRINE MINED FROM INDIA WITH AMAZING AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A PEAR SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 13X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.55 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND EXCELLENT VIVID PURE YELLOW COLOR. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. UNTREATED CITRINE ARE RARELY FOUND WITH SUCH EXCELLENT SATURATED COLORS MAKING THIS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONE THAT WILL BE PRIZED BY ANY KNOWLEDGEABLE GEMSTONE COLLECTOR OR JEWELER. CITRINE IS A BEAUTIFUL FORM OF QUARTZ WHICH CAN RANGE IN COLOR FROM LIGHT YELLOW TO SATURATED ORANGE. MOST CITRINE IS HEAT TREATED TO IMPROVE ITS COLOR BUT SOME RARE SPECIMENS ARE LEFT UNTREATED WHEN FOUND IN HIGH QUALITIES. CITRINE IS A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR JEWELRY USE AND RESALE DUE TO THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND POPULARITY OF THE GEMSTONES SPECIES. MOST CITRINE IS MINED FROM INDIA AND BRAZIL, BUT CITRINE IS FOUND ON JUST ABOUT EVERY CONTINENT....more

GORGEOUS NATURAL DIFFUSION TREATED PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE MINED FROM SRI-LANKA WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO TRILLION SHAPE BRILLIANT CUT. MEASURES A HUGE 10X10 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 6.11 CARATS. GORGEOUS VIVID ORANGE COLOR W3ITH PINK UNDERTONES AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. BLINDING DIAMOND LIKE LUSTER AND BRILLIANCE. MINED FROM SRI-LANKA AND TREATED AND FACETED IN THE USA. DIFFUSION TREATED SAPPHIRES ARE NATURAL SAPPHIRES THAT HAVE UNDERGONE A SAFE, PERMANENT, AND STABLE TREATMENT TO IMPROVE THEIR COLOR. THE VAST MAJORITY OF FANCY COLORED SAPPHIRES ON THE GEMSTONE AND JEWELRY MARKET HAVE BEEN DIFFUSION TREATED....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED VERY UNIQUE AND RARE COLORLESS TOURMALINE WITH AAA QUALITY MINED FROM BRAZIL. GORGEOUS CRYSTAL CLEAR COLOR AND EXCELLENT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. PERFECTLY CUT INTO A FACETED ROUND BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 8X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.51 CARATS. TOURMALINE IS KNOWN FOR OCCURRING IN A WIDE VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL COLORS, BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THERE IS ALSO A COLORLESS VARIETY OF TOURMALINE. COLORLESS TOURMALINE HAS BEEN FOUND IN MOST PLACES TOURMALINE IS MINED, BUT IS USUALLY ONLY FOUND IN SMALLER HEAVILY INCLUDED CRYSTALS. THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES HAS VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER MAKING IT A GREAT AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO A DIAMOND OR SAPPHIRE, YET STILL HOLDS ITS VALUE VERY WELL MAKING IT STILL AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT FOR THOSE UNABLE TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT....more

25 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

LARGE 25 CARAT TOTAL WEIGHT WHOLESALE MYSTIC TOPAZ PARCEL PUT TOGETHER SPECIFICALLY FOR INVESTORS, RESELLERS, AND JEWELERS. THIS VERY VALUABLE, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE.. EACH GEMSTONE RANGES IN SIZE FROM 1/2 - 10 CARATS EACH. ALL OF THE GEMSTONES ARE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST AAA QUALITY WITH FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY, VERY STRONG RAINBOW SHIFT COLOR, STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER, AS WELL AS PREMIUM CUT GRADES. THIS PARCEL WILL BE TAKEN AT RANDOM FROM A LARGER PARCEL, THE PICTURES BELOW ARE OF GEMSTONES RANDOMLY TAKEN FROM THE EXACT SAME PARCEL AND ARE AN EXACT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE. THESE ARE THE SAME BEAUTIFUL MYSTIC TOPAZ WE SELL SEPARATELY FOR $30-100 EACH IN OUR AUCTIONS!...more

