ALL OF THE GEMSTONES AND JEWELRY IN THIS AUCTION HAVE BEEN TESTED AND CONFIRMED NATURAL UNLESS OTHERWISE CLEARLY STATED IN THE AUCTION. ALL OF THE GEMSTONES WE SELL ARE BRAND NEW AND HAVE NEVER BEEN SET IN JEWELRY UNLESS IT IS LISTED AS A SALVAGED GEMSTONE. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MANY GEMOLOGISTS, JEWELERS, AND LIQUIDATERS WHO ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN NATURAL GEMSTONES AND JEWELRY AT A FRACTION OF THEIR VALUE. ALL OF THE ITEMS WE WILL BE SELLING IN THIS AUCTION START AT 1 CENT AND HAVE NO RESERVES. THIS CREATES GREAT BUYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. WE WILL HONOR ALL SALES NO MATTER HOW LOW THE SELLING PRICES ARE. ITEMS WILL END 2 MINUTES APART TO MAKE IT EASIER TO PLACE BIDS BETWEEN ITEMS. PLEASE BE SURE TO USE THE PREBID FEATURE BY PLACING YOUR HIGHEST BID ANYTIME BEFORE THE AUCTION BEGINS TO END. PROXIBID WILL AUTOMATICALLY PLACE BIDS FOR YOU UNTIL YOU REACH YOUR MAXIMUM BID. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU BID $10.00 AND THE CURRENT BID IS $3.00, PROXYBID WILL PLACE A $3.50 BID FOR YOU AND SO ON UNTIL SOMEBODY OUTBIDS YOUR $10 MAXIMUM BID. MANY PEOPLE ARE BIDDING IN THE LAST 2-5 SECONDS OF THE AUCTION AND WINNING ITEMS IN THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE AUCTION, DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!...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

THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL LISTING ONLY, PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU BID ON THIS ITEM AND WIN YOU WILL BE CHARGED THE FINAL SELLING PRICE. D&D WILSON AUCTIONEERS IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW CONSIGNMENTS FOR OUR UPCOMING AUCTIONS. WE HAVE COMMISSION RATES WELL BELOW INDUSTRY STANDARDS WITH NO HIDDEN FEES OR CHARGES, EVER! D&D WILSON AUCTION CONSIGNORS HAS THOUSANDS OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE, WE ARE ABLE TO REACH MILLIONS OF INTERESTED BIDDERS BY UTILIZING OUR ONLINE SELLING PLATFORM COMPLETE WITH DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AND LISTINGS WHICH WILL SETS US APART FROM MANY OTHER AUCTION HOUSES. IN TODAY'S ECONOMY IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR VALUABLES WHICH IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO OUR CONSIGNORS. WHEN SELLING THROUGH AN AUCTION HOUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET THE TRUE MARKET VALUE FOR YOUR BELONGINGS UNLIKE OTHER VENUES WHICH HAVE TO MARK BUY YOUR ITEMS AT A VERY LOW PRICE THEN MARK THEM UP TO MAKE A PROFIT. PAYMENT IS SENT WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE AUCTION CLOSING, SO YOU CAN REST ASSURED YOU WILL BE PAID FOR YOUR ITEM IN A TIMELY MANNER WITHOUT ANY HASSLES. CONTACT US TODAY TO RECEIVE A QUOTE, WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A DISCOUNTED COMMISSION RATE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER IN ORDER TO GENERATE A LARGE VOLUME OF ITEMS FOR OUR YEAR END HOLIDAY AUCTION. WE ALSO OFFER QUANTITY COMMISSION DISCOUNTS FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO SELL COLLECTIONS, LIQUIDATE BUSINESSES AND HOMES, AS WELL AS PERSONAL BELONGINGS. WE WILL BEAT ANY FINAL QUOTE FOR COMMISSION RATES ON JEWELRY, GEMSTONES, AMERICAN BANKNOTES, GOLD, SILVER, HIGH END WATCHES, AND COINS! ...more

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL COLOMBIAN MINED PRECIOUS EMERALD WITH VIVID YET SATURATED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 10X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.32 CARATS. MINED FROM THE WORLD RENOWNED MUZO MINE PRIZED FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST EMERALDS. 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

