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 COIN, 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 $35. WE OFFER A DISCOUNT ON MULTIPLE DOCUMENTATION PURCHASES. 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 MERCURY MYSTIC TOPAZ MINED FROM BRAZIL WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPED FULL BRILLIANT CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A HUGE 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 4.18 CARATS. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND EXPLOSIVE LUSTER AND BRILLIANCE. COLORLESS BASE HUE WITH STRONG MYSTIC RAINBOW COLOR SHIFT MAKING THE GEMSTONE EXPLODE WITH A DIFFERENT PASTEL COLOR OFF EACH FACET ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THIS SI 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

COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED ASPIANITE MINED FROM ASTANA. ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. FACETED IN BELGIUM BY SOME OF THE WORLDS MOST TALENTED DIAMOND CUTTERS. CUT INTO A ROUND SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A BIG 5X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.60 CARATS WHICH IS VERY LARGE FOR THIS HYPER-RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES. PERFECTLY COLORLESS HUE AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY WHICH IS ALSO VERY RARE IN ASPIANITE OF THIS SIZE. ASPIANITE IS THOUSANDS OF TIMES MORE RARE THAN DIAMONDS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE TO OWN ONE. PERFECT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND COMPLETELY COLORLESS HUE. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER CAUSED BY THIS RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES HIGH REFRACTIVITY. ASPIANITE IS A VERY, VERY RARE COLORLESS GEMSTONE THAT ONLY COMES FROM 1 LOCATION IN THE WORLD. MINED FROM AVAGOZ, ASTANA WHICH IS A COUNTRY LOCATED NEAR RUSSIA. LESS THAN 5,000 CARATS OF FACETED MATERIAL ARE MINED A YEAR OF THIS GEMSTONE. THE GEMSTONE FORMS IN MARBLE DEPOSITS AND HAS A VERY RECOGNIZABLE DOUBLE TERMINATED CRYSTAL STRUCTURE THAT IS OCTAGON IN SHAPE. THIS GEMSTONE HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND IN A PIECE OVER 10 CARATS IN SIZE AND MOST CRYSTALS FOUND WEIGH LESS THAN 1/2 CARAT BEFORE FACETING. THE CRYSTALS FORM IN LONG THIN PIECES MAKING MARQUISE, AND BAGUETTE CUTS ARE THE MOST COMMON. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF, IF NOT THE RAREST GEMSTONE SPECIES WE EVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY OF SELLING. THERE ARE ONLY 3 COMPANIES CONSIGNED TO SELL THIS GEMSTONE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE AND WE ARE THE ONLY AMERICAN BASED ONE....more

RED PALLASITE IS EXTREMELY RARE AND PRIZED AMONG METEORIC GEMSTONE COLLECTORS AS ONE OF THE RAREST SUB-SPECIES IN AN ALREADY EXTREMELY RARE CATEGORY OF GEMSTONES. MOST GEMSTONES SPECIES ARE SOLD IN QUANTITIES OF THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF CARATS A YEAR, RED PALLASITE IS SO RARE ONLY DOZENS OF CARATS ARE SOLD PER YEAR! THIS SPECIMEN IS COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. IT HAS A FANCY OVAL BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. INTENSE FIERY CINNAMON RED COLOR WITH FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY THAT IS RARELY FOUND IN RED PALLASITE. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 5X3 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.30 CARATS. 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