VERY RARE AND VALUABLE PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF ANT HILL PERIDOT PROSPECTED IN ARIZONA. FACETED IN ARIZONA BY SKILLED GEMSTONE CUTTERS INTO FACETED ROUND BRILLIANT CUTS WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. MEASURES 5X5 MM EACH WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 1.25 CARATS WHICH IS ENORMOUS FOR THIS RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES SINCE THE CRYSTALS MUST BE CARRIED TO EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BLINDING DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. BEAUTIFUL VIVID NEON LIKE GREEN COLOR WITH VERY STRONG YELLOW UNDERTONES. ANT HILL PERIDOT ARE AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF PERIDOT WHICH IS MINED BY INDEPENDANT PROSPECTORS IN ARIZONA. THE ROUGH CRYSTALS ARE FOUND ATOP ANT HILL MOUNDS AND ARE CARRIED TO THE EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS BULDING LARGE COLONIES. SINCE THE CRYSTALS MUST BE SMALL ENOUGH TO BE MOVED BY INSECTS GEMSTONES OVER 0.25 CARATS ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ARIZONA ANT HILL PERIDOT IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND MOST DESIRABLE PERIDOT IN THE WORLD....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 9X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.15 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 PRECIOUS EMERALD MINED FROM THE MUZO MINE IN COLOMBIA.. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO A PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED OVAL FACETED CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. NEAR EYE CLEAN CLARITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE SUCH AS EMERALDS ARE. BEAUTIFUL ULTRA VIVID SATURATED GREEN WITH SLIGHT BLUE UNDERTONES COLOR AND A GLOWING HUE. ONLY THE WORLD FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS HAVE THIS COLOR, AND ITS WHY COLOMBIA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN TO PRODUCE THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WHICH IS ALSO EXTREMELY RARE FOR EMERALDS. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.03 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 PRECIOUS IMPERIAL TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL. FACETED INTO A PEAR SHAPED CABOCHON WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A GOOD CUT GRADE. EXPLOSIVE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. BEAUTIFUL PEACHISH ORANGE WITH SLIGHT PINK AND COGNAC UNDERTONES COLOR. AMAZING NEAR EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES A BIG 14X12 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 6.14 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 AND UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A CUSTOM 1 OF A KIND TRILLION CLIPPED CORNER SHAPE STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 8X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.43 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID ICE BLUE 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

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED AAA QUALITY TOURMALINE MINED FROM BRAZIL. FANCY 1 OF A KIND FACETED STEP CUT WITH CHECKERBOARD TOP AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL CUT. MEASURES AN ENORMOUS 16X14 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 11.17 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL PASTEL GREEN COLOR WITH VIVID HUE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. THIS TOURMALINE IS OF AMAZING QUALITY AND HUGE SIZE MAKING IT A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND JEWELRY USE. TOURMALINE IS A VERY POPULAR GEMSTONE AMONG JEWELERS, COLLECTORS, AND INVESTORS ALIKE BECAUSE OF ITS AMAZING BEAUTY, RARITY, AND VALUE. TOURMALINE CAN BE FOUND IN EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW WITH PINK AND GREEN BEING THE MOST POPULAR. SINCE THIS SPECIES OF GEMSTONE IS CONSIDERED A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE IT IS RARELY FOUND IN EYE CLEAN CLARITY. TYPE 3 GEMSTONES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTAIN EYE VISIBLE INCLUSIONS AND CLARITY CHARACTERISTICS DO NOT EFFECT VALUE NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT WOULD WITH OTHER GEMSTONE SPECIES. EYE CLEAN TOURMALINE IN SIZES OVER 2.5 CARATS ARE CONSIDERED VERY RARE AND OFTEN RETAIL FOR OVER $300 A CARAT. TOURMALINE IS SOMETIMES HEAT TREATED TO IMPROVE COLOR, BUT THEIR IS CURRENTLY NO WAY TO TELL IF A TOURMALINE HAS BEEN ENHANCED USING HEAT. IF WE ADVERTISE A TOURMALINE AS UNHEATED IT IS BECAUSE WE EITHER CONSIGNED THE GEMSTONE AS ROUGH AND HAD THE STONE CUT AND ARE AWARE OF ANY TREATMENTS, OR WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THROUGH DOCUMENTATION THAT THE STONE IS UNHEATED. TOURMALINE IS MINED FROM EVERY CONTINENT IN THE WORLD WITH THE MOST PRIZED SPECIMENS COMING FROM BRAZIL, THE U.S.A., KENYA, TANZANIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND PAKISTAN. TOURMALINE HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY RISING IN PRICE FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES BECAUSE NO NEW LARGE DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND THE DEMAND FOR GEM QUALITY MATERIAL GROWS EVERY YEAR. THIS MAKES THE GEMSTONE VERY DESIRABLE AMONG INVESTORS, AND ALSO A GREAT CHOICE FOR JEWELRY LOVERS SINCE IT NOT ONLY RETAINS ITS VALUE BUT RETURNS A PROFIT EVERYDAY YOU OWN IT! THERE ARE MANY SUBSPECIES OF TOURMALINE SUCH AS RUBALITE, INDICOLITE, PARAIBA, AND MORE. THESE SUBSPECIES FORM WHEN CHEMICAL IMPURITIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE NATURAL FORMATION AND GROWTH OF THE TOURMALINE. ALL TOURMALINE WE SELL IS TESTED AND LISTED AS THE SUB-SPECIES IF APPLICABLE....more

