Facts About Amber

Amber

 

Element: Earth

Colour: Golden brown or yellow – green is artificially colored

Appearance: Opaque or transparent resin, insects or vegetation trapped inside

Source: Britian, Poland, Italy, Romania, Russia, Germany, Myanmar, Domnica

Amber is a fossilised natural botanic resin, it is a mixture of hydrocarbons with a hardness of 2 to 2.5.

 

Magic:

·         Symbolises life-energy

·         Concentrates the magical energy of the sun

 Healing Properties:

·         Invigorates the body’s systems

·         Helps with nervous disorders

·         Boosts energy and generates enthusiasm

·         Sharpens thinking processes

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Natural white jadeite ring

A natural white jadeite (tested) set with blue sapphire in 18K white gold. Priced at $3800.

Peridot tear drop

A laser cut tear detox faceted peridot. Good luster n color, priced at $298.

Kunzite 10.5. Carats

A 10.5 carat faceted oval shaped Kunzite, 15.3 x 11.9mm, good luster but a little pale. Priced at $680.

Customized aquamarine pendant

The aquamarine recently sold was customized into a pendant in 18K white gold.

Apple green jadeite

A pair of beautiful apple green jadeite cabochons and transparent. Priced at $880.

Larimar - smooth tear drop cab

A 13.11 carat smooth Larimar year drop cab, good finish 23.9 x 6.1mm. Priced at $500.

Facts about Larimar

Larimar

Element:Water, Fire

Colour: Blue,blue green, gray or red with white

Appearance: Translucent,smooth with whorls of color or white veins showing through the base color.Often small to medium tumbled

Source: DominicanRepublic, Bahamas

Larimar is aform of blue Pectolite, a sodium calcium silicate mineral with a hardness pf4.5 to 5. It displays dramatic patternsof blue, blue-green and white. It isfound on the island of Hispaniola, in Carribbean Sea.

Healingfunctions:

· Aidsthe flow of prano (life-energy) in the upper body and releases any tightness there

· Balancesextemes of emotion

· Encouragestolerance

· Givesan appreciation of personal space

· Relaxesthe conscious awareness

· Broadensexperience of time and space

· Helpsyou to perceive your place in the overall scheme of things

Factsextracted from: The pocket Book of Stones – Robert Simmons; The essentialCrystal handbook – Simon & Sue Lilly; The Crystal Bible – Judy Hall

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Gemstones Buying Guide Series No.5

Gemstones Buying Guide Series No.5

Published only on Monday’s.  Extracted from Gemstone Buying Guide by Renee Newman GG

 

Colored Gem Price Factors :

Following factors can affect the prices of coloured gemstones:

-          Color

-          Clarity

-          Transparency

-          Shape

-          Cutting Style

-          Cut Quality

-          Carat Weight or stone size

-          Treatment status

-          Place of Origin

-          Distinctness of phenomena

 

Place of origin may refer to the country, area, or mine where a gem was mined.  In most cases the source if colored gems does not matter – it’e the quality that counts.  However, for gems such as ruby, sapphire and emerald, origin can affect the price, provided the stone has a high quality and is accompanies by a lab report indicating a desired source.

 

Distinctness of Phenomena: Phenomena are unusual optical effects such as:

-          Chatoyancy (cat-eye): a band of reflected light in cabochons .  It occurs when a strong light strikes needle-like inclusions or hollow tubes that are parallel within the stone.  A cat’s eye effect may be seen on some chrysoberyl, emerald, aquamarine, apatite, quartz and tourmaline

-          Asterism (star): bands of reflected light crossing each other in the center to form a star with four, six or twelve rays

-          Adularescence: a floating, shifting light effect caused by structural unevenness in moonstone which scatters the light.  On some high dome moonstones, it creates a cat’s eye effect.

-          Aventursence: a glittery, sparkling effect caused by light reflecting off of minute platelike inclusions.  In sunstone, the inclusions are usually platelets of copper or hematite, ad in aventurine quartz they’re a type of green mica

-          Labradorescence:  a flesh of color(s) in labradorite or spectrolite seen at certain viewing angles.  It’s caused by the interference of light through the layered structure of labradorite

-          Color change: sometimes called the alexandrite effect.  A change of color that occurs when the light source is changed.

-          Play of colors:  a display of shifting colors in opal caused by clusters if microscopic silica spheres of uniform size, which break up the light into spectral colors

-          Orient: pearl iridescence. It results from the interference that occurs as light passes through layers of nacre.  Orient may be a subtle combination of rainbow-like colours or of pink, blue, silver and sometimes green.

Iridescence: a play of lustrous changing colors caused by the interference of light

18k yellow gold earrings

A pair of faceted pear shaped amethyst in 18k yellow gold earrings. Priced at $1800.

10.73 carat rubelite

An oval faceted rubelite, 15.8 x 12.6mm, 10.73 carats. Good luster, color n eye clean. Priced at $4800.

