These are gorgeous! What a nice find on the sapphires.These are rough crystals rather than cut gems:
Red:
This is ruby in marble from an unknown location, but possibly Jegdalek, Afghanistan
Green:
This is an emerald crystal in matrix from the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan
Blue:
These are sapphires and were bought >20 years ago, and labelled as being from Montana. This is wrong, and the evidence is pointing to old stock from the mines in Kashmir, India
Love your garnets and sapphires.
What's EB? I totally thought you had blue zircon!My Rubellite:
Rubies:
Mahenge Spinel:
A red Spinel with Tsavorite:
Green Toumaline next to my EC:
Green Tourmaline cab:
A tiny Emerald amongst Ruby cabs, an EB Topaz and an Amethyst:
Don't have any blues except EB and natural blue Topaz at the mo. A medium blue Sapphire to be cut by JW in his signature Asscher cut is on my bling bucket list.
DK
These are gorgeous! What a nice find on the sapphires.
That aqua is amazing, and the red spinel really something special.