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Lot #0 (Sale Order 1 of 52)

This lot is not for sale. Some pretty nice pieces in this auction, especially at the end of the auction. All gems sold in this auction are natural, mined from the earth gemstones, unless specifically labeled "Synthetic" in the title or description of the lot. We do our best to fully describe these gems, as well as any treatments they may have. We don't try to pass off synthetics as the real thing. There are a lot of companies out there selling synthetics as genuine gemstones, so be careful where you buy. All of our gems are tested in a gem lab, and most have slight natural inclusions of some kind, verifying that they're real. We sell thousands of carats of gemstones per month, so any gems that make it into one of our high end auctions are hand picked from larger parcels. These are the top 25% of the gems that come in. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ben, our gemologist prior to bidding.

92.01 Carat Beautiful Labradorite Cabochon

Lot #1 (Sale Order 2 of 52)

Beautiful Labradorite with bright color sheen. Just a great stone. Natural and untreated.

36.86 Carat Amethyst Crystal Tip

Lot #2 (Sale Order 3 of 52)

Colorful and vibrant Amethyst crystal tip. Gorgeous stone. Natural and untreated.

24.31 Carat Fine Fossilized Ammolite

Lot #3 (Sale Order 4 of 52)

Great example of a Fossilized Ammolite. Large and colorful. Natural and untreated.

41.60 Carat Beautiful Rhodochrosite

Lot #4 (Sale Order 5 of 52)

Fantastic example of this rare form of gem. Large stone with lots of color. Rare to find such a high quality Rhodochrosite of such nice quality. Natural and untreated.

21.02 Carat Colordul Amethyst Cabochon

Lot #5 (Sale Order 6 of 52)

Colorful and vibrant Amethyst cabochon. Gorgeous stone. Natural and untreated.

34.62 Carat Fine Ocean Jasper Cabochon

Lot #6 (Sale Order 7 of 52)

Beautiful example of an Ocean Jasper. Nice Cabochon. Natural and untreated.

28.88 Carat Beautiful Rhodochrosite Cabochon

Lot #7 (Sale Order 8 of 52)

Great, large Rhodochrosite Cabochon. Rare to find a Rhodochrosite this size. Natural and untreated.

34.15 Carat Fine Red Jasper Cabochon

Lot #8 (Sale Order 9 of 52)

Beautiful Red Jasper with lots of color. Natural and untreated.

33.03 Carat Malachite Cabochon

Lot #9 (Sale Order 10 of 52)

Gorgeous Malachite here. Top quality. Natural and untreated.

29.71 Carat Fantastic Blue Rhodochrosite

Lot #10 (Sale Order 11 of 52)

Fantastic, rare blue Rhodochrosite. Great colors. Perfect for use in jewelry. Natural and untreated.

3.66 Carat Matched Pair of Cat's Eye Moonstones

Lot #11 (Sale Order 12 of 52)

Nice matched pair. Rare to find Cat's Eye Moonstones. This is a great matched pair. Natural and untreated.

4.25 Carat Matched Pair of Checkerboard Cut Amethyst

Lot #12 (Sale Order 13 of 52)

Fine matched pair of gemstones. Great color. Natural and untreated.

2.18 Carat Beautiful Matched Pair of Garnets

Lot #13 (Sale Order 14 of 52)

Beautiful matched pair with rich red color. Natural and untreated.

1.98 Carat Gorgeous Matched Pair of Heart Cut Topaz

Lot #14 (Sale Order 15 of 52)

Wow, what a beautiful matched pair of Topaz. Very colorful and well cut. All Blue Topaz are heated and irradiated to get their color. Natural stones.

2.10 Carat Matched Pair of Australian Opals

Lot #15 (Sale Order 16 of 52)

Bright and fiery matched pair of Opals. Well matched, which is hard to do with Australian Opals. Natural and untreated.

3.70 Carat Matched Trio of Richly Colored Amethysts

Lot #16 (Sale Order 17 of 52)

Beautiful, rich purple Amethyst trio. Great set of stones. Natural and untreated.

0.87 Carat Parcel of Fancy Sapphire

Lot #17 (Sale Order 18 of 52)

Bright and beautiful Sapphires. Natural but possibly colored enhanced, as many Sapphires are.

1.26 Carat Parcel of Antique Sapphires

Lot #18 (Sale Order 19 of 52)

Great set of Antique Sapphires. This is most likely a mix of natural and synthetic stones. Sapphires this small are virtually impossible to test for. But many of the antique Sapphires found in Art Deco era jewelry pieces are synthetic, so this bag of Sapphires is perfect as replacement stones for antique pieces. Synthetic Sapphires were extremely common in the Art Deco period and were often set in very high end platinum jewelry pieces. Even the synthetic Sapphires in this bag still command a high premium.

