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

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF PEAR CUT MYSTIC MARS TOPAZ WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. BOTH WERE FACETED TO PRECISION PROPORTIONS TO INSURE A PERFECT MATCH AND HAVE A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. EACH MEASURES 7X5 MM AND HAVE A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 2.38 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. AMAZING VIVID FIERY ORANGE 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 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 AN EXCELLENT CUT GRADE. MEASURES 7X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.56 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL SATURATED BLOOD RED COLOR AND VERY GOOD VVS 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 TANZANITE LOOSE GEMSTONE WITH EXCELLENT INVESTMENT QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A ROUND SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. GORGEOUS VIVID LILAC PURPLE COLOR WITH STRONG BLUE UNDERTONES AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 5X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.60 CARATS. TANZANITE IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND POPULAR GEMSTONES IN THE OPEN 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. THIS HAS CAUSED THE PRICE OF TANZANITE (IN AAA QUALITIES OVER 2 CARATS) TO RAISE FROM $50 A CARAT WHOLESALE (IN 1990) TO $1,200 A CARAT WHOLESALE (IN 2014). THE PRICE OF TANZANITE IS PROJECTED TO BREAK $2,000 BY 2020 AND BE OVER $4,000 A CARAT BY 2030, AND THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION EITHER! THE VALUE AND RARITY OF THIS GEMSTONE MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST GEMSTONES IN THE WORLD FOR INVESTMENT AND RESALE APPLICATIONS....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.01 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID SKY 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

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS RUBY ROUGH CRYSTAL SLAB OF PRICELESS VALUE AND MUSEUM RARITY. MEASURES AN ENORMOUS 15X14 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 24.30 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID BRIGHT RED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN OPAQUE CLARITY. THIS GEM WAS EXPORTED TO EGYPT THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO IN ITS ROUGH STATE FROM INDIA OR PAKISTAN. THIS RUBY WAS UNEARTHED APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO DURING AN ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION ON A VAULT WHICH WAS USED BY ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRIESTS TO MAKE BURIAL ORNAMENTS AND SARCOPHAGUS'S DECORATED IN ORNATE GEMSTONES AND OTHER PRECIOUS MATERIALS. THIS STONE WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND BY THE EXCAVATION TEAM IN ITS ROUGH SHAPE.IN WHICH IT REMAINS NOW. IN AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE MONEY FOR FURTHER EXCAVATIONS THE TEAM DECIDED TO SELL SOME OF THE GEMSTONES RECOVERED, INCLUDING THIS ONE.. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN A FINE JEWELRY AND GEMSTONE AUCTION IN FRANCE. AMONG THE GEMSTONE SPECIES FOUND WERE LAPIS, RUBIES, SAPPHIRE, SPINEL, CITRINE, EMERALD, AND GARNET. THE CURRENT OWNER PURCHASED ABOUT 20 OF THESE ANCIENT GEMSTONES AND HAS BEEN SELLING THEM IN OUR AUCTIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED CHRYSOBERYL MINED FROM THE URAL MOUNTAINS IN RUSSIA WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. MEASURES 12X10 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 4.68 CARATS. EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY FACETED OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PERFECT PREMIUM CUT GRADE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND SATURATED VIBRANT NEON LIKE YELLOW COLOR. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. THIS GEMSTONE IS OF THE ABSOLUTE FINEST QUALITY AND IS WORTHY OF HEIRLOOM QUALITY JEWELRY APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS THE FINEST GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD. WE COMB THE EARTH FOR THE WORLDS FINEST QUALITY AND RAREST GEMSTONES TO BRING TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THIS INCREDIBLE SPECIMEN IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW WELL OUR EFFORTS CAN PAY OFF! CHRYSOBERYL IS A VERY RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES WHICH IS MINED AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE MOST NOTABLE REGIONS BEING RUSSIA, INDIA, AND BRAZIL. A RARE FORM OF COLOR CHANGE CHRYSOBERYL KNOWN AS ALEXANDRITE IS PRIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE GEMSTONES IN THE WORLD. REGULAR CHRYSOBERYL IS MOSTLY FOUND IN GREEN, YELLOW, AND BROWN COLORS BUT SOME RARE SPECIMENS HAVE OTHER HUES SUCH AS GREEN, RED, PURPLE, BLUE, AND MANY MORE. THIS RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONE SPECIES HAS A HIGH REFRACTIVITY WHICH MAKES ITS LUSTER AND BRILLIANCE OUTSTANDING....more

