Gem Gallery
Amethyst
Amethyst is a purple variety of the quartz family. Its colour comes from traces of iron and natural radiation. Ancient Greeks believed that Amethyst prevented drunkenness. Amethysts are often found in Geodes and is the February Birthstone.
Aquamarine
Aquamarine is a blue/green gemstone, part of the Beryl family like the Emerald.
Aquamarines are popularly known as the March birthstone and 19th-anniversary gift.
Its name derives from the Latin for "sea water". Historically, sailors wore it for protection, and it is famously known for having large, clear crystals and high durability.
Black Onyx
Black Onyx is a deep black stone of the Chalcedony family. It is often dyed to enhance its black colour. People often believed that it is associated with protection. Black Onyx is often used in carvings and cameos. Black Onyx is popular in men's jewellery.
Blue Chalcedony
Blue Chalcedony has a soft milky blue appearance. It is a cryptocrystalline quartz meaning that it is composed of microscopic crystals packed together, appearing smooth and non-crystalline to the naked eye.
Champagne Quartz
Champagne Quartz has a light brown to golden tone. It is a natural Quartz variety it is popular in modern jewellery and is often confused with Smoky Quartz. Its colour is due to natural radiation
Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase is an apple-green chalcedony. It gets its colour from Nickel. Chrysoprase is one of the most valuable variety of the Chalcedonies as they are so rare. The reason for this is that they require certain specific geological conditions to form.
Citrine
Citrine is a yellow to orange variety of quartz. Citrine is known as the "merchants stone' and was believed to bring wealth and prosperity. The majority of citrine comes from Brazil, specifically the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Cubic Zirconia
Unlike natural diamonds, which often have inclusions, almost all Cubic Zirconia are created in labs to be perfectly flawless. Cubic Zirconia actually has a higher refractive index and dispersion than diamond, meaning it can produce more flashes of color than a diamond. Cubic Zirconia is a popular, affordable diamond alternative synthesized from zirconium oxide.
Diamond
Diamonds are more than just sparkling gems, they are geological time capsules made from mostly Carbon. Diamonds are formed over billions of years under intense heat and pressure. They form 150 to 200 kilometers below the Earth's surface. They are often the oldest thing you will ever touch.
Natural diamonds can be between 1 billion and 3.3 billion years old. Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, meaning some diamonds predated the first land plants.
Dumortierite
Dumortierite is a blue to violet colour mineral that is often mistaken for Lapis Lazuli. While famous for deep blue, it can also appear brown, green, red-violet, or pink depending on its composition. Some Dumortierite specimens exhibit pale luminescence under UV light. It was discovered in 1881 in France and named after paleontologist Eugène Dumortier.
Garnet
Garnet is often known as a deep red stone but also comes in green, orange, and yellow. Some garnets, such as those from Madagascar and Tanzania, can change color from blueish-green to purple depending on light, typically due to the presence of vanadium. Garnets have been found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 3100 BCE. They were incredibly popular during the Victorian era.
Green Onyx
Green Onyx is a green coloured chalcedony and is often dyed to enhance its colour. It forms through layering of silica-rich fluids inside cavities of volcanic rocks over thousands of years. While black onyx often features white bands, green onyx typically has a more uniform green color.
Honey Agate
Honey agate is a variety of Chalcedony known for its warm, amber-like glow and delicate bands.
These stones form over millions of years inside the "vesicles" (gas bubbles) of cooling lava. Silica-rich water seeps into these cavities, depositing layers of minerals that create the stone's characteristic bands.
The warm honey color is typically caused by trace amounts of iron oxide incorporated during the crystallization process.
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli isa deep blue metamorphic rock that has been prized for over 9,000 years. Lapis Lazuli is composed of Lazurite, which provides its intense blue, along with white Calcite and golden Pyrite (often called "fool's gold")
During the Renaissance, Lapis Lazuli was ground into a powder to create ultramarine pigment. This vibrant blue was the most expensive colour around, costing more than its weight in gold.
London Blue Topaz
London blue topaz is the deepest and most saturated of all blue topaz varieties. London blue topaz starts as colorless or pale Topaz that is exposed to radiation followed by heat treatment to achieve its signature dark color.
In modern gemstone lore, it is known as the "Jewel of Love and Loyalty," representing everlasting friendship and romance. It is the traditional gift for 4th and 23rd wedding anniversaries.
Malachite
Malachite is a strikingly vibrant green copper carbonate mineral. Queen Cleopatra reportedly used powdered Malachite as eyeshadow to protect her eyes from the sun and ward off infections.
It is one of the oldest gemstones in human history, with mining records dating back to at least 4000 BC in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
Peridot
Peridot is a distinctive lime-green stones that has been around for over 3,500 years. Unlike most stones which are formed in the Earth's crust, Peridot forms deep in the earths mantle and is brought to the surface by volcanic activity.
Peridot is idiochromatic, meaning its color comes from its basic chemical composition (iron) rather than trace impurities. It is one of the few gemstones that occurs in only one color: green.
Pietersite
Pietersite is a rare and visually dramatic gemstone belonging to the Quartz family.
Unlike many gemstones with ancient histories, Pietersite was only discovered in 1962 by in Namibia and then China in 1966.
Namibian Pietersite is prized for its deep "stormy" blues and greys, whereas Chinese specimens tend to feature warmer reddish-brown, gold, and orange tones. Blue is considered the rarest and most valuable color.
Pink Chalcedony
While chalcedony is common, natural pink specimens are rare compared to blue or grey varieties. Pink Chalcedony is sometimes found in alongside jasper, creating a hybrid stone that blends translucent pink sections with opaque patterns.
In many cultures and traditions, Pink Chalcedony is referred as the "Stone of Generosity". It is symbolically linked to goodwill and harmony.
Rose Quartz
Rose quartz is the "Stone of Unconditional Love," a pink variety of quartz that has been used in jewelry and talismans since at least 7000 BC.
Archaeological evidence shows that ancient Egyptians and Romans used rose quartz as a beauty aid. Ground rose quartz was likely used as a facial scrub.
Scientists weren't sure what gave the stone its pink color. Recent studies suggest Rose Quartz's pink hue comes from microscopic fibers of a mineral similar to Dumortierite.
Sky Blue Topaz
Sky blue topaz is the lightest and most delicate variety of Blue Topaz. Sky Blue Topaz is almost identical in color to high-quality Aquamarine. It provided a significantly more affordable way to achieve that light, icy-blue aesthetic.
Smoky Quartz
Smoky quartz is a brownish-grey variety of quartz that gets its "smoky" appearance from natural underground radiation. While it was once called "Smoky Topaz," it is actually a distinct mineral with its own unique history and physical properties. The dark color is caused by free silicon formed from aluminum impurities. The quartz were exposed to natural gamma radiation from surrounding rocks over millions of years.
Speckled Jade
"Speckled jade" is typically a trade name for Nephrite Jade that features natural patterns, white flecks, or black inclusions. The "speckles" are actually inclusions of minerals like Chromite, Magnetite, or Graphite.
"Nephrite" comes from the Greek word nephros, meaning "kidney". Ancient people believed Speckled Jade stones could cure kidney-related ailments.
Turquoise
Turquoise is a rare, opaque phosphate mineral valued for millennia as a sacred stone across Egyptian, Persian, and Native American cultures.
The name is derived from the French pierre turquoise, meaning "Turkish stone" One of the famous historical uses of Turquoise is the burial mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, which is intricately inlaid with real Turquoise alongside Lapis Lazuli and Carnelian.