LOT OF 8 OVAL FACETED CUT PRECIOUS RUBIES. ALL OF THE RUBIES IN THIS LOT HAVE BRIGHT SATURATED RED COLOR AND OPAQUE NEAR EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EACH MEASURES 6X4 MM AND THE LOT HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 5.01 CARATS. 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 AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE MONEY FOR FURTHER EXCAVATIONS THE TEAM DECIDED TO SELL SOME OF THE GEMSTONES RECOVERED, INCLUDING THIS ONE. THEY HAD IT FACETED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ANCIENT TIMES WHEN IT WAS MINED, AND SENT THEM OFF TO 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 YEAR TO FUND HIS RETIREMENT. THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE ALL 8 GEMSTONES PICTURED....more

LOT OF FIVE NATURAL OVAL FACETED CUT AMETHYST MINED FROM BRAZIL MEASURING 7X5 MM EACH WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 3.45 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL VIVID PURPLE COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. AMETHYST IS A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL FORM OF PURPLE QUARTZ WHICH HAS BEEN MINED AND CHERISHED BY MAN FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. SPECIMENS WITH DARK SATURATED COLOR ARE MORE RARE THAN THEIR LIGHTER COUNTERPARTS AND SOUGHT AFTER BY GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS ALIKE. THIS IS A GREAT GEMSTONE SPECIES FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION BECAUSE MOST OF THE PUBLIC IS FAMILIAR WITH THE GEMSTONE. THE MOST PRIZED AMETHYST ARE THOSE MINED FROM AFRICA, BRAZIL, AND SIBERIA. WITH EXTREMELY RARE SPECIMENS SHOWING COLOR CHANGE AND STRONG PLEOCHROIC PROPERTIES....more

VERY RARE FACETED PEAR CUT ARIZONA MINED ANT HILL GARNET. MEASURES 8X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.07 CARATS. HAS EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND SATURATED RED COLOR. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE MINED FROM A LARGE APACHE NATIVE AMERICA RESERVATION LOCATED IN ARIZONA. THESE BRIGHT RED SMALL SIZED CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY LOCALS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND WERE ORIGINALLY USED AS SLINGSHOT AMMUMITION BY NATIVE AMERICANS WHO BELIEVED THE BRIGHT RED COLOR SYMBOLIZED THE BLOOD OF THEIR PREY. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE CARRIED TO EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS BUILDING LARGE COLONIES, FOR THIS REASON THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SMALL IN SIZE (0.01 - 0.20 CARATS AFTER FACETING). ANT HILL GARNETS OVER 0.50 CARATS ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY RARE AND OFTEN OF INVESTMENT SIZE. ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR VERY VIBRANT AND VIVID RED COLOR WHICH SOMETIMES HAS AN ORANGE OR PINK HUE WHICH GREATLY ADDS TO THE VALUE. ...more

NATURAL AND UNTREATED OVAL FACETED CUT TOURMALINE MINED FROM THE LITTLE THREE MINE IN CALIFORNIA. MEASURES 11X9 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.79 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND FLAWLESS CLARITY....more

LOT OF 7 BEAUTIFUL FIERY RED GARNETS ALL MINED FROM ATOP ARIZONAS ANT HILLS. EACH GEMSTONE IN THIS LOT MEASURES 5X3-6X4 MM AND THE PARCEL HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 2.63 CARATS. THESE GARNETS HAVE EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND VIVID RED COLOR. 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 ARNETS 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

MATCHED PAIR OF NATURAL AND UNTREATED GOLDEN YELLOW SAPPHIRES. BOTH SAPPHIRES HAVE FACETED OVAL OLD MINE CUTS AND MEASURE 10X6 MM WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 4.02 CARATS.THESE GEMSTONES ARE EYE CLEAN AND OF THE FINEST QUALITY. FANCY COLORED SAPPHIRES HAVE LONG BEEN A JEWELERS FAVORITE FOR USE IN ALL JEWELERY APPLICATIONS. ITS HARDNESS OF 9 ON MOHS SCALE AND EXTREMELY STRONG DURABILITY MAKE IT A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR EVERYDAY USE, AS WELL AS A GREAT STONE FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. SAPPHIRES COME IN VIRTUALLY EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE, WHILE BLUE IS THE MOST POPULAR FANCY COLORS CAN OFTEN COMMAND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AS THEY ARE MUCH LESS COMMON THEREFORE HAVE HIGHER DEMAND. SAPPHIRES OF EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE EXTREMELY RARE. MOST SAPPHIRES USED IN JEWELRY TODAY HAVE A FOGGY TYPE CLARITY AND EYE VISIBLE INCLUSIONS WHEN IN SIZES OVER 1/4 CARAT. THIS IS THE REASON MOST MODERN PIECES OF JEWELRY USING SAPPHIRE HAVE MULTIPLE SMALLER STONES RATHER THAN 1 LARGE STONE....more