Chalcedony earrings

A pair of bluish grey faceted chalcedony earrings on vermeil findings. Priced at $80

Facts about Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli

Element: Wind

Colour: Deep blue flecked with gold

Appearance: Dense,veined, Lapis Lazuli looks like the night sky. All sizes, sometimes tumbled.

Source: Russia, Afghanistan, Chile, Italy, US, Egypt, MiddleEast

Lapis Lazuli is a sodium aluminium silicate with anisometric crystal system and a hardness of 5 to 6.

Magic:

· Associated with truth, balance and justice

· Promotes steadfastness and courage

Healing functions:

· Supports the throat and upper chest areas

· Draws anxieties to the surface

· Aids communication and meditation

· Provides insight and clarity of mind

Facts extracted from: The pocket Book of Stones – RobertSimmons; The essential Crystal handbook – Simon & Sue Lilly; The CrystalBible – Judy Hall

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Smooth Chalcedony Cabochons

Smooth bluish grey chalcedony cabochons, good polish and translucent. Priced at $118 each.

Emerald cut aquamarine

An emerald cut 13.28 carat aquamarine, 15.2 x 11.7mm , clean and good luster. Priced at $3880.

Facts about Chalcedony

Chalcedony

Element: Water or Wind

Colour: White, pink, blue, red, greyish

Appearance: Transparent or opaque, sometimes banded, all sizes, often seen as geode or small tumbled stones

Source: USA, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iceland, Mexico, Britian, New Zealand,  Turkey, Russia, Brazil, Morocco

Blue Chalcedony is a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7.  It differs from Jasper in that the Quartz is arranged in fibrous layers rather than the sugar-like grains found in Jasper.  Blue Chalcedony is found in India,  Brazil, Turkey and USA.

Purple Chalcedony is a silicon dioxide mineral with a hardness of 7.  It differs from Jasper in that the Quartz is arranged in fibrous layers rather than the sugar-like grains found in Jasper.  Purple Chalcedony is found in Mexico, Brazil, Turkey and USA.

 

Magic:

Blue Chalcedony

·         Restores calm and balance

·         Affects the mind in many levels

·         It stimulates telepathy and all types of communication with the invisible realm

·         Good stone for those in theraphy and excellent tool for those engaged in counselling others

·         Recovers memories of past lives

Purple Chalcedony

·         A stone for cleansing and purifying the auric field

·         Provides Physic protection

Facts extracted from: The pocket Book of Stones – Robert Simmons; The essential Crystal handbook – Simon & Sue Lilly; The Crystal Bible – Judy Hall

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23.97carat aquamarine cabochon

A 23.97carat aquamarine cabochon, 21.9 x 16mm. Priced at $1380.

14K gold-filled larriet

A 14K gold-filled larriet set with a baroque pearl, a smooth chalcedony tear drop and citrine, chrome diopside, whiskey quartz and prehnite. Priced at $298.

Facts about Prehnite

Prehnite

 

Element: Earth & Water

Colour: Green, yellow, white, brown

Appearance: Bubbles on matrix, small to medium pieces

Source: Australia, China, Jersey USA,  South Africa

Prehnite is a calcium aluminium silicate mineral with an orthorhombic crystal system and a hardness of 6 to 6.5.  The color is usually yellow-green.  Prehnite is found in Australia, China, Jersey USA & South Africa

Prehnite Magic:

·         Unlocks the unconscious mind

·         Melts boundaries of time and space, making it easier to access psychic skills such as clairvoyance, remote viewing and channelling

Healing functions:

·         Eases nervous indigestion

·         Soothes and calms the mind and emotions

·         Helps to diffuse acute worry

Facts extracted from: The pocket Book of Stones – Robert Simmons; The essential Crystal handbook – Simon & Sue Lilly; The Crystal Bible – Judy Hall

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Pink tourmaline nugget necklace

A smooth tumbled pink tourmaline nugget in 14k gold filled wired necklace with lemon quartz. Priced at $680.

Facts about Spinel

Spinel

Element: Storm

Colour: Colorless,white, red, blue, violet, black, green, yellow, orange, brown

Appearance: Small,crystalline with terminations, or tumbled pebbles

Source: India,Canada, Sri Lanka, Myanmar

Spinel is amagnesium aluminium oxide mineral with a cubic crystal system and a hardness of7.5 to 8.

Magic:

· Actsas a spur to decisive actions

Healing Properties:

· Focuseshealing energy at the areas of the body that require attention – particularly effectiveat transferring healing deep into body tissue

· Helpsthe body to detoxify itself

· Boostsluggish energy flow

· Loosensstiff muscles

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Smooth Green Calcite cabochons

A pair of Smooth Green Calcite cabochons, 13 x 18mm, 34.15carats, clean and good luster. Priced at $600.

