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Diamond

Diamonds are crystalline structures composed entirely of pure carbon. Their exceptional hardness—the highest among known...

Jewelry Carbon Precious Colorless

9.9 Brilliant

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Pigeon's Blood Ruby

A Pigeon’s Blood Ruby is a highly prized variety of ruby originating from Myanmar. These stones are renowned for their e...

Jewelry Myanmar Corundum Vivid Red

9.9 Brilliant

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Colombian Emerald

A Colombian emerald is a highly prized member of the beryl family, known for its intense vivid green color. These gemsto...

Jewelry Colombia Beryl Vivid Green

9.8 Brilliant

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Royal Blue Sapphire

A Royal Blue Sapphire is a highly prized member of the corundum family, renowned for its intense blue hue. Kashmir sapph...

Jewelry Kashmir Corundum Royal Blue

9.7 Brilliant

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Ruby

The ruby is a highly valued gemstone derived from corundum, known for its intense red color. Its significance stems from...

Jewelry Red Precious Corundum

9.6 Brilliant

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Padparadscha Sapphire

A Padparadscha sapphire is a unique variety of corundum distinguished by its delicate pink-orange hue resembling a lotus...

Jewelry Rare Corundum Pink Orange

9.6 Brilliant

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Musgravite

Musgravite is a gemstone composed primarily of beryllium oxide. It’s notable for being exceptionally rare, with only a f...

Jewelry Beryllium Ultra Rare Gray Green

9.6 Brilliant

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Cornflower Blue Sapphire

The Cornflower Blue Sapphire is a variety of sapphire prized for its delicate blue hue reminiscent of the flower’s color...

Classic Jewelry Corundum Cornflower

9.6 Brilliant

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Grandidierite

Grandidierite is a rare, translucent blue-green mineral first discovered in Madagascar in 1902 and prized by mineral col...

Jewelry Rare Borosilicate Madagascar

8.8 Great

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Merelani Mint Garnet

Merelani mint garnet is a pale green grossular variety discovered in the early 2000s, found exclusively in the famous ta...

Jewelry Pastel Tanzania Grossular

8.2 Great

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Turquoise

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that has been fashioned into jewelry for millennia, notably mined and trad...

Jewelry Opaque Blue Green Phosphate

7.3 Good

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Morganite

Morganite is a delicate pink variety of beryl, named in 1911 by George Kunz to honor financier J.P. Morgan, and is prima...

Pink Romantic Jewelry Pastel

7.1 Good

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Fluorapatite

Fluorapatite is a highly abundant phosphate mineral first described in 1860, notable for forming the basis of tooth enam...

Varied Jewelry Fluorescent Blue Green

6.4 Fair

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Apatite

Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals frequently found in igneous and metamorphic rocks, serving as a primary source...

Jewelry Neon Fluorescent Blue Green

6.0 Fair

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Kunzite

Kunzite is a pink to lilac variety of the mineral spodumene, discovered near Pala, California in 1902 and subsequently n...

Jewelry Pastel Pink Violet Spodumene

5.9 Mediocre

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Rose Quartz

Rose quartz is a pink-hued variety of macroscopic quartz prized for its translucent coloration, heavily sourced from the...

Pink Jewelry Quartz Translucent

5.2 Mediocre

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Chalcedony

Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica composed of microscopic quartz and moganite, utilized historically for...

Blue Jewelry Translucent Waxy

4.8 Poor

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Prehnite

Prehnite is a calcium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral first described in South Africa in 1788, prized for its pale gree...

Green Pale Jewelry Translucent

4.6 Poor

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Rosasite

Rosasite is a copper zinc carbonate hydroxide mineral first discovered in 1908 in Sardinia, Italy, notable for its strik...

Jewelry Rare Blue Green Copper Zinc

4.5 Poor

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Chrysocolla

Chrysocolla is a hydrated copper silicate mineral known for its vivid blue-green colors, commonly found in the oxidized...

Jewelry Southwest Copper Opaque

4.3 Poor