Navaratna is a Sanskrit compound word meaning “nine gems“. Jewelry created in this style has important cultural significance in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Navaratna is a combination of nine precious gemstones, 01. Padparadscha Sapphire or Ruby 02. Diamond or white sapphire 03. Blue Sapphire 04. Yellow Sapphire 05. Emerald or green zircon 06. Red Coral […]
Fibrolite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Fibrolite is a fibres form gemstone variety of sillimanite. Although fibrolite has priority over sillimanite, the two species were not ultimately recognized as the same species until about 1854 by James Dwight Dana. Named in 1802 by Jacques Louis Comte de Bournon because of its […]
Green Onyx is a member of the Quartz Family that has different colors and various properties and characteristics. It’s A variety of Agate. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyx has parallel bands. Green Onyx can be found […]
Tiger’s eye is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown color and a silky luster. As members of the quartz group, the tiger’s eye and the related blue-colored mineral hawk’s eye gain their silky, lustrous appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that […]
The birthstone is a gemstone that represents a person’s month of birth. The idea of birthstones has a place in many traditions, customs, and belief systems. Young and Old, Male or Female, one thing that every person has in common is that everyone has a birthstone. It carries secrets, attributes, and lore that are unique […]
Red Spinel is equal to ruby in many respects , Spinel contains fewer inclusions than a ruby and has greater fire and brilliance. This is a Vietnamese bright red color ruby from Luc-yen mine. It is a fine grade Spinel with low iron content. Spinel is the magnesium-aluminum member of the larger spinel group of […]
Sapphire Crystal Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminum oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. i Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Madagascar, Greenland, East Africa, and in North America in mostly in Montana. Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir produce large […]
Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminum oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Madagascar, Greenland, East Africa, and in North America in mostly in Montana. Madagascar, Sri Lanka, […]
Sinhalite is a borate mineral with formula MgAl(BO4). This Orthorhombic Crystal hardness is 6 1⁄2 – 7 according to the Mohs Hardness scale. This gemstone was first found in Sri Lanka in 1952. It was named from Sinhala – the Sanskrit name for Sri Lanka. This is also Biaxial (-) gemstone with Specific Gravity 3.475 […]
Kornerupine is a rare boro-silicate mineral with the formula (Mg, Fe²⁺)₄(Al, Fe³⁺)₆(SiO₄, BO₄)₅(O, OH)₂. It has a specific gravity of 3.3 to 3.34 and Colours such as Colorless, white, grey, greenish, bluish, brown, black. Some Stones show strong Pleochroism such as colorless to green, colorless, pale brownish yellow, pale yellowish green, pale brownish green and green. The […]
