A tradition which seems to have lasted until today, you often see certified natural Alexandrite gemstones in exclusive custom made jewelry sold at the auctions for incredible values. Named after the Tsar of Russia, Alexander the 2 nd, the glory of gems often led to them being selected to be set in royal, court jewelry. With a shift between two intoxicating colors, the fluid change of color adds to the glamour of the natural alexandrite.ĭiscovered in the Ural mountain ranges in Russia, these natural color changing gems have been a best seller ever since. A precious gem that transforms in different lighting conditions, it is no surprise why a genuine color change alexandrite is often called the Emerald by day and Ruby by night. Zircon The brilliant gemstone, with a lot of sparkle and fire, available with beautiful colors.A gem that is rooted in culture and history, the Alexandrite gemstone is a color change natural gem that will sweep her off her feet.
Turquoise The cousin of lapis Lazuli very popular and used by american native people.Tourmaline The only gemstone available in all the rainbow colors.Topaz The popular gemstone with high hardness and beautiful colors.Tanzanite The purplish blue variety of the Zoisite mineral family.Spinel The deceptive gemstone with its red color so close to the Ruby.Sapphire The other variety of Corundum excluded Ruby, with high hardness and a lot of colors variety.Ruby The king of precious stones, one of the most valuable gemstone available on the market, the red color variety of Corundum.Peridot The gemstone available only with green color, with its unique inclusions.Opal A legendary stone with play of colors, available with different body color and pattern.Moonstone One of the most magical stone available on the gem market with its unique iridescence called adularescence.Labradorite The popular stone with its unique iridescent called labradorescence.Kyanite Discover the properties of this beautiful gemstone, available in: blue, green, orange and other colors.Kunzite The pink variety of Spodumene mineral family.Iolite The gem variety from the Cordierite mineral family with its unique pleochroism.Garnet Discover the most precious and attractive gem species of Garnet.Emerald The green variety of Beryl family with its unique color and inclusions.Diamond The most popular and hard stone of the world.Citrine The Quartz variety with golden yellow color.Aquamarine The light blue variety from the Beryl family.Amethyst The purple colored variety from the Quartz family.Alexandrite The color change variety from the chrysoberyl mineral family.
Many species variety are became so popular duo to their specific characteristics that people now recognize them only by their variety name and not by their species, think about Aquamarine or Emerald, people know them by their variety name, but only few knew that they comes from the Beryl mineral family.įollow the links to read more about a specific gemstone you are interested for. Some specific species like Peridot are not variety with significantly characteristics, in fact Peridot can be found only with green color, and optical effect are so rare that is difficult to find some Cat’s eye Peridot or Star Peridot. These varieties are now used to clearly distinguish different gemstones simply calling them with the appropriate name applied when a particular characteristic is present, this can be useful during the trade for the seller but also for the buyer that immediately recognize what kind of gemstone his buying.
Each species of gemstone may have one or more varieties, based on special characteristics like: color, optical effect and other phenomenon, for example Amethyst and Citrine are both from the Quartz family but they are separately with different name because of their different colors, or think about a Star Sapphire, a particular Sapphire that reveal a nice six rays star on the surface when cut into cabochon, this optical effect is called asterism. In this page you can find some links to pages with information about natural gemstone, their properties and their meanings, sorted and grouped by species.
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