8.64 Carat Gorgeous Argentinian Meteorite

Lot #19 (Sale Order 20 of 52)

Fantastic meteorite here. Tons of vivid detail as the atmosphere of our planet stripped away everything but the raw metal of this space rock, carving it into this beautifully twisted and unique meteorite. Natural and untreated.

9.98 Carat Beautiful Millennium Cut Crystal Quartz

Lot #20 (Sale Order 21 of 52)

Gorgeous example of a Quartz, which isn't usually faceted into a gemstone. But in this case, it makes a stunning piece. Natural and untreated.

1.17 Carat Paraiba Colored Tourmaline Facet Rough

Lot #21 (Sale Order 22 of 52)

Bright and vibrant Tourmaline crystal here. We said Paraiba colored in the title because we don't have the proper equipment for testing trace amounts of copper in Tourmaline. This crystal could very well be copper bearing, which would make it quite valuable, especially considering its clarity and color. It's at least a nice Blue-Green Indicolite Tourmaline, which is still one of the more rare and valuable forms of Tourmaline. Natural and untreated.

10.75 Carat Fine Tourmalinated Quartz

Lot #22 (Sale Order 23 of 52)

Beautiful example of a Tourmalinated Quartz. An array of small black Tourmaline needles peppered about this stone. Really nice piece. Natural and untreated.

3.69 Carat Heart Shaped Quartz

Lot #23 (Sale Order 24 of 52)

Fine stone. Well carved. Natural and untreated.

3.51 Carat Heart Shaped Rose Quartz

Lot #24 (Sale Order 25 of 52)

Fine stone. Well carved. Natural and untreated.

3.75 Carat Cushion Checkerboard Cut Smoky Quartz

Lot #25 (Sale Order 26 of 52)

Beautiful Smoky Quartz here. Great cut. Natural and untreated.

2.22 Carat Rich Red Garnet

Lot #26 (Sale Order 27 of 52)

Nice Garnet with rich red color. Great stone. Natural and untreated.

2.20 Carat Beautiful Amethyst

Lot #27 (Sale Order 28 of 52)

Fantastic Amethyst here. Top quality stone. Natural and untreated.

3.62 Carat Great Green Amethyst

Lot #28 (Sale Order 29 of 52)

Fine Green Amethyst! Nice light color. There are a lot of Green Amethyst synthetics out there but you can always tell a fake because the color is overly strong. Natural Green Amethyst like this always has a nice light color. Natural and untreated.

2.77 Carat Fancy Cut Sky Blue Topaz

Lot #29 (Sale Order 30 of 52)

Gorgeous Topaz here. Top quality stone. All Blue Topaz are heated and irradiated to get their color. This is an industry accepted standard applied to all Blue Topaz. Natural stone.

4.32 Carat Large Garnet

Lot #30 (Sale Order 31 of 52)

Large Garnet with deep red color. Rare to find a Garnet of this size. Natural and untreated.

1.98 Carat Fantastic Hessonite Garnet

Lot #31 (Sale Order 32 of 52)

Fantastic Hessonite Garnet with rich orange color and great clarity for this variety of Garnet. Hessonite is known for its velvety texture and this stone is no exception. Great example of a stone we don't normally have up for auction. Natural and untreated.

1.03 Carat Fine Pink Garnet

Lot #32 (Sale Order 33 of 52)

Great Pink Garnet from Mozambique. There are quite a lot of Garnets coming out of Mozambique right now so high quality pieces aren't too hard to find. But as the mines begin to wane, pieces like this will go up in value. Natural and untreated.

5.14 Carat Beautiful Large Blue Topaz

Lot #33 (Sale Order 34 of 52)

Large and beautiful Blue Topaz. Just a great stone. Natural stone but heated and irradiated to get its color, as all Blue Topaz are.

1.16 Carat Nice Ruby

Lot #34 (Sale Order 35 of 52)

Richly colored Ruby here with some decent transparency. This Ruby has been clarity enhanced, which is very common for Ruby. This process can also improve color. Natural stone.

1.21 Carat Fine Pink Spinel

Lot #35 (Sale Order 36 of 52)

Very nice example of a rare form of gemstone. Spinels have values comparable to Tanzanite and Sapphire. Natural and untreated.

Indian Head Penny

Lot #36 (Sale Order 37 of 52)

Nice, older penny.

