What is Moonstone Gemstone? Value, Price, and Color
Moonstone gems, left to right: cabbed, carved, and faceted. Photos courtesy of Barbara Smigel, Artistic Colored Stones. What is Moonstone? Facts,…
Tektite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Tektite is a natural glass formed from the ejected debris of meteorite impacts. Though most pieces are very small, some tektite varieties have been cut and used for jewelry since prehistoric times.
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Ametrine Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Ametrine blocks. Photo taken at la Casa Nacional de Moneda (National Mint), Potosí, Bolivia, by Anakin~commonswiki. Licensed under…
Glass Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
…sand is its primary source. This article deals exclusively with the commercially or artisanally created varieties of glass used to simulate…
Unique Gem Materials for Jewelry Design
…one of the rarest materials on the planet. Carbonado from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by RockSteadyGlitter. Public Domain. Tektite…
GemEx iLoupe Review
…the screen. Most phones and tablets are designed this way, but some models may not be. Gem materials used to test the iLoupe: moldavite,…
Moldavite Faceting Information
…in it like glass. Moldavite is supposedly a tektite, created when a large meteor crashed into the earth with such force that it propelled material…
Identifying Inclusions of Specific Gems
…Moldavite often shows a roiled effect, similar to hessonite. Libyan desert glass, a type of tektite, has tiny, rounded grains. (Think sand).…
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