Photos
- all our stones are photographed in daylight, on a white
background but allowing some natural light to penetrate
from behind to show you the true color. No special effects
are used to enhance the stones
Note -Please remember our grading is as
follows - A - 70% clean and above, AA - 80% clean and above,
AAA - 90% clean and above
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Ruby
Ref TT/RGF #1
weight 10.17 cts
Total price $1119.00 |
Ruby
Ref TT/RGF #2
weight 9.15 cts
Total price $1007.00 |
Ruby
Ref TT/RGF #3
weight 7.67 cts
Total price $844.00 |
Ruby
Ref TT/RGF #4
weight 8.68 cts
Total price $955.00 |
Ruby
Ref TT/RGF #5
weight 9.29 cts
Total price $1022.00 |
MADAGASCAR
RUBY -Glass-filled
Please
remember to mention PLATE TT/RGF when ordering from this
list
We have some new stock of these stones - sent to us on consignment,
to test the market. This color is much better than our previous
material, showing a rich red color, but, of course, with
inclusions.
Read on to understand and to become fully conversant as
to what 'Glass Filled' means.
First some background -
Madagascar miners have been finding large deposits of a
dark red Ruby, so dark that much of it couldn't be utilized
in cutting. For the last few years, the cutters in Thailand
have been working on a process to lighten this Ruby. .The
rough is treated , together with lead glass, in a very high,
prolonged heat process and under a strong vacuum. This has
resulted in the superb red-pink color which shows amazing
fluorescence under incandescent light. The lead glass, I
am told, was supposed to fill any fractures. Under a microscope,
some actual fusion of cracks has been noted in similar rough
so you can imagine the heat these stones are subjected to.
This treatment is now being used for the new Ruby deposits
found in Mozambique. The upshot is that, although these
Rubies are treated, they are not synthetic and cost a fraction
of what you would pay for untreated stones of similar color.
Click onto www.gia.edu/research-resources-from-research/index.html
for further information and for the comments regarding this
process and their suggested wording for the treated/cut
stone
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Pink Tourmaline - Nigeria Ref. TA-1
A very attractive parcel of medium to medium-light Nigerian
pinkTourmalines direct from the mine.
This means that, although the stones are nearly all AAA
grade, the odd inclusion has not been removed.
The parcel consists of 26 stones with a combined weight
of 104.34 cts and is priced at $400.00 for the parcel.
That averages around 4 ct per stone and a cost of $4.00
per ct!
Now beat that for value!!
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Pink Tourmaline - Nigeria Ref. TA-2
A very attractive parcel of medium to medium-light Nigerian
pinkTourmalines direct from the mine.
This means that, although the stones are nearly all AAA
grade, the odd inclusion has not been removed.
The parcel consists of 26 stones with a combined weight
of 103.26 cts and is priced at $400.00 for the parcel.
That averages around 4 ct per stone and a cost of $4.00
per ct!
Now beat that for value!!
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Assorted Tourmalines - Nigeria Ref. JY-1
A very attractive parcel of mixed colored Tourmalines, all
Nigerian origin. These stones are direct from the mine.
This means that, although the stones are nearly all AAA
grade, the odd inclusion has not been removed.
The parcel consists of 13 stones with a combined weight
of 100.40 cts, and is priced at $550.00 for the parcel.
That averages around a cost of just $5.50 per ct!
Now beat that for value!!
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Assorted Tourmalines - Nigeria Ref. JY-2
A very attractive parcel of mixed colored Tourmalines, all
Nigerian origin. These stones are direct from the mine.
This means that, although the stones are nearly all AAA
grade, the odd inclusion has not been removed.
The parcel consists of 13 stones with a combined weight
of 100.00 cts, and is priced at $550.00 for the parcel.
That averages around a cost of just $5.50 per ct!
Now beat that for value!!
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Assorted Tourmalines - Nigeria Ref. JY-3
A very attractive parcel of mixed colored Tourmalines, all
Nigerian origin. These stones are direct from the mine.
This means that, although the stones are nearly all AAA
grade, the odd inclusion has not been removed.
The parcel consists of 13 stones with a combined weight
of 100.02 cts, and is priced at $550.00 for the parcel.
That averages around a cost of just $5.50 per ct!
Now beat that for value!!
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Blue-Green Tourmalines - Nigeria Ref. KK3
A very attractive parcel of bright blue-green
Tourmaline, showing closed
"C" axis, all Nigerian origin.
These stones are direct from the mine. The stones are graded
AA - AAA grade, with the majority being AAA.
The parcel consists of 9 stones with a combined weight of
106.00 cts, and is priced at $745.00 for the parcel.
That works out at $7.00 per ct!
Now beat that for value!!
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Peridot - Pakistan Ref PK-1
We are clearing our stock
of the small Pakistan Peridot (identical to the stones shown
on Plate 9)
These are very attractive medium green stones, many of which
have been tumbled-polished and a number which have been
pre-shaped. The stones are graded AA - AA+, the odd inclusion
has not been removed.
The material will be sold in parcels of 50 ct lots, and
is priced at $3.00 per carat, that is $150.00 per parcel.
The eight of the stones average around 5.00 ct each.
Now beat that for value!!
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Scapolite - Tanzania Ref SC/TZ
A very pretty parcel of the yellow Scapolite
from Tanzania.. There are 13 stones in all and the majority
are AAA in grade. Scapolite is very similar to Quartz as
far as the Refractive index is concerned, being 1.548 -
1.570, a Specific Gravity of 2.57 to 2.74 and a hardness,
slightly under Quartz.
The parcel has a combined weight of 246.62 cts and is priced
at $247 for the total parcel. That is, just $1.00 per ct
- and you won't get it at this price again!
