Sapphire gemstone, refers to the mineral Corundum family the same as a ruby stone. ✦ History: In ancient times, People from Tamil in the regions of Southeast Asia were found only hard stones, the type of these stones was called Corundum. ✦ Colors: In addition to light blue and vivid blue tones, sapphires have a very wide palette of colors, they can be...
Gem Emerald, a gemstone, belongs to the beryl rock, green in color. Emerald is one of the most precious gems on the planet, by its estimated value it becomes in line with Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, and Paraiba Tourmaline. ✦ History: As far back as ancient times Emeralds were very highly valued and traded in the 4th century B.C. At that time...
The first tourmalines were found in the 1500s, for a long time tourmalines were confused with other gemstones, such as rubies, emeralds, zircons. According to the hardness, Mohs scale tourmalines are 7-7,5. Paraiba is the rarest and most precious type of tourmaline, not ennobled Paraiba tourmaline, which competes in price with diamonds, and high-quality rubies and sapphires. The tourmaline color palette...
The founder of the diamond industry is India. The first mention of precious finds there dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Crystals began to come to Europe in the 13th century. However, they learned to process them only in the XV. The first diamond in our modern view was made by Louis de Bernell for the Duke of Burgundy,...
One of the most expensive stones in the world is the Ruby red gem. By the Mohs hardness scale, Ruby has a rating of 9 that makes it second to diamonds along. Rubies are a type of corundum, the colors of this gorgeous gemstone range from light red, violet red to dark red. Back in the Bronze Age, many royal crowns were...
