May 9, 2022 Top Chef alum Melissa King wears Chinese nail guards traditionally worn by empresses like Empress Dowager Cixi who met with Western…
Although aesthetically magnificent wulfenite crystals are often too thin, soft, and sensitive to cut for jewelry, rare faceted pieces are greatly…
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Though perhaps best known as inclusions within other gems, rutile crystals themselves can be faceted or cabbed as curiosities for collectors.…
Xonotlite is strong and can take a good polish. However, these gems are extremely rare, both as a species and cut specimens.
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Although abundant in various lava rocks, leucite is extremely rare in gem-quality form and often has a milky or cloudy look. Faceted stones as well…
Small, cuttable crystals of very rare zektzerite are found only in a mountainous location in Washington state. Faceted pieces would make prized…
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