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 1 OF A KIND MUSEUM QUALITY COPPER BEARING PARAIBA TOURMALINE MINED FROM PARAIBA BRAZIL. THIS PRICELESS GEMSTONE IS THE ONLY BI COLOR PARAIBA TOURMALINE IN AAA QUALITY AND THESE COLORS THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN, AND LIKELY EXISTS. AMAZING SATURATED BLUE WITH SLIGHT GREEN OVERTONES COMBINED WITH A DARK SATURATED GRAPE PURPLE COLOR. UNLIKE MOST BICOLOR TOURMALINE THIS SPECIMEN WAS CUT SO THE PURPLE COLOR IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE GEMSTONE AND THE BLUE ON TOP (MOST BICOLOR TOURMALINE ARE CUT WITH THE COLORS SIDE BY SIDE, THIS ONE IS ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER). THIS COMBINED WITH THE GEMSTONES FANCY OVAL MILLENNIUM CUT MAKES THE GEMSTONE APPEAR TO CHANGE COLORS. ITS SATURATED BLUE BASE COLOR EXPLODES WITH PURPLE WHEN WARM LIGHT SOURCES ARE PRESENT, THEN MORE OF A GREENISH BLUE IN COOLER LIGHT SOURCES. THIS GEMSTONE WAS PERFECTLY FACETED AND HAS A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A HUGE 21X15 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 18.39 CARATS. MINED FROM THE PARAIBA MINE IN BRAZIL AND CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF COPPER IMPURITIES VISIBLE UNDER A CHELSEA FILTER. THIS GEMSTONE IS WORTHY OF SOME OF THE WORLDS FINEST ROYAL GEMSTONE DISPLAYS AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE RAREST GEMSTONE WE HAVE EVER SOLD AND IS SURE TO DRAW A TON OF ATTENTION. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND PERFECT SATURATED COLORS. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE 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 TOURMALINE APART FROM REGULAR TOURMALINE IS THE PRESENCE OF COPPER IN ITS CHEMICAL 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

25 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 FANCY MYSTIC RAINBOW TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. CUSTOM FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPE BRILLIANT CUT. THE CUT WAS MADE TO EXACT PROPORTIONS AND HAS A PERFECT IDEAL CUT GRADE. MEASURES A BIG 16X12 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 7.60 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 FACETED EMERALD CUT FIERY ANT HILL GARNET MINED FROM ARIZONA WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OCTAGON SHAPE EMERALD STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.12 CARATS WHICH IS VERY LARGE FOR THIS EXTREMELY RARE SPECIES OF GEMSTONE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL SATURATED FIERY RED COLOR. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE A RARE FORM OF GARNET WHICH ARE ALWAYS COLLECTED BY PRIVATE PROSPECTORS AND ROCK HOUNDS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ANY COMMERCIAL GATHERING PROCESSES FOR THIS ELUSIVE GEMSTONE IN PLACE. ANT HILL GARNETS GET THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY ARE FOUND ATOP ANT HILL MOUNDS THROUGHOUT THE DESSERTS IN ARIZONA. ANTS ACTUALLY CARRY THE ROUGH CRYSTALS TO THE TOP OF EARTHS SURFACE SO THEY CAN BUILD THEIR UNOBSTRUCTED COLONIES UNDERGROUND. SINCE THE CRYSTALS ARE ACTUALLY CARRIED TO THE SURFACE BY INSECTS THEY ARE RARELY FOUND IN SIZES OVER 0.25 CARATS (AFTER FACETING). ANT HILL GARNETS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR AMAZING CLARITY, BRILLIANCE, AND STUNNING COLOR. RANGING IN PINK, ORANGE, AND RED HUES, WHICH MAKES THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO MATCH....more

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF 2 NATURAL AND UNTREATED ROUND CUT PALLASITE PERIDOT CUT FROM A RARE FORM OF PALLASITE METEORITE. BOTH GEMSTONES HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY FACETED BY SKILLED GEMSTONE CUTTERS INTO ROUND BRILLIANT CUTS WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADES. 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. EACH OF THESE ULTRA RARE GEMSTONES MEASURE 5X5 MM WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 1.19 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

VERY RARE AND VALUABLE OVAL FACETED CUT ANT HILL PERIDOT PROSPECTED IN ARIZONA. FACETED IN ARIZONA BY SKILLED GEMSTONE CUTTERS INTO AN OVAL FACETED CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.26 CARATS WHICH IS ENORMOUS FOR THIS RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES SINCE THE CRYSTALS MUST BE CARRIED TO EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BLINDING DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. BEAUTIFUL VIVID NEON LIKE GREEN COLOR WITH VERY STRONG YELLOW UNDERTONES. ANT HILL PERIDOT ARE AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF PERIDOT WHICH IS MINED BY INDEPENDANT PROSPECTORS IN ARIZONA. THE ROUGH CRYSTALS ARE FOUND ATOP ANT HILL MOUNDS AND ARE CARRIED TO THE EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS BULDING LARGE COLONIES. SINCE THE CRYSTALS MUST BE SMALL ENOUGH TO BE MOVED BY INSECTS GEMSTONES OVER 0.25 CARATS ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ARIZONA ANT HILL PERIDOT IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND MOST DESIRABLE PERIDOT IN THE WORLD....more

