inclusions

This stone has a very nice mix of deep blue and medium green flashes. It has a few small inclusions near the edges, only one of which is easy to spot without…

This garnet shifts to a stunning, intense orangy reddish pink under incandescent light. It has an RI of about 1.748 compared with a rhodolite I checked…

I acquired this tourmaline on my trip to Maine earlier this year.  This is the cleaner of the only two pink stones I was able to get that were facet…

This sapphire shows a stronger blue, less greenish color in person and minor inclusions are not very noticeable in normal viewing conditions (without…

This is a pretty demantoid garnet that is very clean in the middle of the stone, with some inclusions around the edges that are hard to spot without…

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Sometimes, microscopic inclusions are the only way to distinguish natural from synthetic gems. This makes the microscope an essential lab instrument…