The 'eye' Agate

This is an interesting piece that I obtained some time back...

Actually, I cant remember where I got this piece from..

Its interesting in a sense that its translucent agate, with patches of black, like that of an eye.

Have not decided what to do with it too...

Think it would look nice as a centrepiece of a design!

Facetted Smoky Quartz

This is quite a special facetted smoky quartz that was given to me by Barbara Smigel, ex owner of ACStones.com.

She gave it to me years back during an anniversary sale, because it has just a little chip at one of the corners.. but this could be easily concealed using a prong when setting...

The special facetted trapezoid cut gives the otherwise common stone a beautiful make over!

Bugging Quartz

One of my newest purchase recently:

A pair of reverse carved quartz with a design of a cockroach-like bug in each.

I really like the details on these pieces, if you look carefully at the legs, you can even see that the artisian spent a lot of time carving the details.
Looks great for a pair of cufflinks...

Huge facetted smoky quartz

Another large facetted smoky quartz on display!



Compared with a Singapore 10 cent coin, this gem is nearly twice the size. If you look carefully, you can see some striations on the gem table!

Big facetted citrine

Big is bold and beautiful??

Perhaps so... Was rumaging my collection when I came across this!!!

A huge... even humangous facetted citrine!!

Took some pics with comparison to a 10cent Singapore coin for better visualization purposes!

Overall, I think the stone is quite well cut and has a nice colour.. however, it is certainly too huge to be set into jewellery and best remains a collector's item!

White Sapphire

I managed to get this white sapphire recently:

White sapphire is an excellent diamond substitute as it is brilliant and second only to diamond itself in hardness.

White or "Colorless" Sapphires have a great deal of brilliance, are attractive, durable and well priced. Gem quality Colorless Sapphires are not common.

This particular piece of mine has quite a good cut and is relatively eye clean.

5 Colours of Jade

I am not a typical jade fan....



Bought this set depicting the 5 different colours of jade some time back from Kinokuniya.

Spinel

Bought this facetted spinel at a very attractive price at Kinokuniya recently..

It has a nice purplish red colour!

Blue Topaz

Blue Topaz Gem facetted!

These stones were bought at Yahoo auctions for a very good deal!

Facetted Red Garnet

Some facetted red garnets!

Red red wine!

You are my sunshine..

.. my only sunshine..

you make me happy... with your beautiful schiller!

I love sunstone cos of its bright cheerful glow! These pair though not the best quality, had a nice shine to it!

Facetted Tourmaline

These stones shown here are all facetted tourmaline...

Look at how many colours this mineral can come in.. from pink to red, green to dark green! It covers nearly every colour in the spectrum!


The word tourmaline has two etymologies, both from the Sinhalese word turamali, meaning "stone attracting ash" (a reference to its pyroelectric properties) or according to other sources "mixed gemstones".

Star Blue Topaz

i don't really fancy blue topaz...



But this facetted blue topaz really interested me when I saw it because of its very unique cut : a star!

Heart shaped amethyst

Another heart shaped gem... this time.. the common amethyst gets a unique heart shaped make over!

Jade

Jade cabochons in assorted shapes...
Got this free of charge from a dealer..

Although I don't really know how to appreciate jade as gems, I appreciated the kind thoughts that came with them!

I 'heartz' Andulasite

This Andulasite here has a very special facetted heart shape!

I ordered it online from ACStones.com



It exhibits strong plechroism... showing 2 different colours from different angles!

Facetted Green Tsavorite

Facetted green tsavorite of 0.91 cts

It is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca3Al2Si3O12

Green grossular had been rare until 1967, when British gem prospector and geologist Campbell R. Bridges came across a deposit of the mineral in the mountains of north-east Tanzania.