Guide

Väyrynenite: a pink collector's stone from the ...

Väyrynenite is a manganese beryllium phosphate that in cuttable quality comes almost only from northern Pakistan. What distinguishes the pink stone, why it is so rarely cut, and what to...

Väyrynenite: a pink collector's stone from the ...

Väyrynenite is a manganese beryllium phosphate that in cuttable quality comes almost only from northern Pakistan. What distinguishes the pink stone, why it is so rarely cut, and what to...

Unbehandelter Smaragd aus dem Habachtal im Carréschliff

Emerald: untreated from the Habachtal and from ...

Almost every emerald in the trade is oiled or resin-filled. Why untreated stones are rare, what sets apart the emeralds from the Austrian Habachtal and from Torrington in Australia, and...

Emerald: untreated from the Habachtal and from ...

Almost every emerald in the trade is oiled or resin-filled. Why untreated stones are rare, what sets apart the emeralds from the Austrian Habachtal and from Torrington in Australia, and...

Roher Kristall von Rotem Beryll aus den Wah Wah Mountains, Utah

Red beryl: the red relative of emerald from Utah

Red beryl of cuttable quality comes from a single mountain range in Utah. Why that is, why the stones hardly ever reach one carat, and what to look for when...

Red beryl: the red relative of emerald from Utah

Red beryl of cuttable quality comes from a single mountain range in Utah. Why that is, why the stones hardly ever reach one carat, and what to look for when...

Grandidierit 2,12 ct im Rundschliff aus Madagaskar, unbehandelt

Grandidierite: the rare blue-green from Madagascar

Grandidierite was for years called the rarest gemstone in the world. Where it comes from, why one and the same stone shows three colours, and what to look for when...

Grandidierite: the rare blue-green from Madagascar

Grandidierite was for years called the rarest gemstone in the world. Where it comes from, why one and the same stone shows three colours, and what to look for when...

Hauyn 0,51 ct im Trilliantschliff aus der Eifel, unbehandelt

Hauyne: the rarest blue gemstone of the Eifel

Hauyne is one of the rarest facetable gemstones of all — and in gem quality it comes almost exclusively from a volcanic region in Germany. What makes the stone special,...

Hauyne: the rarest blue gemstone of the Eifel

Hauyne is one of the rarest facetable gemstones of all — and in gem quality it comes almost exclusively from a volcanic region in Germany. What makes the stone special,...

Buying a gemstone: what collectors and newcomer...

A first gemstone purchase can feel overwhelming. We offer a compact guide for newcomers and experienced collectors alike.

Buying a gemstone: what collectors and newcomer...

A first gemstone purchase can feel overwhelming. We offer a compact guide for newcomers and experienced collectors alike.