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Quantum Quattro

Quantum Quatro Silica

Quantum Quatro

This incredibly beautiful and rare stone first arrived on the gemstone market around September 1996. Quantum-Quattro® Silica contains bright medium blues, dark royal blues, dark forest and light greens. It is a combination of shattuckite (royal blue), chrysocolla (robin’s egg blue), dioptase (forest green), malachite (light green) with smoky quartz all combined in one swirling mix of colors.

This unusual stone is a recent find and found only in Nambia, Africa. The variety of colors and combinations in each slab is unending and every piece is different.

Quantum-Quattro Sillica is a stone with the rare ability to heal trauma locked in an emotional energy field. Hold a Quantum between your hands and sit where the sun’s rays can fall on you, for 15 minutes, between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm on any day, while praying or meditating and the chakras will align.

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Ruby In Zoisite

Ruby In Zoisite

Ruby In Zoisite

Ruby-Zoisite, also known as anyolite, is the natural combination of ruby and zoisite crystals in a single specimen. Zoisite, the same mineral as tanzanite, provides an earthy green and black color while ruby lends pink and red highlights. Ruby-zoisite is usually shaped as cabochons or carved into decorative shapes, including animals and religious icons. An ornamental material consisting of crystalline aggregates of green zoisite with non transparent ruby inclusions it is found in Tanzania and the general appearance is unmistakable.

Ruby-Zoisite was first discovered in 1954 in Tanzania. The name anyolite derives from the word for “green” in the native language of the Massai.

Zoisite has been known for nearly two centuries as an ornamental stone. The medium grade red ruby material is usually spread irregularly throughout the green zoisite. It is one of the most colorful of ornamental stones.

It is said to increase vigour and to help overcome laziness. It is also believed to amplify the biomagnetic field around the body and to energize the life force.

Like Zoisite, Ruby in Zoisite is said to encourage you to be an individual, and to live life as you want to, but without distancing you from the rest of humanity. It also stimulates creativity and helps you to focus on your true objectives.

The combination of ruby zoisite has been seen as magical. It is a very powerful gemstone for psychic abilities. Can be used for channeling spirits. In Asian countries it was used by healers for diagnostic healing. It is a creative gemstone and is very helpful to bring out creative energies. Because zoisite has stabilising qualities this helps the person to realise their own ideas and innate creativity.

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Rutilated Quartz

Rutilated Quartz

Rutilated Quartz

Rutile is a mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide. Rutile derives its name from the Latin rutilus, red, in reference to the deep red color observed in some specimens when viewed by transmitted light.

Rutile is a major ore of titanium, which is a metal used for high tech alloys. It often forms needle-like crystal inclusions inside quartz. This form of quartz is known as rutilated quartz and it looks like small bars of imbedded gold. Rutile is a 6 on the Mohs scale.

Rutilated quartz is found in Australia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Norway, Pakistan and the United States.

Rutilated quartz has been referred to as Cupid’s darts, Venus hair stone and Fleches d’amour.

Rutilated quartz is reputed to be an energizing stone that helps get energy moving on all levels. Intuitive sources say that it assists with mental focus. It is also said to attract love and stabilize relationships. Rutilated quartz said to be particularly effective for getting things moving energetically. It can help slowed chakras return to normal spin and balance.

Emotionally, rutilated quartz is said to be very helpful in uncovering the causes of mental issues and hang-ups. It is reputed diminishes fears and be excellent at assisting with decision-making processes. It is said that it can also ease loneliness and relieve guilt thereby bringing happiness happiness. It is used metaphysically to help one get out of a rut with their life as well as for stabilizing emotionals and mental processes, clarifying thought patterns and emotional reactions. Rutilated quartz is also said to increase one’s self-reliance and ability to find one’s own way.

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Rhodochrosite Stone

Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite (also known as Inca Rose Stone, Raspberry Spar, Manganese Spar) comes in a variety of shades from bright red to soft shades of pink, and opaque forms with swirling patterns.

