When buying Paraiba / Copper Bearing Tourmaline / Cuprian Elbaite be sure to; 1) Ask if the stone is a Paraiba, Copper Bearing Tourmaline or Cuprian Elbaite. The answer to this question must be yes for the...
Investing in tourmaline is made much easier by the lack of lab imitations, although glass is sometimes sold to the unwary. Tourmaline investment probably suffers most from simply having too many choices....
Legend has it that on the long way from the Earth’s heart up towards the sun, Tourmaline traveled along a rainbow. And on its way it collected all the colors of the rainbow.It is easy to see why ancient people...
Whats the hottest of the hot? I get asked all of the time which gemstones should I collect? A lot of collectors are drawn to one certian gem stone type and yet some are drawn to all. Which are the hottest...
Beryl is a gemstone family which includes some of the most coveted gems: Bixbite, Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, Heliodor, Maxixe and Goshenite. All crystals in the Beryl family share the same basic chemical...
I RECENTLY HAD AN ITEM FOR A STAMPATO NECKLACE FOR $615.00 BUY IT NOW. A BUYER LISTED AS NOT VERIFIED WITH ZERO FEEDBACK BUT WITH AN "ABOUT ME" PAGE PURCHASED THE NECKLACE THROUGH "BUY IT NOW". AFTER SENDING...
Aquamarine, a Blue Green Beryl, is birth stone for March. Until the 1970s, pale colored Brazilian aquamarine was mined in 3 to 10 ct sizes. Brazil’s famous Key blue topaz was often confused with Aquamarine....
A guided tour of Gemstones.....Aquamarine-Aquamarine has to live up to about the most inflexible color standards in the gem world. As a cousin of emerald in the beryl family of gemstones, aquamarine comes from...
What a grand world it is if you own a Paraiba Tourmaline. The queen of them all, Brazilian Tourmaline is rare and very expensive. This copper bearing form of Tourmaline can range in price for a clean stone...
I am a faceter. I check gemstone listings on eBay fairly often. I see some sellers using the word "investment" on their stones. I have some thoughts on this subject. This is strictly my personal opinion. Some...