![]() ![]() ![]() We would like to share some of the customer comments we received in response to the "Colors of Gemstones, Shell and More" guide, featured in a newsletter. Green, grey, red, orange, yellow - all colors Golden color-translucent with occasional bandings Twisting and turning bands of various colors Subtle shades of reddish-brown with cream and greyĮarth tones with terra cotta reds and hints of purpleĭistinct appearance of grey, mauve and pink color combinations Has a "crackled" look (web-like pattern of white crackles) created via heat treatment, and color enhancement produces the fiery oranges and redsīlack, blue, fossil, gold, green, white, pink, purple, red or orange Glowing rusty orange color with scattered veins of grey-white. Green-transparent/translucent with occasional bandingsĭark to lime green with creamy tones and a varying black and grey matrixĪmber color - can vary in color from yellow to red to honey brown White background with green splotches (semitranslucent to opaque) Translucent to opaque, with black cross-like pattern on a light brown background, can also be dark green and transparent Red-brown, golden, yellow and white mixed in very broad patterns Multicolored (green/blue/clear/purple/golden)ĭeep brown, brick red, grey/black and cream colorsĬhocolate brown with grey and caramel colorsĮarth tones with terra cotta, red, tan, brownīrown/tan background with golden/light brown patternsīrown stone with a heavy golden/metallic, shimmering chatoyancy Mint green with spotted grey/black specks in varying patternsīlue, some pyrite or white calcite (usually dyed)ĭenim blue, some pyrite or white calcite (usually dyed) Swirls and spotted patterns in grey, black and white Translucent, grey color with occasional banding Rich dark brown-black color with marbled red and greyĬreamy pink tones against a dark backgroundĭark stone, blending black, grey and brown colors with cream specks Translucent to opaque black, may show occasional banding Green, rust, grey, cream, blue, brown, and camel color Lower grades of material are cabbed, carved, and made into a great variety of beads and other ornamental objects.A range of bead materials organized into color families: black and stone, blue and purple, green and aqua, red and pink, white and clear, and more. Many amethyst lovers prefer the usually smaller, but more richly colored stones coming from Zambia and, more recently, from Uruguay.Īt hardness 7 and with no particular warnings on care necessary, amethyst makes a fine jewelry gem for all purposes. They often suffer from color-banding, which sometimes is visible despite efforts of the cutter to minimize it. Brazilian stones can be found in huge sizes, but generally are moderate in color. Today’s major sources are Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay in South America and Zambia in Africa. Today the term Siberian no longer is a place designation as the mines are long since worked out, but instead is used a a "grade" term, implying colors similar to the original stones from Siberia. ![]() Siberian mines once produced the world’s finest stones with particularly rich purple color that glowed with reddish and/or bluish highlights. Crystalline quartz in colors ranging from pale lilac to deep reddish purple and ranging from transparent to translucent is known as amethyst. ![]()
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