inclusions

With great color and light-colored inclusions, these Ethiopian emeralds would make beautiful jewelry stones. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com.…

This 0.64-ct, oval mixed-cut peridot was cut from the Jepara Pallasite meteorite, recovered in Indonesia in 2008. This rare specimen contains…

Hot pink, oval step-cut Sri Lankan sapphire, 1.055 cts, with a fingerprint (healed fracture) inclusion. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com…

Even hydrothermally grown emeralds have a few visible inclusions. Photo by Newermore ares. Licensed under CC By-SA 4.0.

Examples of emeralds: heavily included dyed (upper left), heavily included clarity-enhanced (upper center), moderately included clarity-enhanced…

Tanzanite crystal with veil inclusions. 3.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm, Merelani Mine, Arusha, Tanzania. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com. Used with permission.…

This hessonite garnet has many bubble inclusions, obvious to the unaided eye. (Clarity SI2, Type II gem). However, they do add character to this…

A 19.25-ct oval Portuguese-cut rubellite with veil inclusions. Jos Plateau, Nigeria. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com. Used with permission.…

The copper inclusions in this princess-cut Oregon sunstone create the attractive effect known as schiller. 1.51 cts, 7 mm. © The Gem Trader. Used…