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This unique design features a 5 carat cushion cut Malaya Garnet with .04ct Diamonds flanking it, hand made in 18K rose gold. Malaya garnet is a rare, “hybrid” garnet, primarily a mix of pyrope (red) and spessartite (orange) and sometimes almandine garnets. It was discovered in the East African Umba Valley of Tanzania/Kenya and is also found in Madagascar.
Padparadscha is the rarest type of Sapphire. The word means “The color of the lotus”. Sapphire is a wonderful jewelry gemstone because it has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale making it less susceptible to damage than any other gem except diamond. And it comes in every color of the rainbow except red when it is considered ruby. We have a large collection of sapphire jewelry and loose sapphire gemstones available for purchase in our gallery or our online store.
Most gems are colored by impurities in the crystal. Peridot’s yellow-green is due to the presence of iron. Higher quality stones have an intense color. The best peridot is pure grass green. Most of the stones with the finest color come from Myanmar and Pakistan. Peridot has extremely high double refraction: when you look closely through the gem, you can see two of each pavilion facets.
We have a wonderful selection of pearl earrings combined with colored gems, simple pearl ear studs, and jackets. Jackets can be worn with any ear studs to spice up your earring wardrobe. Shown here are rare, matching pink tourmaline ear studs with Tahitian baroque drops.
Pearl enhancers are meant to adorn your strand of pearls. They can be easily added or removed from pearls or hung on a chain, thus making them a versatile addition to your jewelry wardrobe.
Shown here on a unique strand of white South Sea Baroque pearls. We offer a wide variety of pearl necklaces in all colors, lengths, and sizes. We re-string your pearls.
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell, it is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, called nacre, which has been deposited in concentric layers produced by the mollusk. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality of natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, the pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable, and valuable.
Aquamarine – March Birthstone, 19th Wedding Anniversary. Aquamarine evokes the purity of crystalline waters and the exhilaration and relaxation of the sea. It is calming, soothing, and cleansing. It inspires truth, trust and letting go.
Smooth graduated lentil shaped deep purple amethyst beaded necklace, untreated Zambian 230ctw. 14KY clasp, 17.5″ total length.
