A LITTLE HISTORY OF GEMSTONES BUSINESS


Gemstones are crystalline rocks that can be cut, shape and polished for displays, or made into fine jewelry.

Decades ago, the gemstone market was dominated by the three stones, Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphire.
The term precious stone was probably derived from the French label " pierres precieuse,"
Since the other color gemstone took a while to gain popularity on the market, the other gemstones not including the diamond
were label "pierri demi-precieuse," semi-precious stone. Unfortunately, the label "semi-precious stone is a misnomer. Many other stones have sold higher than rubies and sapphires, like a Burmese Imperial Jade. 

Today the price tag is depended upon if the stones are natural, stimulant, synthetic, including if treated in some type of manner.
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Depending if the stone is fine quality or commerical grade, there is a few things to keep in mind


  1. The five C's, as well as Shape schematics, Length and Width range (MM)
  2. Category;  facet lot, facet single, rough single
  3. Color Range (Hue)
  4. Carat Weight
  5. Clarity in the stone, translucent, eye clear, slightly included, loupe clean, almost loupe clean, mix, opaque.
    It is very important to know the stone you are interested in when your looking at it. Lets take Ruby for example, 
    this precious stone is determined by color, than clarity.  A Ruby without any needle-like rutile inclusions may indicate
    that the stone has been treated in some way.
  6. Cut and Shape has a great impact on the beauty of each gemstone, a few examples are Baguette, Beads, Briolette, Fancy,
    Flower, Heart, Oval, Pear, Round, Square, Square cushion.....
  7. Length range (MM)
  8. Width range (MM)
  9. Origin  where it came from.

​​Amethyst


Amethyst physical beauty and legendary energy has been admired for thousands of years.


Amethyst is one of the most valuable stone of the quartz family, and is marked as a February birthstone. 


Amethyst is a hardy gem and takes minimal care.


Amethyst should be stored out of the direct sunlight to keep its rich color longer.  


The iron in the amethyst is one of two agents that gives the stone its beautiful hue.  The shades vary from pale reddish-violet to medium violet or medium purple to deep blackish-purple.  


The most valuable amethyst have deep purple with blue, rose, or red flashes. Which many of our amethyst displays.


Our amethyst crystals are transparent, allowing light to travel completely through the stone, and has very little inclusions.  


Many of our Amethyst Geodes have groups of crystal calcite, microcrystalline quartz and a few have hematite inclusions.