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In a different thread we were discussing viewing environments for gems and I had mentioned a leafless tree on a bright day as being a great lighting environment for viewing gems due to the high contrast background that would be reflected by the gem causing an increase in sparkle and fire. The image in this post is of a "desk gem" which I cut from a quartz crystal years ago,(the marks in it are inclusions, not scratches). This thing sits on the windowsill and fills the room with rainbows on a sunny day. The neat thing about this, and all lighter colored gems, is that it can show fantastic sparkle and fire in the right viewing environment, (even though it has a very low refractive index and dispersion). This first image was taken later in the day with a partially cloudy sky...not much sparkle or fire is there ? Next image coming up !