LOT OF 7 BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA ANT HILL GARNETS WITH BRIGHT RED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EACH OF THESE RARE GEMSTONES MEASURE 4X2 - 8X4 MM AND HAVE A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 2.43 CARATS. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE MINED FROM A LARGE APACHE NATIVE AMERICA RESERVATION LOCATED IN ARIZONA. THESE BRIGHT RED SMALL SIZED CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY LOCALS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND WERE ORIGINALLY USED AS SLINGSHOT AMMUMITION BY NATIVE AMERICANS WHO BELIEVED THE BRIGHT RED COLOR SYMBOLIZED THE BLOOD OF THEIR PREY. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE CARRIED TO EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS BUILDING LARGE COLONIES, FOR THIS REASON THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SMALL IN SIZE (0.01 - 0.20 CARATS AFTER FACETING). ANT HILL GARNETS OVER 0.50 CARATS ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY RARE AND OFTEN OF INVESTMENT SIZE. ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR VERY VIBRANT AND VIVID RED COLOR WHICH SOMETIMES HAS AN ORANGE OR PINK HUE WHICH GREATLY ADDS TO THE VALUE....more

BEAUTIFUL LOT OF 6 NATURAL FACETED ROUND CUT ARIZONA ANT HILL GARNETS. ALL HAVE FIERY RED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EACH GEMSTONE IN THIS LOT MEASURES BETWEEN 4 AND 6 MM WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 3.41 CARATS. ALL OF THE GEMS IN THIS LOT ARE EYE CLEAN AND HAVE FIERY RED COLOR. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE MINED FROM A LARGE APACHE NATIVE AMERICA RESERVATION LOCATED IN ARIZONA. THESE BRIGHT RED SMALL SIZED CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY LOCALS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND WERE ORIGINALLY USED AS SLINGSHOT AMMUMITION BY NATIVE AMERICANS WHO BELIEVED THE BRIGHT RED COLOR SYMBOLIZED THE BLOOD OF THEIR PREY. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE CARRIED TO EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS BUILDING LARGE COLONIES, FOR THIS REASON THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SMALL IN SIZE (0.01 - 0.20 CARATS AFTER FACETING). ANT HILL GARNETS OVER 0.50 CARATS ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY RARE AND OFTEN OF INVESTMENT SIZE. ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR VERY VIBRANT AND VIVID RED COLOR WHICH SOMETIMES HAS AN ORANGE OR PINK HUE WHICH GREATLY ADDS TO THE VALUE....more

STUNNING FACETED ASCHER CUT SAPPHIRE MINED FROM CEYLON. 100% NATURAL AND UNTREATED. MEASURES 6X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.42 CARATS. AMAZING GREENISH YELLOW COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. 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 FACETED PEAR CUT ARIZONA ANT HILL PERIDOT. VIVID BRIGHT GREEN COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 8X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.93 CARATS. 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

BEAUTIFUL OVAL FACETED CUT AMETHYST MINED FROM BRAZIL. MEASURES 9X7 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.01 CARATS. EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN CLARITY, VIVID PURPLE COLOR, AND STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. AMETHYST IS A BEAUTIFUL NATURAL FORM OF PURPLE QUARTZ WHICH HAS BEEN MINED AND CHERISHED BY MAN FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. SPECIMENS WITH DARK SATURATED COLOR ARE MORE RARE THAN THEIR LIGHTER COUNTERPARTS AND SOUGHT AFTER BY GEMOLOGISTS AND JEWELERS ALIKE. THIS IS A GREAT GEMSTONE SPECIES FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION BECAUSE MOST OF THE PUBLIC IS FAMILIAR WITH THE GEMSTONE. THE MOST PRIZED AMETHYST ARE THOSE MINED FROM AFRICA, BRAZIL, AND SIBERIA. WITH EXTREMELY RARE SPECIMENS SHOWING COLOR CHANGE AND STRONG PLEOCHROIC PROPERTIES....more