NATURAL FACETED EMERALD 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 EMERALD OCTAGON CUT WITH PRECISION PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER AS ONLY FOUND IN THE WORLDS FINEST RUBIES. MEASURES 6X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.70 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 GORGEOUS KUNZITE GEMSTONE MINED FROM THE FAMOUS OCEAN VIEW MINE IN CALIFORNIA. GEMSTONES FROM THIS LOCATION ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND OFTEN COMMAND OVER TEN TIMES THE PRICE OF KUNZITE MINED FROM OTHER LOCATIONS. FOR THIS REASON THEY ARE RESERVED FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS AND OFTEN REQUIRE AN INSIDE CONNECTION IN THE GEMSTONE INDUSTRY TO EVEN BUY! THIS GEMSTONE HAS PERFECT AAA QUALITY. SKILLFULLY FACETED INTO AN OCTAGON SHAPED STEP (EMERALD) CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. BEAUTIFUL VIVID PINKISH PURPLE COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EXPLODES WITH BLINDING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 9X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.53 CARATS. THIS KUNZITE IS OF THE FINEST QUALITY AND IS FROM THE MOST PRIZED LOCATION MAKING IT PERFECT FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION AS WELL AS INVESTMENT AND COLLECTING PURPOSES. THE OCEAN VIEW MINE IS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST, AND RAREST KUNZITE SPECIMENS AND MUCH INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AND IN PUBLISHED LITERATURE ABOUT THE PRIZED MINE. 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. AS THE GEMSTONES GET BIGGER THE PRICE PER CARAT RAISES DRASTICALLY SINCE LARGE SOLITAIRE WORTHY SIZE GEMSTONES ARE MUCH LESS COMMON....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO AN OCTAGON SHAPED EMERALD STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.10 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID 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 IN ITS RAW FORM AND HAS MANY CHUNKS OF COLORED GEMSTONES THROUGHOUT ITS STRUCTURE. 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

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF FACETED OVAL CUT TANZANITE MINED FROM TANZANIA AFRICA. BOTH GEMSTONES HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY FACETED INTO OVAL BRILLIANT CUTS WITH PREMIUM CUT GRADES. GORGEOUS VIVID BLUE WITH STRONG PURPLE OVERTONES COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. BOTH HAVE VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. EACH GEMSTONE MEASURES 7X5 MM AND THE PAIR HAVE A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 1.68 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. THIS HAS CAUSED THE PRICE OF TANZANITE (IN AAA QUALITIES OVER 2 CARATS) TO RAISE FROM $50 A CARAT WHOLESALE (IN 1990) TO $1,200 A CARAT WHOLESALE (IN 2014). THE PRICE OF TANZANITE IS PROJECTED TO BREAK $2,000 BY 2020 AND BE OVER $4,000 A CARAT BY 2030, AND THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION EITHER! THE VALUE AND RARITY OF THIS GEMSTONE MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST GEMSTONES IN THE WORLD FOR INVESTMENT AND RESALE APPLICATIONS....more

COMPLETELY NATURAL CITRINE MINED FROM INDIA WITH AMAZING AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A PEAR SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 14X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.59 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND EXCELLENT SATURATED GOLDEN YELLOW COLOR. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE 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 SUCH AS THIS ONE 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

VERY RARE AND UNIQUE FANCY COLOR SHIFTING MYSTIC GRADE TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. FACETED IN THE USA INTO AN OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A LARGE 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 4.79 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL SATURATED DARK PURPLE BASE COLOR WITH VERY STRONG COLOR SHIFTING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. EACH MOVEMENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE CREATES AN EXPLOSION OF RAINBOW HUES, CAUSING A DIFFERENT COLOR TO REFLECT OFF OF EACH FACET. MYSTIC GRADE TOPAZ IS A VERY UNCOMMON, RARE, AND VALUABLE FORM OF MYSTIC TOPAZ KNOWN FOR ITS DARK SATURATED PURPLE BASE COLOR AND VERY STRONG BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE, RED, AND ORANGE ALTERNATING LUSTER AND BRILLIANCE. MYSTIC GRAPE TOPAZ IS SOLD IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES AND HAS A HUGE DEMAND MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THE LOOSE GEMSTONE MARKET. MYSTIC GRAPE TOPAZ IS A VERY STABLE AND DURABLE GEMSTONE MAKING IT THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION INCLUDING PIECES THAT WILL BE WORN DAILY....more

AAA QUALITY NATURAL AND UNTREATED PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE MINED FROM CEYLON. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO A FANCY FREEHAND NATIVE CUSHION CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS. PERFECTLY COLORLESS WITH FLAWLESS CLARITY AND BLINDING DIAMOND LIKE LUSTER. MEASURES A LARGE 7X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.71 CARATS. THIS SAPPHIRE IS OF THE ABSOLUTE FINEST QUALITY AND HAS NOT BEEN TREATED OR ENHANCED IN ANY MANNER GREATLY INCREASING BOTH ITS RARITY AND VALUE! 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 PALLASITE PERIDOT CUT FROM A RARE FORM OF PALLASITE METEORITE. PERFECTLY FACETED BY SKILLED GEMSTONE CUTTERS INTO AN OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH AN EXCELLENT 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 1.19 CARATS WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE EXTREMELY LARGE (IN THE TOP 1%) OF ALL 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