1943 Steel Penny

Lot #37 (Sale Order 38 of 52)

Nice steel penny in decent condition, especially for its age.

1943 Steel Penny

Lot #38 (Sale Order 39 of 52)

Nice steel penny in decent condition, especially for its age.

Liberty V Nickel

Lot #39 (Sale Order 40 of 52)

Nice older, rarer nickel. Good condition for its age.

Mercury Dime -- 40% Silver

Lot #40 (Sale Order 41 of 52)

Fine Mercury Dime comprised of 40% silver. Great condition for its age.

1935 Silver Certificate

Lot #41 (Sale Order 42 of 52)

Great Silver Certificate. Nice quality for its age. Definitely some signs of wear but even so, a bill this old has to be worth quite a bit more than its face value.

1935 Silver Certificate

Lot #42 (Sale Order 43 of 52)

Great Silver Certificate. Nice quality for its age. Definitely some signs of wear but even so, a bill this old has to be worth quite a bit more than its face value.

Citrine Cluster Ring in Sterling Silver -- Size 8

Lot #43 (Sale Order 44 of 52)

Great ring, with a handful of top quality natural and untreated Citrines. Just an outstanding piece. Stamped 925 for Sterling Silver and plated with White Gold to prevent tarnishing.

Amethyst Ring in Sterling Silver -- Size 7

Lot #44 (Sale Order 45 of 52)

Beautiful ring, with a gorgeous set of natural and untreated Amethysts. Just an outstanding piece. Stamped 925 for Sterling Silver and plated with White Gold to prevent tarnishing.

Fire Agate Ring in Sterling Silver -- Size 8

Lot #45 (Sale Order 46 of 52)

Fantastic ring, with a gorgeous, natural and untreated, top quality Fire Agate. Fire Agates are only mined in North America, so as you can imagine, the value is quite high. Top quality examples can often sell for $1000 per carat. These are very rare stones. Stamped 925 for Sterling Silver.

14.01 Carat Fire Agate

Lot #46 (Sale Order 47 of 52)

Nice bright and fiery Fire Agate to go with the previous ring. As stated in the last lot, Fire Agates are only mined in North America, so the value is quite high. Top quality examples can often sell for $1000 per carat. Natural and untreated.

2.97 Carat Oval Cut Peach Zircon

Lot #47 (Sale Order 48 of 52)

Beautiful Zircon here from Sri Lanka. Great Peachy color. High quality Zircons often sell in the range of $150 per carat. Zircons are natural stones, not to be confused with Cubic Zirconia. Natural and untreated.

7.17 Carat Caramel Pear Cut Opal

Lot #48 (Sale Order 49 of 52)

Beautiful Caramel Opal here from Ethiopia. Most Opals have white or clear color bases, but rarer stones have brown or black base colors. Caramel Opals are rare and almost always have a lot of cracking. This stone is solid and crack free, with good fire. Easily worth several hundred dollars. Natural and untreated.

5.22 Carat Pear Cut Sunstone

Lot #49 (Sale Order 50 of 52)

Rich red Sunstone, with a touch of green, which is rare. Most likely from Oregon, USA. Red Sunstone is nearly always mined in Oregon and this is a large and richly colored piece. Natural and untreated.

20.42 Carat Oval Cut Intense Sky Blue Topaz

Lot #50 (Sale Order 51 of 52)

Great Topaz here with very rich color. Easily worth several hundred dollars. Natural stone but heated and irradiated to get its color, as all Blue Topaz are. This is an industry accepted practice applied to all Blue Topaz.

9.61 Carat Fantastic Oval Millennium Cut Labradorite

Lot #51 (Sale Order 52 of 52)

Wow, what a great example of this rare form of gemstone. Labradorite rarely comes in gem quality, and this is one of the nicest examples we've seen. Strong color too. Gem quality Labradorites often have weak color. This one is stronger than most we've seen. Easily worth several hundred dollars. Natural and untreated.


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High End Gem, Jewelry and Coin Auction
by Buy Gems Wholesale Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 PM Pacific First lots ends Tuesday, October 22, 5:30 PM Pacific Last lot ends Tuesday, October 22, 6:32:29 PM Pacific A nice assortment of gems, jewelry and coins, liquidated from various estates, jewelry stores and wholesale dealers. This is the top 25% of the inventory we've liquidated. All gems and jewelry pieces have been tested and are guaranteed natural. We do our best to fully describe these gems, as well as any treatments they may have. We don't try to pass off synthetics as the real thing. There are a lot of companies out there selling synthetics as genuine gemstones, so be careful where you buy. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ben, our gemologist prior to bidding.