PERFECTLY MATCHED LOT OF 8 PEAR CUT MYSTIC MARS TOPAZ WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. ALL 8 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 9.06 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....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A FANCY PEAR SHAPED - CHECKERBOARD TOP BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 26X17 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 26.54 CARATS WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS FOR THIS ULTRA RARE SPECIES OF GEMSTONE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID CANARY 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 UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPED - CHECKERBOARD TOP BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 23X17 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 17.23 CARATS WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS FOR THIS ULTRA RARE SPECIES OF GEMSTONE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID CANARY 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

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS PERFET QUALITY FANCY OVAL MILLENNIUM LASER FACETED CUT INDICOLITE TOURMALINE. OUTSTANDING PRICELESS MUSEUM QUALITY. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE OF THIS SIZE IS NOT EVEN LISTED ON THE COLORED GEMSTONE INDEX BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE!! COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. ENORMOUS 21X14 MM SIZE WITH A WEIGHT OF 18.42 CARATS MAKING THIS BY FAR THE LARGEST INDICOLITE TOURMALINE WE HAVE EVER SOLD! FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND SATURATED BLUE COLOR WITH VERY VERY SLIGHT PURPLE AND GREEN UNDERTONES AND A VERY VIBRANT, VIVID, AND BRIGH HUE. THIS INDICOLITE TOURMALINE HAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST COLOR, CLARITY, CUT, AND BRILLIANCE RATINGS AND IS ALSO VERY LARGE MAKING IT COMPLETELY IRREPLACEABLE. WHEN GEMSTONES ARE LISTED AS IRREPLACEABLE ON THE COLORED GEMSTONE INDEX THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SO RARE THAT THEY ARE PRICELESS. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FINEST GEMSTONES OF EVEN THE WORLDS FINEST ROYAL GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS AND WILL MAKE AN HEIRLOOM QUALITY PIECE OF JEWELRY. THIS GORGEOUS INDICOLITE TOURMALINE WAS MINED FROM THE DOCE VALLEY IN BRAZIL AND FACETED BY A THIRD GENERATION GEMSTONE CUTTER AND GEMOLOGIST IN PARAIBA BRAZIL. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE IS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE SUBSPECIES OF TOURMALINE EHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS AMAZING BLUE COLOR. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE IS A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE WHICH MEANS IT IS VERY RARELY FOUND WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. GEMSTONES WEIGHING OVER 0.25 CARATS WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY UNCOMMON AND MAKE UP LESS THAN 1 % OF THE FACETED INDICOLITE EVER MINED. THIS RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES IS MOST OFTEN MINED FROM BRAZIL BUT COUPLE OTHER DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN AFRICA WHICH ARE ALSO PRODUCING INDICOLITE. THIS FORM OF TOURMALINE HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WHICH MAKES IT DISTINGUISHABLE FROM STANDARD TOURMALINE....more

BIG WHOLESALE PARCEL THAT ONLY CONSISTS OF PRECIOUS RUBIES, EMERALDS, IMPERIAL TOPAZ, AND SAPPHIRES. THESE GEMSTONES ARE ALL GEM QUALITY AND WORTHY OF JEWELRY USE. THE SIZE OF EACH GEMSTONE WILL VERY FROM 0.10 CARATS UP TO 2.50 CARATS. WE HAVE A LARGE PARCEL OF A FEW THOUSAND CARATS OF THESE PRECIOUS GEMSTONES, WHICH WERE MOSTLY SALVAGED FROM JEWELRY BEING MELTED FOR SCRAP, AND FROM JEWELRY WHOLESALER LIQUIDATIONS. WE WILL TAKE A RANDOM 100 CARAT SCOOP OUT OF THIS LOT AND SHIP IT TO YOU. THE PARCELS ARE UNSORTED AND HAVE NOT BEEN SEARCHED. DUE TO THE NATURAL OF THESE LOOSE WHOLESALE PARCELS IT CAN BE EXPECTED TO FIND A FEW CHIPPED OR SCRATCHED STONES BUT THIS IS USUALLY ONLY 2-4 % OR LESS OF THE LOT. WITH PRECIOUS GEMSTONES HAVING WHOLESALE VALUES STARTING IN THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT PRICE RANGE THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTORS AND RESELLERS. THE GEMSTONES PICTURED BELOW WERE TAKEN AT RANDOM FROM THE LOT YOUR PARCEL WILL COME FROM TO SHOW AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE....more