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF NATURAL AND UNTREATED PRECIOUS RUBIES MINED FROM AFGHANISTAN. THESE RUBIES HAVE THE VIVID FLOURESCENT HOT PINK COLOR WHICH RECENTLY SENT GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS INTO A FRENZY WHEN DISCOVERED IN A REMOTE POPPY FARMING REGION. THE SOURCE FOUND WAS EXGTREMELY SMALL AND ONLY PRODECED ABOUT 10,000 CARATS OF GEM GRADE RUBIES WHICH IS NOTHING WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER SOURCES THAT PRODUCE TENS OF MILLIONS OF CARATS. EACH OF THESE PERFECT AAA QUALITY GEMSTONES MEASURE 5X3 MM AND THE PAIR HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 0.69 CARATS. PERFECT VIVID HOT PINK COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY, VERY, STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. RUBIES FROM THIS SOURCE ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE ONLY TIME WE WILL EVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO OFFER THEM SO DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY....more

NATURAL TANZANITE LOOSE GEMSTONE WITH EXCELLENT INVESTMENT QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO A ROUND SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. GORGEOUS VIVID LILAC PURPLE COLOR WITH STRONG BLUE UNDERTONES AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 10X10 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.65 CARATS. TANZANITE IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND POPULAR GEMSTONES IN THE OPEN 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. THIS HAS CAUSED THE PRICE OF TANZANITE (IN AAA QUALITIES OVER 2 CARATS) TO RAISE FROM $50 A CARAT WHOLESALE (IN 1990) TO $1,200 A CARAT WHOLESALE (IN 2014). THE PRICE OF TANZANITE IS PROJECTED TO BREAK $2,000 BY 2020 AND BE OVER $4,000 A CARAT BY 2030, AND THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION EITHER! THE VALUE AND RARITY OF THIS GEMSTONE MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST GEMSTONES IN THE WORLD FOR INVESTMENT AND RESALE APPLICATIONS....more

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED MUSEUM QUALITY PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH TRUE PRICELESS VALUE AND PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY CUSTOM FACETED INTO A PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED OCTAGON EMERALD SHAPED LASER MILLENNIUM CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A HUGE 20X13 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 21.05 CARATS MAKING THIS ONE OF THE LARGEST FACETED PALLASITE GEMSTONES WE HAVE SOLD THIS YEAR. THIS IS TRULY ONE OF, IF NOT THE RAREST GEMSTONE SPECIES IN THE WORLD OF THIS SIZE! PALLASITE THIS LARGE ARE ONLY FOUND IN MUSEUM DISPLAYS AND ROYAL COLLECTIONS MAKING THIS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR RETAIL BUYERS! BEAUTIFUL SATURATED ORANGISH YELLOW COLOR WITH A VIBRANT HUE AND PERFECT 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 ULTRA RARE ZOISITE (UNTREATED TANZANITE) MINED FROM TANZANIA AFRICA. THIS GEMSTONE IS OF THE ABSOLUTE FINEST AAA QUALITY. MEASURES 20X15 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 11.96 CARATS. COMPLETELY FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WITH GORGEOUS RED FLASHES OF LUSTER WHICH ARE ONLY FOUND IN THE FINEST ZOISITE/TANZANITE IN THE WORLD. THIS GEMSTONE IS SURE TO IMPRESS ANYBODY PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO SEE IT AND IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY ZOISITE WE HAVE EVER SOLD. TANZANITE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED AND MARKETED BY TIFFANY & CO. WHICH WAS AND STILL IS ONE OF THE WORLDS FINEST AND MOST RECOGNIZED NAMES IN JEWELRY. THIS TANZANITE WAS MINED IN THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE GEMSTONE. PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM THE CUTTING CENTER TIFFANY CONTRACTED IN 1967 TO FACET THEIR TANZANITE GEMSTONES. MINED FROM A TIFFANY OWNED CLAIM WHICH IS NOW PART OF THE DEPLETED D-BLOCK MINE. THIS STONE HAS NOT BEEN HEAT TREATED SO IT DOES NOT HAVE THE PURPLE AND BLUE HUES TANZANITE IS KNOWN FOR. THIS STONE WAS MINED DURING A TIME WHEN THE CUTTING CENTERS WERE STILL SELLING TANZANITE AS ZOISITE TO FOOL THE PUBLIC INTO THINKING THEY WERE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STONES WITH TANZANITE BEING WORTH 20-15 TIMES MORE PER CARAT. THIS WAS A GENIUS MARKETING PLAN SINCE A COMPANY WAS ABLE TO TAKE A GEMSTONE AND TREAT IT (WHICH LOWERS THE VALUE OF EVERY GEMSTONE IN THE WORLD!) AND SELL IT FOR MORE.AS SOON AS THE PUBLIC STARTED LEARNING TANZANITE WAS IN FACT HEAT TREATED ZOISITE THE MINES AND CUTTING CENTERS ENDED THE SALE OF ZOISITE COMPLETELY, OR RAISING THE PRICES TO THE SAME AS TANZANITES SO MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT BUY IT. ZOISITE IS THE SAME SPECIES OF GEMSTONE AS TANZANITE. WHEN TIFFANY AND CO FOUND AND PATENTED TANZANITE IN THE 1960'S THEY PATENTED THE PURPLISH BLUE HEAT TREATED ZOISITE. ALL TANZANITE IS BROWN, GREEN, OR YELLOW, WHEN MINED. WHILE ZOISITE'S BROWN COLOR MAY NOT BE AS APPEALING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, MANY GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS PREFER THE NATURAL ZOISITE TO THE HEAVILY TREATED TANZANITE, AND MANY RETAIL BUYERS LIKE KNOWING THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF TREATING THE STONE LATER ON OR LEAING IT NATURAL. THE HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND CAN BE DONE BY ANYBODY, YET WE RECOMMEND PAYING A PROFESSIONAL TO DO IT SINCE IT TYPICALLY COSTS LESS THAN $5 A CARAT....more

