Spinel is one great impostor of the precious stone history and actually the well known rubies you see in crown jewels all over the world are spinels. This is a cherished gem with a dark or transparent red and also yellowish red. This stone is a favorite of traders of gemstones and collectors because of its [...]

Sardonyx is type of onyx which is an agate gemstone and also famous as the stone with stripe appearance of many different colors.  Sardonyx word is coined from the Greek ‘sard’, means “reddish-brown”, and ‘onux’, means “fingernail”. Myth says that a sleeping Venus had her sacred fingernails reap off with Cupid / Eros arrowhead. He [...]

The name Chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words “Beryl”, meaning green and “Chryso”, meaning golden. The two words combined mean “gold colored beryl”. In spite what the name implies, Cat’s Eye is not actually a Beryl at all. The name Cat’s eye is derived from the phenomena displayed by this stone known as chatoyancy, [...]

The word pencil in Spanish is where the name lapis comes from.  Valued for its deep blue color, Lapis lazuli is a natural ore. The shade ultramarine is the origin of the Lapis lazuli isn’t a mineral but rather a stone arrayed by lazurite. Little quantity of  pyrite crystals and white calcite often exist, in adjunct to the [...]

Opal is coined from the word opalus, from the Latin it means seeing jewel. In accordance to other assumptions the word opal comes from upala, word simply means stone in Sanskrit. First-class Opal stones are dissected and furnished to oval or round cabochons or other carefully domed figures so as to come up with the finest [...]