Morganit Previous Next Morganite is a pink to orange-pink variety of beryl, a mineral that includes emerald and aquamarine. The soft color of morganite is caused by traces of manganese. Because morganite has a strong pleochroism – pale pink...
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Kunzit Previous Next Collectors love kunzite for its color range, from soft pastel pink to intense purple-purple. It is also a little-known mineral from the point of view of jewelers and consumers alike. It is a pink variety of the mineral...
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Jadeite and jade Previous Next Jadeite is actually two separate gems: jade and jadeite. In China, a pierced jade disk is a symbol of heaven. They are minerals belonging to silicates. They are usually massive, form fibrous aggregates or are...
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Zircon Previous Next Zircon is a colored gemstone with a high refraction and fire, which is unfairly confused with cubic zirconias. Zirconium belongs to the silicates. It has been known since ancient times and its name comes from the Arabic word...
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Turquoise Previous Next Cyan sky, reddish blue: Vivid shades of turquoise define the color that is named after this gemstone. Turquoise is found in only a few places on Earth: in arid and barren areas, where acidic groundwater rich in copper...
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Opal Previous Next Fireworks, jellyfish. Galaxy. Lightning bolt. Opal’s moving play of kaleidoscopic colors is unlike any other gem. Because opal is the color of other gems, the Romans considered it the rarest and most powerful of them all...
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Alexandrite Previous Next Green in the sun. Red in the lamp light. Alexandrite, which changes color, is a magical trick of nature. It is a color-changing mineral variety, chrysoberyl. Cyan in daylight, purple red under the bulb; hard and durable...
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Moonstone Previous Next Beneath the surface of this feldspar, a haunting sheen moves like moonlight shining in water. FACTS Feldspar is prized for its wavy blue adularescence caused by light scattering by the growth of microscopic, alternating...
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Pearl Previous Next Perfectly shining balls. Shiny baroque forms. Seductive springs, warm to the touch. Pearls are simply and purely organic. FACTS Produced in the bodies of marine and freshwater molluscs naturally or cultivated by people with...
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Emerald Previous Next Emerald is a blue-green to green variety of beryl, a mineral species that includes aquamarine. FACTS The most valuable variety of beryl, emerald, was once respected by Spanish conquerors, Inca kings, magnates and pharaohs...
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Previous Next Diamonds are among the rarest and most beautiful creations of nature. This hardest gem of all is made of only one element: carbon. It is prized for its colorless nature and purity. Most diamonds are prehistoric – over billions...
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Bloodstone Previous Next Intenzívna, Čistá. Liečivá. Niet divu, že bloodstone — tiež známy ako heliotrop — v priebehu rokov priťahoval množstvo povier a legiend. Bloodstone, obľúbený najmä v pánskych pečatných prsteňoch, siahajúcich až do...
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