JCK Web Feature: Brazil Boasts Local Treasures

News  |  www.jckonline.com | Sep 25, 2008

For centuries, Brazil has been known for prolific deposits of gold, diamonds, and other gems including quartzes, tourmalines, beryls, and topazes (especially imperials). More recent discoveries include spodumenes (kunzites and hiddenites) and chrysoberyls (especially alexandrites).

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Untitled Page - 1994 Spectrum Award Winners Feature Exotic Gems

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that Michael Dyber, a gem carver/jewelry designer from Rumney, N.H., has won first prize in the Spectrum Award's 1994 competition in the over $10,000 category: We mentioned Dyber in the March issue of RDR [Chic Replaces Wild West at Tucson Shows...

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About Ametrine - Jewelry Television™

Throughout history, quartz was considered to hold the power of communication or divination. Interestingly, quartz was used in the development of modern radio frequencies.

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Ametrine buying guide @ Jewel Info 4 U

Summary: Ametrine is a transparent gemstone consisting very few flaws. Naturally occurring gemstone may possess little stress flaws around the colour change zone but rest would have clarity. Further with the increase in size the clarity increases as flaws almost become negligible.

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Ametrine, gemstones shopping at Multicolour.com

Ametrine is the trade name given to an unusual variety of quartz which exhibits the colors of amethyst and citrine side by side. The material has received a good deal of publicity and was first said to be mined in Brazil. Later it was reported to have come from Bolivia.

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Sugilite and Ametrine Necklace

If you are interested in more information for any listed or related items email us at olson352@aol.com (or go to information page).

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Gram Faceting: Beginners Page / Learn How to Facet

All the information about rough, equipment, books, instructions, diagrams, and any other information I think is relevant to a new cutter is listed here. I have also listed articles that a new cutter should read when getting started.

http://www.faceters.com/beginners.shtml

Amethyst Factsheet and Information Page at mineralminers.com

Crystal habit: Macroscopic crystals occur as horizontally striated hexagonal prisms terminated by a combination of positive and negative rhombohedrons forming six sided pyramids. Amethyst often occurs as drusy masses showing only the rhobohedral terminations. It can also be massive.

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Purple and yellow are complementary colors: opposites on the color wheel that combine in surprising...

Purple and yellow are complementary colors: opposites on the color wheel that combine in surprising harmony. Think of the cheerful beauty of purple and yellow pansies or the elegance of a violet and gold iris.

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Love-Story Diamonds www.love-story.com

Ametrine A relative newcomer to the gem world (ametrine was discovered in Bolivia in the late ’70s), ametrine is a variety of quartz which exhibits the best aspects of both purple amethyst and yellow citrine within the same crystal.

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