Faceted pink chalcedony earrings

Faceted pink chalcedony tear drops in 925 silver with cz earrings. Priced at $48.

Green onyx earrings

Faceted green onyx tear drops in 925 silver earrings with cz

Gemstones Buying Guide Series No. 4

Gemstones Buying Guide Series No.4

Published only on Monday’s.  Extracted from Gemstone Buying Guide by Renee Newman GG

 

Colored Gem Price Factors :

Following factors can affect the prices of coloured gemstones:

-          Color

-          Clarity

-          Transparency

-          Shape

-          Cutting Style

-          Cut Quality

-          Carat Weight or stone size

-          Treatment status

-          Place of Origin

-          Distinctness of phenomena

 

Carat Weight or stone size is also an important value factor.  In most cases, the higher the carat weight category, the greater the per carat price of a gem.  A carat is a unit of weight equalling 1/5 of a gram.

Many translucent to opaque stones such as jade, malachite and chalcedony are sold by the piece of or stone size, not by weight.  Designer cuts may also be priced per piece, and coloured stones under approximately half a carat are often priced according to millimetre size.

 

Treatment status includes 3 elements which can be important if you are spending a substantial amount of money on a gemstone:

1.       Is the stone treated or untreated?  Has the stone undergone a process other than cleaning cutting or polishing to improve its natural appearance? Most colored stones are treated in some way by man.  High quality untreated gems are usually the most highly valued because they are more rare and they are natural.  However ugly untreated stone is typically worth less and harder to sell then one that is attractive and treated.  That is why gems are treated.

2.       What treatment(s) did the stone undergo?  Not all treatments are equal.  Some treatments, such as dyeing and cavity filling, have more negative impact on value than others, like heat treatment, which is well accepted.  Therefore it pays to find out what gem treatments were used on a gem before assessing its value.

3.       What is the extent of treatment?  This applies to clarity enhancements such as fracture filling.  For example, practically all emeralds have tiny fractures.  So it is customary to fill these fractures with oil, wax or epoxy-type substance to mask them and sometimes increase durability.  Assume that all emeralds you see for sale have been clarity enhanced, unless otherwise stated.  Naturally a stone with a minor amount of filling is more valued than one with a substantial amount throughout the stone.  Therefore gem labs now indicate on their documents the extent of the filling process, often by describing it as minor, moderate, significant or none.

Facts about Green Calcite

Calcite,Green

Element: Fire,Water

Colour: Paleto Emerald Green

Appearance: Translucentand waxy, often banded (may be acid-treated to enhance colour), all sizessometimes tumbled

Source: Mexica

Greencalcite is a calcium carbonate mineral with a rhombohedral crystal system and ahardness of 3.

Magic:

· Linksthe individual to the natural cycles of continuous change and transmutation

· Enableseffortless flow

Healing Properties:

· Shiftsenergy that has become stagnant or very slow moving

· Soothesand calms agitated emotions

· Quietensthe mind

· Createsclarity by removing friction and dissonance

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Chrysoprase cabochon

A smooth 17.79 carat chrysoprase cabochon, 17.1 x 15.8 mm, good color and luster. Priced at $190.

Faceted oval shaped Tanzanite

A pair of 3.54carat faceted tanzanite, 9 x 6.9mm. Priced at $1968

Facts about Chrysoprase

Chrysoprase

Element: Water

Colour: Applegreen, lemon

Appearance: Opaque,flecked, often small and tumbled

Source: USA,Russia, Brazil, Australia, Poland, Tanzania

Chrysopraseis a green chalcedony, a member of the Quartz group with a hexagonal crystalsystem and a hardness of 7. Is has beenused as a gemstone in ancient Greece, so far back as 400 BC.

Magic:

· Traditionallya stone of good luck and success

· Enablesus to blend with our surroundings – even reputed to confer invisibility

· Conveysthe harmonious energy of nature

Healing Properties:

· Promotessound sleep and deep rest

· Supportscleansing and detoxification

· Bringsan increased sense of calm and security

· Increasescreativity

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Rose Quartz briolette

A pair of smooth Rose Quartz briolette, 28.5 x 10mm, 39.07 carats. Priced at $288

Facts about Yellow Beryl

Yellow Beryl

 

Element: Earth

Colour: Pink, Golden, yellow, green, white, blue

Appearance: Prismatic crystals, may be transparent and pyramidal

Source: US, Russia, Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Norway

Magic of Beryl:

-          It teaches user how to do only which you need to do.

-          Its a stone excellent for dealing with a stressful life and shedding unnecessary baggage.

-          It aids in tuning guidance as to what you should be doing

 Healing Properties:

-          It aids the organs of elimination, strengthens pulmonary and circulatory systems, and increases resistance to toxins and pollutants

-          It treats the liver, heart, stomach and spine and heals concussions

-          It is a sedative stone

-          as a elixir it can be used to treat throat infections

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