That sure looks like a Paraiba Tourmaline. The second one looks more like an Indicolite. I mined in Maine for 14 years, and I found a piece of Indicolite on matrix in the road to the mine. It has always been my understanding that an Indicolite Tourmaline is a much darker blue than the Paraiba which looks a lot like the gem you are holding between the tweezers.
I could not agree with you more!!! I am so glad I saved this video. I am going for a 6-7 carat emerald cut diamond and I tried a 5 carat today and it just didn’t seem large enough even compared to my 3.43 carat princess so now I think I have to wait to see what becomes available because while it was gorgeous it just wasn’t right. Emerald has always been my dream.
Thank you for your video. For those who are unfamiliar, there are five different Royal Foot Guard Regiments which superficially resemble each other, because they all wear black bearskin caps, red tunics and dark blue trousers. They are the Coldstream Guards, the Grenadier Guards, the Irish Guards, the Scots Guards and the Welsh Guards. The way to tell them apart is that there are subtle differences in their uniform buttons, their uniform badges, and the plume in their black bearskin caps.
Thank you for your video. For those who are unfamiliar, the luster on a pearl comes from its nacre. Nacre is composed of calcium carbonate. Care must be taken to maintain the luster of nacre which can be ruined by exposure to acidic substances such as fruit juices, soda pop, vinegar, etc.
Thank you for your video. For those who are unaware, the name Nephrite is derived from the Latin name Lapis Nephriticus which means stone for the kidney. Its Spanish name is piedra de ijada which gave rise to the name Jadeite. In olden days some cultures believed that jadeite or nephrite could alleviate pain from the kidneys. It was not until 1863 that French mineralogist Augustin Alexis Damour identified the differences between Jadeite from Nephrite as two separate minerals. The Maori in New Zealand used Nephrite which they call Pounamu to make adzes called toki, war clubs called mere and amulets called hei tiki and hei matau.
Ammolite is fossilized shell, giving it an opalescent quality. You can only find it in a small riverbed area in Alberta, Canada. You should do a show on it, comparing it to opal.
You are very uninformed. Jadeite is more comon in the americas . Guatemala for one place. You are what ia wrong with the industry today. You dont know shit. And all your pieces have been bleached and died rendering them valuless.. learn more about jadeite. You are very uninformed
