Canasite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
The material usually seen on the market as “canasite” is purplish in color. It is frequently confused with another purplish material, a member…
Calcite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Calcite is common and abundant throughout the world. The material has little intrinsic value since it is not scarce. However, calcite is one of…
Bustamite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Pale pink and brownish red bustamite can make a very attractive faceted gem. However, stones in large sizes are rare and difficult to cut.
Breithauptite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Breithauptite is a curiosity cut for collectors, although it could be worn with care in jewelry. The color is extremely lovely, a delicate reddish…
Cordierite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
The crystal structure of cordierite has many similarities to that of beryl; indialite, the dimorph, in fact has the same structure as beryl. Iolite…
Beryl Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
The beryls are among the most popular, and also the most expensive, of all gems. A wide range of color is represented, from colorless to black. Beryls…
Chromite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Chromite is shiny and black, and makes a curious-looking cabochon with no special attraction. Occasionally, a cabochon has a reddish color. The…
Childrenite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Cut childrenite is a great rarity, and all gems are small. Cut eosphorite is more abundantly available, though both materials are very scarce.…
Catapleiite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
The only reported cut catapleiite is from Mte. Ste. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, in the form of tiny colorless gems.
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