NATURAL PRINCESS CUT SWISS BLUE TOPAZ WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 5X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.77 CARATS. MINED FROM BRAZIL AND FACETED IN MIAMI, USA....more

MATCHED PAIR OF INVESTMENT QUALITY UNTREATED YELLOW TOURMAINE MINED FROM BRAZIL. EACH MEASURES 13X10MM WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 7.25 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN YELLOW COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MINED FROM BRAZIL AND FACETED IN NEW YORK....more

BEAUTIFUL FANCY CUSTOM OVAL CUT PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE MINED FROM CEYLON. COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. BEAUTIFUL GREENISH YELLOW COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. FANCY COLORED SAPPHIRES SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE EXREMELY RARE AND PRIZED BY COLLECTORS. SAPPHIRES ARE A MEMBER OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY MAKING THEM VERY VALUABLE. RATING A 9 ON MOHS SCALE OF HARDNESS, THEY ARE ONLY SECOND TO DIAMONDS IN HARDNESS AND ALSO HAVE EXCELLENT DURABILITY MAKING THEM THE PERFECT GEMSTONE FOR DAILY USE IN ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. SAPPHIRES ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR AMAZING FIRE AND BRILLIANCE CAUSED BY THEIR HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX. SAPPHIRES ARE MINED AROUND THE WORLD AND SAPPHIRES FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS ARE PRIZED FOR EACH OF THEIR DIFFERENT UNIQUE PROPERTIES. WITH THE AVERAGE COST OF AAA GEM QUALITY SAPPHIRES BREAKING $1000 A CARAT IN 2010, SAPPHIRES HAVE ALSO PROVEN TO BE A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR INVESTMENT USES. ...more

STUNNING FACETED BAGUETTE CUT PALASITE PERIDOT WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND VIVID GREENISH YELLOW COLOR. MEASURES 6X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.61 CARATS. COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. PALASITE 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. INFACT, 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, SAVY 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

MATCHED PAIR OF ULTRA VIVID FACETED PEAR CUT BLUE TOPAZ WITH FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. EACH OF THESE GLISTENING GEMSTONES MEASURE 8X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.08 CARATS. THESE TOPAZ ARE OF THE ABSOLUTE FINEST QUALITY WITH BLINDING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MINED FROM BRAZIL AND FACETED IN MIAMI....more

RARE AND BEAUTIFUL OVAL FACETED CUT PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE WITH RASPBERRY COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. THIS GEMSTONE IS NATURAL AND UNTREATED, AND WAS MINED FROM CEYLON. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.86 CARATS....more

AMAZING CUSTOM FACETED PEAR CUT SAPPHIRE WITH GREENISH YELLOW COLOR AND FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 8X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.03 CARATS. MINED FROM CEYLON AND FACETED IN NEW YORK CITY BY LUCIAN LEONARDO. AAA QUALITY WITH BLINDING DIAMOND LIKE BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. FANCY COLORED SAPPHIRES SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE EXREMELY RARE AND PRIZED BY COLLECTORS. SAPPHIRES ARE A MEMBER OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY MAKING THEM VERY VALUABLE. RATING A 9 ON MOHS SCALE OF HARDNESS, THEY ARE ONLY SECOND TO DIAMONDS IN HARDNESS AND ALSO HAVE EXCELLENT DURABILITY MAKING THEM THE PERFECT GEMSTONE FOR DAILY USE IN ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. SAPPHIRES ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR AMAZING FIRE AND BRILLIANCE CAUSED BY THEIR HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX. SAPPHIRES ARE MINED AROUND THE WORLD AND SAPPHIRES FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS ARE PRIZED FOR EACH OF THEIR DIFFERENT UNIQUE PROPERTIES. WITH THE AVERAGE COST OF AAA GEM QUALITY SAPPHIRES BREAKING $1000 A CARAT IN 2010, SAPPHIRES HAVE ALSO PROVEN TO BE A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR INVESTMENT USES....more