The pink color of rhodochrosite is caused by the element manganese and it is formed when manganese is dissolved by ground water and combines with a carbonate material and then drips off the ceiling of caves and crevices deep underground. It is found in Argentina, Peru, Colorado and Montana, U.S, and Quebec, Canada.

It was first described in 1813 in reference to a sample from Cavnic, Maramure?, present-day Romania. According to Dimitrescu and Radulescu, 1966 and to Papp, 1997, this mineral was described for the first time in Sacaramb, Romania, not in Cavnic, Romania. The name is derived from the Greek word ???????? meaning rose-colored.

Rhodonite, another pinkish stone, is often confused with rhodochrosite because the base color is similar, but most rhodonite used for jewelry purposes contains black manganese oxides while rhodochrosite is banded with white.

Rhodochrosite is an excellent conductor of energy.
Rhodochrosite in pink tones is good for:
* soothes the heart
* stimulates warm feelings of love and compassion
* benefits the creative process
* promotes intuition

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The True Blue Of Sapphire

Sapphire

Sapphire

Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide.
Sapphire comes from the Greek word for blue, sappheiros , and this gem provides the most beautiful blues of the gem kingdom. The ancient Persians believed the earth rests on a giant sapphire. Its reflection, they said, made the sky blue.

Sapphires are found in Kashmir, Burma, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, Tanzania, Kenya, and the United States.

Sapphire is the original “true blue”: the gem of fidelity and of the soul. In ancient times, a gift of a sapphire was a pledge of trust, honesty, purity, and loyalty. This tradition makes sapphire a popular choice for engagement rings.

But sapphire doesn’t have to be blue to be beautiful. Sapphire also comes in beautiful pinks, yellows, oranges, and peach and violet colors. These other colors are often referred to as fancy sapphire. In fact, sapphire comes in every color but red, because a red sapphire would be a ruby: both are the mineral corundum.

The most south-after color of fancy sapphire is the rare and beautiful padparadscha sapphire: a pink-orange corundum with a distinctive salmon color reminiscent of a tropical sunset . Found mostly in Sri Lanka, these ultra-rare, ultra-expensive stones are among the most coveted gems in the world.

Colorless and pale blue sapphires from certain localities may be heat-treated to give them an intense blue color. Heat-treatment may also improve the clarity of some sapphires by removing tiny inner inclusions. Sapphire is pleochroic, displaying a lighter and more intense color when viewed at different angles. Some pleochroic sapphire is blue when viewed at one angle, and purple at a different angle.

Sapphire was first synthesized in 1902. The process of creating synthetic sapphire is known as the Verneuil process. Only experts can distinguish between natural and synthetic sapphire.

The sapphire was called the “Stone of Destiny”. Sapphires contribute to mental clarity and perception. They can promote financial rewards. The sapphire is the symbol of heaven and joyful devotion to God.

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The Spectrolite Stone

Spectrolite Stone

Spectrolite

Spectrolite is a variety of labradorite which displays intense reds, oranges and yellows and even blues and greens. These different colors are due to the light interference by thin lamellae, in parallel layers, within the spectrolite. The color play in the stone is iridescent as in the feathers of a peacock or the Northern Lights. It appears like a flash of light in the darkness.

Spectrolite, comes from Finland. The name is derived from Labrador which is the main and original source of the Canadian variety of this feldspar stone. Labradorite is also found in India, Madagascar, Newfoundland, and Russia.

The quarrying of spectrolite began after the Second World War and has become a significant local industry. In 1973 the first workshop in Ylämaa became cutting and polishing spectrolite for jewels.

According to believes, spectrolite brings strengths, originality, aids sleep and brings good luck. It is said to represent “Temple of the stars.” It brings the light of other planetary beings to the soul of one who uses it. It is also said to provide immediate relief from anxiety, hopelessness and depression. It gives enthusiasm, self-confidence and inspiration. People also call it “The good luck stone.”

