Article - Gemstones - Almandine Garnet

Almandine Garnet
One of the oldest Garnets recorded by man, this beautiful gem was featured in writings by the Roman historian Pliny the Elder.

Faceted Almandine Garnet

In appearance Almandine Garnet varies in colour from a red to reddish orange through to a delicious, purplish red and is typically dark in tone.For thousands of years, Almandine Garnet has been mined in several locations around the world and is often given a different name based on where it is found.

The name is said to have been derived from the writing of Pliny the Elder who wrote of a stone coming from an Asian town called Alabanda. Often you will read Almandine Garnet incorrectly spelt as Almandite.

In Sri Lanka where ...

Article - Gemstones - Agate

Agate
This gemstone has been prized since antiquity and is a variety of Chalcedony, which in turn is a member of the Quartz family.

Agate Jewellery

It was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher who is believed to have discovered the gem on the banks of the river Achates in the 4th century BC. The gemstone was later mentioned in the Bible as one of the “stones of fire”.

Made from silicon dioxide, it has a glassy (vitreous) lustre, and registers 7 in hardness on the Mohs scale. Being such a hard stone, Agate is often used to make brooches and pins. Additionally, as it can also resist acids (unlike a lot of other gemstones) it has been used to make mortars and pestles to ...

Article - Gemstones - Paua Shell (Abalone)

Paua Shell (Abalone)

Abalone Shell - Polished

A gemstone created in the sea, with a fusion of blues and greens. Just like the ocean’s waves with swirling and rolling in beautiful patterns.

Considered a delicacy by many throughout the world, the Abalone, or Ear Shell, is a Gastropod: a member of the Mollusc family of sea creatures.  The creature has a univalve shell, similar to the Limpet and attaches itself to rocks or structures under the sea by suction.

The shell of the Abalone is used in jewellery, and the exceptional and mesmerising colours of the shell are a ...

Article - Gemstones - Abalone (Paua Shell)

Abalone (Paua Shell)

Abalone Shell - Polished

A gemstone created in the sea, with a fusion of blues and greens. Just like the ocean’s waves with swirling and rolling in beautiful patterns.

Considered a delicacy by many throughout the world, the Abalone, or Ear Shell, is a Gastropod: a member of the Mollusc family of sea creatures.  The creature has a univalve shell, similar to the Limpet and attaches itself to rocks or ...

Article - Precious Metals - Gold

About Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum "gold") and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive solid chemical elements. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, asnuggets or grains in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, usually with tellurium.

Gold Crystals

Gold resists attacks by individual acids, but it can be dissolved by the aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid), so named because it ...

Article - Precious Metals - Silver

About Silver
Silver is a beautiful pliable precious metal. Did you ever wonder what Sterling Silver means or the stamp 925 you may have seen on jewelry or seen quoted in a description of a silver piece.

Well basically, only Silver of a certain quality or more accurately, purity, can be referred to as Sterling Silver. Only metal which is at least 92.5% pure Silver can be called Sterling Silver. So you can probably guess what the numbers 925 means, and is synonymous with the term Sterling Silver.

So, Sterling Silver (925) is 92.5% pure silver, but what about the rest of the metal? Well, because Silver is a pretty soft metal, the remaining 7.5% of the metal alloy is made with other ...

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