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF FACETED ROUND CUT PALASITE GEMSTONES CUT FROM A METEORITE. EACH OF THESE GEMSTONES MEASURES 7X7 MM WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 2.08 CARATS. BEAUTIFUL ORANGISH YELLOW COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. PALASITE METEORITES ARE A RARE FORM OF METEORITE THAT RESEMBLE STAINED GLASS AND HAVE MANY CHUNKS OF COLORED GEMSTONES. VERY RARELY A GEMOLOGIST WILL FACET THESE GEMSTONES SUCH AS IN THIS INSTANCE. THESE GEMSTONES ARE VERY HARD TO FIND BECAUSE PALASITE METEORITES ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN THEIR NATURAL SPECIMEN STATE AND FACETING THEM GREATLY REDUCES THE WEIGHT. THE OUTCOME IS A GORGEOUS BUT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GEMSTONE USUALLY WITH RETAIL PRICES BETWEEN $1000 AND $3000 PER CARAT. THE MOST COMMON COLOR IS GREEN, THEN COOL COLORS SUCH AS BLUE WITH THE RAREST COLORS BEING WARM COLORS LIKE RED AND ORANGE. PERIDOT IS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND GEMSTONE IN PALASITE METEORITES BUT SOMETIMES OTHER GEMSTONES WITH OTHER COLORS ARE FOUND. THESE ARE A SEPARATE GEMSTONE SPECIES ENTIRELY. THESE UNIQUE GEMS ARE CALLED PALASITE GEMSTONES RATHER THAN PALASITE PERIDOT....more

PRECIOUS MARQUISE FACETED CUT NATURAL RUBY MINED FROM VIETNAM. BRIGHT RED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN / OPAQUE CLARITY. MEASURES 8X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.68 CARATS. MINED FROM THE VIETNAM AND BURMA BORDER, THIS RUBY ORIGINATED FROM A VEIN WHICH HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE WORLDS FINEST RUBIES. SINCE BURMESE RUBIES WERE RECENTLY BANNED CAUSING THE PRICE TO SKY ROCKET, VIETNAMESE RUBIES FROM THIS SAME MOUNTAIN RANGE OFFER GEMSTONES OF THE SAME QUALITY AND FROM THE SAME SOURCE AS A LEGAL AND CONFLICT FREE ALTERNATIVE. ...more

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL OVAL FACETED CUT TANZANITE MINED FROM TANZANIA AFRICA. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.61 CARATS. STUNNING VIVID PURPLISH BLUE COLOR WITH FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY. WHEN TANZANITE IS FIRST MINED IT HAS A BROWN HUE, WHICH IS THEN HEATED TO TURN THE STONES COLOR BLUE, PURPLE, OR SOMETIMES EVEN GREEN. WHEN IT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY TIFFANY & CO IT WAS MOSTLY HEATED TO TURN THE STONE A VIVID PURPLE COLOR, AND WITHIN THE LAST 10-15 YEARS THEY STARTED EXTENDING THE HEATING PROCESS TO TURN THE STONES MORE OF A BLUE HUGH. TODAY MOST TANZANITE MINED LOOK LIKE A SAPPHIRE BECAUSE OF THEIR SATURATED BLUE COLOR. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND TANZANITE WITH GENTLER HEAT TREATMENT AND PASTEL PURPLE TONES. THERE IS STILL A HUGE DEMAND FOR THE PURPLE VARIETIES BUT VERY LITTLE IS BEING PRODUCED MAKING THEM VERY HARD TO FIND, AND OFTEN VERY EXPENSIVE. THIS MAY IN FACT BE ONE OF YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE A PURPLE COLORED TANZANITE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SET IN JEWELRY SINCE THE MINES ARE NOW COMPLETELY DEPLETED OF STONES OUTSIDE OF THE MELEE (1-3 MM) SIZE RANGE. THIS GEM IS THE PERFECT STONE FOR INVESTORS AND RESELLERS ALIKE, AND WILL LOOK OUTSTANDING IN BOTH YELLOW OR WHITE GOLD....more