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Zircon

Zircon Gemstone

Zircon

Zircon is an important jewelry stone, but is not well known by the general public. In fact many people who are aware of zircon confuse it with the diamond simulant cubic zironia. They are of course completely different. Cubic zirconia is a lab-created material while zircon is a natural mineral with a very different chemical composition. Zircon can be found in a number of locations in Asia, especially Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. African sources are becoming more important, with zircon found in Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and Nigeria.

Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates. Its chemical name is zirconium silicate. The group includes the various garnets, peridot, topaz, andalusite, kyanite, tanzanite, the various beryls, tourmaline and quartz. Zircon is a zirconium silicate, and is the main source of the element zirconium, a lustrous white-gray metal resembling titanium.

Zircon is known as a colorless stone used to imitate diamonds, but also comes in: blue, yellow, orange, red, brown and green. The orange variety of zircon is called jacinth. Zircon has been around in jewelry for hundreds of years. It is known for its high dispersion and for many years was used to imitate diamonds.

Brown Zicon is usually heat treated to change them to colorless or blue Zircon. Blue stones that revert to brown will regain the blue if reheated. Blue Zircon reheated in the presence of oxygen will change to a golden yellow.

Zircon supposedly helps one be more at peace with oneself. Zircon is believed to provide the wearer with wisdom, honor and riches. The lost of luster on a Zircon stone is said to warn of danger. Jacinth helps rising one’s self-esteem. Moreover, Zircon relieves pain. It is said to whet one’s appetite. Zircon also prevents nightmares and ensures a deep tranquil sleep.

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Kona Dolomite

Kono Dolomite

Kona Dolomite

The state where this Kono Dolomite Jade is found is in Marquette County, Michigan and this is where the Jasper inherited it’s name from, the Kono Hills, is known as being south of Marquette County, Michigan

Kona Dolomite specimen come in many shades of red, orange, brown, yellow, pink, cream, and often has shades of turquoise, brown, cream, gray and black banding, lacing and mottling. Often they will have inclusions of a dark Red Crystal Dolomite (Mooseblood Dolomite) and this is the only place in the world where that particular color of Red is found.

There are types of Kona Dolomite:

Pansy Kona Dolomite.
Moose Blood Crystal Kona Dolomite.
Breciated Kona Dolomite
Kaleidoscope Kona Dolomite
Moons Kona Dolomite
Hematite Included Kona Dolomite
Leopard Skin Kona Dolomite
Lacy Kona Dolomite
Krazy Lace Kona Dolomite

Kona, makes beautiful slabs for clocks & wind chimes. Fantastic Spheres, Eggs, and Bookends as well as Carvings, as it carves fairly easily. It will often cut some excellent larger Jewelry cabs for Bolos, Belt Buckles and Pendants and sometimes some smaller cabs for Rings, Earrings and other jewelry projects.

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The Apple Green Of Gaspeite

Gaspeite Gemstone

Gaspeite

Gaspeite is an extremely rare nickel carbonate mineral named for the place it was first described, in the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Gaspeite is almost apple green and can have brown patches. Also sometimes comes in a neon green. Relatively rare, and only found in very few places.

The mineral was first described by D.W. Kohls and J.L. Rodda in 1966. Specimens have also been found in New Mexico in the United States and in Western Australia.

Gaspeite belongs to the calcite group, a group of related carbonates that are isomorphous with one another. They are similar in many properties, and may partially or fully replace one another, forming a partial solid solution series.

Since gaspeite is a slightly soft gemstone, it is not recommended for rings unless well-protected by a bezel setting. You will most often see gaspeite set in pendants or pins, or beaded.

The Aborigine’s used gaspeite to bring about good fortune. As a healing stone, it is thought to reduce stress and help with heart, gallbladder and lung problems. Metaphysically, it is thought to bring spirituality into everyday life.

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