Some exceptional specimens of gemstones from our ‘Repository’

Repository

The section ‘Repository’ contains data and photos of 760 specimens of gemstones. The smallest is just 1.96 mm (0.02 ct) ruby from Mozambique, and the largest — 70.11 mm (326.60 ct) rock crystal from Africa.

Additionally there are 8 specimens of synthetic stones.

More specimens of gemstones

Emerald — specimen 0351

— Weight: 0.13 ct; size: 3.40 | 3.39 | 2.23 mm; shape: round; colour: light very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish. Lightly coloured, very clean specimen; very good brilliant style cut. Source: Grey Weaver, Custom Facetor LLC.

Emerald — specimen 0353

— Weight: 0.09 ct; size: 2.79 | 2.75 | 1.82 mm; shape: round; colour: light very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish. Lightly coloured, very clean specimen; very good brilliant style cut. Source: Grey Weaver, Custom Facetor LLC.

Emerald — specimen 0354

— Weight: 0.15 ct; size: 3.68 | 3.61 | 2.29 mm; shape: round; colour: light very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish. Lightly coloured, very clean specimen; very good brilliant style cut. Source: Grey Weaver, Custom Facetor LLC.

Emerald — specimen 0355

— Weight: 0.14 ct; size: 3.12 | 3.01 | 2.24 mm; shape: octagon; colour: light very slightly bluish green; very slightly greyish. Lightly coloured, very clean specimen; good step cut style. Source: Grey Weaver, Custom Facetor LLC.

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Epidote

— Characteristic of several facies of regionally metamorphosed rocks and some contaminated felsic igneous rocks; in contact zones between igneous and calcareous sedimentary rocks; from alteration of plagioclase (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are rare.

Specimen figured

Epidote — specimen 0054 — weight: 0.52 ct; shape: octagon. Very clean specimen; very good step cut style. Source: John Bradshaw, Coast to Coast Rare Stones International.