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GEMSTONE JEWELRY - A misnamed Gemstone ? Not Really !

By msclara on
In the Lapidary and Gemstone world, nothing is exact in the names of the various stones because of languages, regions and personal observations, unless you are down at the mineral level and even then sometimes language differences can effect that basic identity. Two such gemstones that are based historically on language and today on fancy market naming, are what is called Peruvian Turquoise and African Turquoise. Neither are Turquoise, but Chrysocolla and a Japer that look very similar to...Read Full Story

Gemstone Kingdom – Malachite

By banshren on | From topgemstonesinc.com
Origin Brazil, one kind of fragile but beautiful stone, have “wife happy” implication.Green is the most positive, most concentrated green. Malachite, While does not have the jewelry luster, but a kind of unique elegance.   Malachite is difficult to counterfeit: Malachite is a copper salt of the alteration products of carbon, often associated as a product of copper. Its hardness is 3.5-4, was opaque dark green, and has shades of the color bar pattern– The beauty of this unique gem does not...Read Full Story

Gemstone Kingdom – Tiger’s Eye

By banshren on | From topgemstonesinc.com
For tiger eye stone, we must first to know wood alexandrite, Wood alexandrite retains the fibrous structure of asbestos-quartz aggregates, because of its color and texture very similar to its name with the trees. The main varieties of wood alexandrite stone there are two: Eagle eye stone and tiger eye stone, which brown wood Alexandria named tiger and blue wood Alexandria named eagle eye stone. In fact, wood alexandrite and tiger stone are the same quartz altogether retained the asbestos...Read Full Story

Michael’s Unique Nevada Chrysocolla Mine

By taogem on | From taogem.com
Michael’s Nevada Unique Chrysocolla Mine This Chrysocolla in Quartz is much different than material from the Arizona mines , due to the Limonite inclusions. Also, so far Michael has not found any Cuprite or Hematite. One of the thin lower layers of the vein is a very strange blend of all of the occurring minerals, and it yields beautifully unusual slabettes. Here’s a pic of one of the batches of these slabettes which he recently sold:   People tend to use the word "Chrysocolla" as a...Read Full Story

Michael’s Unique Nevada Chrysocolla Mine

By taogem on | From taogem.com
Michael’s Nevada Unique Chrysocolla Mine This Chrysocolla in Quartz is much different than material from the Arizona mines , due to the Limonite inclusions. Also, so far Michael has not found any Cuprite or Hematite. One of the thin lower layers of the vein is a very strange blend of all of the occurring minerals, and it yields beautifully unusual slabettes. Here’s a pic of one of the batches of these slabettes which he recently sold:   People tend to use the word "Chrysocolla" as a...Read Full Story
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