RED PALLASITE IS EXTREMELY RARE AND PRIZED AMONG METEORIC GEMSTONE COLLECTORS AS ONE OF THE RAREST SUB-SPECIES IN AN ALREADY EXTREMELY RARE CATEGORY OF GEMSTONES. MOST GEMSTONES SPECIES ARE SOLD IN QUANTITIES OF THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF CARATS A YEAR, RED PALLASITE IS SO RARE ONLY DOZENS OF CARATS ARE SOLD PER YEAR! THIS SPECIMEN IS COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. IT HAS A FANCY PRINCESS SQUARE STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. INTENSE FIERY VIVID BLOOD RED COLOR WITH FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY THAT IS RARELY FOUND IN RED PALLASITE. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 5X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.50 CARATS. 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 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 1.90 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 WOMEN'S 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 MEN'S RING DAILY AND STAND THE TEST OF TIME....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO A MARQUISE SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 16X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 4.65 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID PURE 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 PRECIOUS SAPPHIRES MINED FROM KASHMIR WITH EXCELLENT INVESTMENT QUALITY. BOTH GEMSTONES HAVE BEEN HAND CUT TO EXCELLENT PROPORTIONS INTO OVAL NATIVE CUTS WITH GOOD CUT GRADES. BOTH GEMSTONES MEASURE 5X4 MM AND THE PAIR HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 1.01 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID INK BLUE COLOR WHICH THE FINEST KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE PRIZED FOR AND EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN TRANSLUCENT CLARITY. THESE SAPPHIRES WERE HAND SELECTED FROM ROUGH AND CUT FROM THE SAME CRYSTAL TO INSURE A PERFECT MATCH WHICH IS VERY HARD TO FIND IN KASHMIR SAPPHIRES. THE DIAMOND INDEX IS CURRENTLY LISTING MATCHED PAIRS OF KASHMIR SAPPHIRES AT NEARLY 5 TIMES THE VALUE PER CARAT AS A SINGLE STONE BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO MATCH! KASHMIR IS KNOWN AS THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE HIGHEST QUALITY SAPPHIRES IN THE WORLD. STONES FROM THIS MINE ARE SO PERFECT EVERYBODY FROM ROYALTY TO CELEBRITIES PREFERRED THEM IN THEIR PIECES EVEN MORE THAN DIAMONDS IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWARD HUGHES (THE AIRLINE MOGUL AND CELEBRITY AVIATOR) WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A FASCINATION WITH THE STONES BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED THEM TO BE PERFECT. SAPPHIRES FROM THIS REGION HAVE SATURATED COLOR OFTEN DESCRIBED AS INKY ALONG WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. IT IS THE ONLY MINE IN RECORDED HISTORY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BLUE SAPPHIRES WITH SUCH AMAZING COLOR THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE HEAT TREATED. THE LACK OF HEATING SAPPHIRES WITH COLOR SUCH AS THESE LEAVES THE NATURAL SILKY GEMMY APPEARANCE EXPERIENCED GEMOLOGISTS CRAVE. KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE MINED FROM A REGION PLAGUES WITH CONFLICT SITTING BETWEEN THE PAKISTANI AND INDIAN BORDER. A DISPUTE OVER THE LAND HAS CAUSED SMALL BATTLES AND ON AND OFF MORTER SHELLING FOR DECADES. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MINES DEPLETION HAS CAUSED THESE STONES TO BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND THEIR PRICES DOUBLE - TRIPLE EACH PASSING DECADE....more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PALLASITE PERIDOT CUT FROM A RARE FORM OF PALLASITE METEORITE. PERFECTLY FACETED BY SKILLED GEMSTONE CUTTERS INTO A ROUND 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 5X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.53 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 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 2.42 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

SUPER RARE AND UNIQUE COLOR SHIFTING MYSTIC ALPINE TOPAZ. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN OVAL SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES A BIG 10X8 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 4.19 CARATS MAKING THIS GEMSTONE THE PERFECT SIZE FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION RANGING FROM A LARGE RING TO A MID SIZED PENDANT OR BROACH. PERFECT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND A BEAUTIFUL SATURATED ALPINE GREEN BASE COLOR WITH VERY STRONG MYSTIC COLOR SHIFTING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MYSTIC ALPINE TOPAZ IS ONE OF THE RAREST VARIETIES OF MYSTIC TOPAZ, AND CONSIDERED BY MANY TO ALSO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. IT IS PRIZED FOR ITS AMAZING SATURATED GREEN BASE COLOR WHICH EXPLODES WITH VERY, VERY, STRONG ORANGE, YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE, RED, AND PINK COLOR SHIFTING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. ALPINE TOPAZ IS A STABLE AND DURABLE GEMSTONE SUITABLE FOR LL JEWELRY APPLICATIONS AND PRIZED AMONG COLLECTORS AND INVESTORS AS WELL FOR BEING ONE OF THE RAREST FORMS OF MYSTIC TOPAZ, AND ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND HARDEST TO PROCURE....more