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED SPHENE LOOSE GEMSTONE OF PRICELESS VALUE AND MUSEUM QUALITY MINED FROM FRANCE. FACETED INTO A FULL BRILLIANT CUT IN AN OVAL SHAPE WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. VERY VIVID LEMON YELLOW COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES AN ENORMOUS 20X15 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 19.35 CARATS. SPHENE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE GEMSTONE PRIZED FOR ITS HIGH REFRACTIVITY, WHICH GIVES IT AMAZING BRILLIANCE. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY GEMSTONE SPECIES WITH A HIGHER REFRACTIVE INDEX THAN A DIAMOND. SPHENE IS RARELY FOUND IN EYE CLEAN CLARITIES MAKING SPECIMENS WITH OUTSTANDING CLARITY SUCH AS THIS ONE VERY RARE AND PRIZED AMONG THE GEMSTONE/JEWELRY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. OFTEN FOUND IN SIZES WEIGHING BETWEEN 0.05 CARATS AND 0.25 CARATS IN SIZE WHICH MAKES ANY GEMSTONE OVER 0.30 CARATS VERY RARE. GEMSTONES OVER 1 CARAT ARE OFTEN NOT EVEN SOLD TO THE PUBLIC WHEN DISPLAYING EYE CLEAN CLARITY....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 AN EXCELLENT CUT GRADE. MEASURES 6X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.40 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL SATURATED BLOOD RED COLOR AND VERY GOOD VVS 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

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED PERFECT AAA QUALITY MORGANITE (PINK BERYL) MINED FROM THE SANTA MARIA MINE IN BRAZIL. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A HUGE16X12 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 7.79 CARATS MAKING THIS BEAUTIFUL MORGANITE OF BOTH INVESTMENT SIZE AND QUALITY. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND GORGEOUS VIVID AND VIBRANT PASTEL PINK COLOR. EXPLODES WITH VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST QUALITY, AND LARGEST MORGANITE WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL AND IS SURE TO IMPRESS ANY GEMSTONE LOVER WHO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING IT IN PERSON. THIS GEMSTONE IS MUCH MORE PRETTIER IN PERSON THAN IN THE PICTURES. THE GEMSTONES BRILLIANCE WAS MAKING THE PHOTOS NOT TURN OUT WELL. MORGANITE IS A RARE FORM OF PINK BERYL WHICH IS SIMILAR (BUT MUCH MORE RARE) TO AQUAMARINE. MOSTLY MINED FROM BRAZIL AND AFRICA BUT IS FOUND IN A HANDFUL OF OTHER LOCATIONS. MORGANITE MORGANITE IS A RARE MEMBER OF THE EXOTIC GEMSTONE CLASS. MOSTLY RESERVED FOR COLLECTORS AND EDUCATED BUYERS BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY AND VALUE. AS WITH MOST GEMSTONE SPECIES THE DARKER THE GEMSTONES HUE THE MORE VALUABLE AND RARE IT IS. MOST MORGANITE HAS A NEAR COLORLESS VERY LIGHT PINK TINT, WHILE HIGH QUALITY PIECES HAVE A MORE SATURATED BUBBLE GUM TYPE PINK COLOR....more

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS PERFET AAA MUSEUM 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 20X13 MM SIZE WITH A WEIGHT OF 14.31 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 GREEN UNDERTONES AND A VERY VIBRANT, VIVID, AND BRIGHT 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