Gemstones

Gemstones are fascinating!! From the Hope Diamond, to the Crown Jewels of royalty to the first gemstone that you considered purchasing. They are as magical as they are beautiful. Beyond their beauty there is science and often a story that is as enchanting as a fairy tale.

Amethyst A member of the Quartz family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $20/ct to about $200/ct. With a hardness of 7.0 and no cleavage planes, they are an excellent and inexpensive choice for all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Ametrine A member of the Quartz family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $20/ct to about $75/ct. With a hardness of 7.0 and no cleavage planes, they are an excellent and inexpensive choice for all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Aquamarine A member of the Beryl family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $100/ct to about $2000/ct. With a hardness of 7.5-8.0 and not prone to cleaving, they are an excellent choice all types of jewelry. Learn more...

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Citrine A member of the Quartz family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $20/ct to about $150/ct. With a hardness of 7.0 and no cleavage planes, they are an excellent and inexpensive choice for all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Emerald A member of the Beryl family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $150/ct to well over $10000/ct. [The very finest specimens have sold at a per carat price over $100,000.00] With a hardness of 7.5-8.0 and not prone to cleaving, they are an excellent choice all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Garnet Of all the gemstones of the world, the Garnet family of gems is perhaps the most diverse group of gemstones. There are many varieties of garnets, of every color except blue. Learn more...

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Paraiba Discovered in 1989 in the Paraiba region of Brazil, which is located in the northeastern part of the country, the Paraiba tourmaline debuted at the 1990 Tucson Gem Show. Known for their fantastic, electric-neon colors, not found in any other gemstone, the original market pricing approximately $1000/ct wholesale. Current market pricing is approximately $10,000.00 to $20,000.00 wholesale for the carat and under sized stones! Currently, the typical wholesale asking prices for a large, unheated neon blue Paraiba is around a whopping $45,000.000! Learn more...

Ruby A member of the Corundum family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $400/ct to well over $20000/ct. [The finest specimens of ruby are the most expensive and desirable of all colored gemstones. Fine Burmese rubies have sold for $250,000.00 per carat on up to $500,000.00 per carat.] With a hardness of 9.0 and no cleavage planes, they, along with sapphires, are the best choice for all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Sapphire A member of the Corundum family of gems the blue sapphire is perennially the most popular of colored gemstones. These gemstones range in price from around $150/ct to well over $25000/ct. [The finest specimens of blue sapphire are one of the most expensive and desirable of all colored gemstones. Fine Burmese and Kashmir blue sapphires have sold for $30,000.00 per carat on up.] With a hardness of 9.0 and no cleavage planes, they, along with rubies, are the best choice for all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Spinel Spinels occur in many different colors: red, blue, pink, purple, orange, violet, yellow, green and even colorless. These gemstones range in price from around $150/ct to over $5000/ct for the finest specimens. With a hardness of 8.0 and no cleavage planes, they, along with sapphires and rubies, are one of the best choices for all types of jewelry. Learn more...

Tanzanite A member of the Zoisite family of gems. These gemstones range in price from around $500/ct, (for the smaller lighter colored stones), to about $2400/ct. for the larger stones with richer blue color. With a hardness of 6 – 7, and with a perfect cleavage plane, they are best suited for pendants and earrings where they do not receive the heavy wear-and-tear that a ring receives. Learn more...

Tourmaline The Tourmaline family of gems has the greatest color variation of all other gemstone groups, or families. They occur in all colors and some are bi-colored, and even tri-colored. The many varieties of tourmaline differ in their chemical makeup, crystallography, and color. They range in price based on the variety of the gem and it’s color, from around $50 per carat to about $2500 per carat. Finer specimens of the more exotic and rare varieties can range up to tens of thousands dollars per carat! [See Paraiba Tourmaline]. With their range of color, a hardness of 7.0 to 7.5, no cleavage planes, and attractive prices, they are an excellent choice for all types of jewelry. Learn more...