NATURAL PRECIOUS RUBY MINED FROM BURMA WITH INVESTMENT QUALITY AND EXPERTLY FACETED BY SKILLED CUTTERS INTO AN OVAL SHAPED NATIVE CUT WITH AN EXCELLENT CUT GRADE. MEASURES 6X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.00 CARATS. GORGEOUS VS CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL VIVID BRIGHT PIGEON BLOOD RED COLOR. PRECIOUS RUBIES SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE. 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 PRECIOUS EMERALD MINED FROM THE MUZO MINE IN COLOMBIA. FACETED INTO A PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED FACETED OVAL CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. GOOD TRANSPARENT CLARITY WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE SUCH AS EMERALD. BEAUTIFUL SATURATED GREEN WITH SLIGHT BLUE UNDERTONES COLOR AND A GLOWING HUE. ONLY THE WORLD FINEST COLOMBIAN EMERALDS HAVE THIS COLOR. COLOMBIA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN TO PRODUCE THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER WHICH IS ALSO EXTREMELY RARE FOR EMERALDS. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.75 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR USE AS A CENTER STONE IN A RING OR PENDANT. 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 COMPLETELY UNTREATED PRECIOUS BLUE SAPPHIRE MINED FROM A PLACER DEPOSIT NEAR THE YOGO GULCH IN MONTANA. HAND FACETED IN THE USA TO PRECISION PROPORTIONS INTO AN OVAL NATIVE CUT WITH A GOOD CUT GRADE. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.01 CARATS WHICH IS HUGE FOR SAPPHIRES FROM THIS LOCATION. BEAUTIFUL EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND SATURATED YET VIV ID CORNFLOWER BLUE WITH VERY SLIGHT VIOLET UNDERTONES COLOR. THIS SAPPHIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE YOGO GULCH AND WAS CARRIED WHEN THE GLACIERS DESCENDED AFTER THE ICE AGE DROPPING IT A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE YOGO GULCH. PLEASE RESEARCH SAPPHIRES FROM THIS LOCATION TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMMENSE VALUE AND BEAUTY. MANY GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS CAN GO AN ENTIRE CAREER WITHOUT SEEING A SAPPHIRE FROM THIS REGION, LET ALONE ONE OF GEM SIZE. MOST OF THE GEMSTONES MINED FROM THIS LOCATION ARE AROUND 0.10 CARATS AFTER FACETING WITH HALF CARAT STONE BEING CONSIDERED OF INVESTMENT AND ULTRA RARE LARGE SIZE. GEMSTONES OVER 1 CARAT IN SIZE ARE APPROACHING THE PRICELESS REALM ON THE COLORED GEMSTONE INDEX AND OFTEN COMMAND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER CARAT. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR PERFECTLY UNIFORM COLOR WHICH VERY RARELY IF EVER SHOWS COLOR ZONING OR CRYSTAL STRUCTURE MARKINGS. THEY ARE ALSO USUALLY FREE FROM THE DARK BLACK CARBON INCLUSIONS SAPPHIRES FROM MOST OTHER LOCATIONS TEND TO HAVE. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT MONTANA SAPPHIRES, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM YOGO GULCH ARE OF THE FINEST QUALITY IN THE WORLD AND THEIR PRICE OFTEN REFLECTS THIS STATEMENT. TO FIND ONE LISTED WITH NO RESERVE OR MINIMUM SELLING PRICE IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE SO DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN ONE TODAY!...more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED PALLASITE GEMSTONE WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED INTO A ROUND SHAPED BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 11X11 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 3.23 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID GOLDEN 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