Jade: There are two types of minerals

Jade: There are two types of minerals

Jade is known in China for millennia. This is actually the "nephritis." The Spaniards had brought the new world and called "piedra de hijada," which became "jade" in French.

In the 19th century, it was found that the mineral came from China was different from that from the New World. The Central America was called "jadeite." Therefore, jade is a name that covers the nephrite and jadeite.

Nephrite and jadeite are hard stones, jadeite's a little more.

Today it is jadeite jade that is considered the real jade because its colors are green in more vivid than nephrite and is more translucent.

Beliefs about the jadeite and nephrite

In China, nephritis covered some dead in their graves to keep them and give them immortality.

In Central America, the Olmecs, Mayas and Toltec’s carved jadeite or making masks.

Long, jade was a symbol of love and virtue. It was also an outward sign of social status.

Many people believed that jade cure kidney disease, and indeed the word "nephrite" comes from the Greek "nephros" which means "kidney".

Jade-producing countries

Jadeite jade is produced in Myanmar. Entire blocks of rock are sold as is. We practice just a tiny window to get an idea of its inner quality.

Jade's wedding

Celebrating the wedding of Jade on the occasion of 26 years of marriage.

Quartz - Rock crystal: This colorless quartz is also known as "rock crystal

Quartz: Quartz is incredible The variety / range a family that includes many types of gems such as amethyst ranging in color from red to violet purple, citrine that goes from yellow to orange, which as its name emetine suggests combining the color of amethyst and that of citrine, rose quartz, which can range from transparent to translucent and is reminiscent of the powder pink, onyx to be presented below, the agates that show ornamental designs, the chrysoprase in color apple green, with superb retile quartz inclusions, drusy quartz surface covered with very small shiny crystals, etc ....

On a relatively more affordable, quartz often replaces more expensive gems such as diamonds. It has, however, a value as such.

Rock crystal

This colorless quartz is also known as "rock crystal". The best rock crystal has the clarity and the reflection of water. Jewelry, rock crystal is often engraved.

It is said that the colorless crystals of quartz provide the physical and mental health.

The quartz

The "smoky quartz" also called "smoky topaz" is brown transparent quartz. Of course, it is not a topaz.

The rutile quartz

Quartz, rutile is appreciated for its inclusions. It is as transparent as rock crystal, but it has, in its mass of golden needles very decorative. Some inclusions called "Venus's hair".

Quartz tourmaline

Quartz tourmaline is an unusual variety of quartz containing inclusions of black tourmaline crystals or dark green.

Quartz, tiger's eye

Quartz "tiger eye" contains brown iron which gives it a golden yellow color. Stones "tiger eye" are cabochon cut in the surface, a ray of light that evokes the eye of the tiger.

We find this type of quartz in South Africa, Australia, Myanmar, India and the United States.

Chalcedony:

The "chalcedony" is not a crystal consists of a single crystal, but of microcrystal.

There is a wide variety of chalcedony including cryptocrystalline quartz with patterns.

The agates are many

The bloodstone has red spots on a green background, the moss agate has a plant motifs. Jasper often looks like a painting landscaped. The black onyx is chalcedony quartz which owes its color to an ancient dyeing process still used today. The Carnelian, orange-colored sustained a translucency that makes it possible to make signet or seals. The chalcedony chrysoprase is one of a green apple transfused. On found mainly in Australia. It owes its color to nickel in it.

The Onyx: Onyx is often used as background to highlight colors

The Onyx Black onyx chalcedony comes from the Greek "onyx" which means nail. It is a variety of chalcedony in the very fine texture and black. Onyx is often used as background to highlight colors. This is the ideal stone for burning. When it has scratches or streaks on a black background color, you can then burn cameos.

Beliefs about the onyx:

It is said that one day Cupid cut the fingernails had Venus as she slept and had not picked up the pieces fell on the sand. The Fates were soon transformed these pieces of stone nails that nothing disappears from the body of the divine. At the time, onyx was associated with the colors of chalcedony and could therefore be of nail color, but brown or black.

It seems that the Onyx is a factor in improving the health of nails, skin and hair.

Characteristics of onyx

Today, the color of onyx is limited to black, preferably, and dark brown. Chalcedony reddish beige and white is called "sardonic".

Garnet: stone with fine varieties

Garnet: stone with fine varieties

Characteristics of garnets:

The garnets are of gem quality stones.

"Garnet" means a family group minerals from crystallizing nésosilicates; group that belongs to the cubic crystal system.

A rock composed mainly of garnet called a granitite.

When used alone, the word is synonymous with garnet proper-almandine.

The garnets are hard (7 to 7.5 in 10). The pyrope, which are part, are often used as abrasives, although it prefers corundum is even harder (9 of 10).

Garnets are hot color from red to green:

• Pyrope: fire red, brownish

• Rhodolite (limine variety of pyrope): pinkish red, purplish

• Almandine red brick that can shoot the purple

• Spessartite or "color Fanta" orange to red-brown

• Hessonite (grossular): dark orange

• Tsavorite (grossular): intense green

• Demantoid (andradite): green meadow emerald garnet most valuable

Producing countries:

The garnet deposits are found mainly in Ceylon, Brazil, Madagascar, United States, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Afghanistan, South Africa, Australia, knowing however that is mostly hessonite Ceylon and the tsavorite comes mainly from Tanzania. Bohemia is a producer of proper.

Peridot: Green is the only color the Peridot has three different names:

Peridot: Green is the only color the Peridot has three different names:

Peridot, Olivine or chrysalides.

It is in the business of stone that is called 'peridot', a name from the Greek "peridona" which means "very generous".

Features peridot:

The peridots are single crystals of olivine (magnesium silicate and iron present in the basic and ultra basic rocks).

Peridot comes in one color: green, going green, brown and yellow to green to olive green.

Traces of iron give a deep green with a discreet golden touch.

Note finally some very rare precious peridot cat's eye and star peridot.

Peridot is not very hard (6.5 / 7sur 10). It is not easy to work. However, when the stone was cleared of the most disturbing inclusions, it can be without risking damage.

Producing countries peridots:

Peridot is found in abundance in Pakistan. This is the "Kashmir Peridot" stone of the finest quality that exists. Other deposits are in Afghanistan, Myanmar, China, United States, Africa and Australia.

To highlight the exceptional quality of peridot from Pakistan, they were given the name "Peridot Kashmir", in reference to the remarkable Kashmir sapphires. Of lapidary managed to create, from the largest crystals, stones dazzling, beautiful, and unique: a green extraordinary support, weighing over 100 carats.

A stone in perfect harmony with the cool summer

Peridot is a green color that gives freshness to the outfits worn in the summer.

THE TOPAZ: the sun in all its splendeur Croyances about topaz:

The Topaz: the sun in all its splendeur Croyances about topaz:

The Egyptians and the Romans associated the topaz to the gods of the sun, each with Ra, the other with Jupiter. This means the protection and strength that topaz was supposed to provide the holder.

Characteristics of topaz:

Topaz is an aluminum fluorosilicate crystal. In nature, topaz comes in a wide range of colors.

It can be colorless, white, light blue, light yellow, yellow-brown, amber, orange, pinkish brown, pink and even red. Treated topaz blue sky is encountered most often in jewelry

The dark colors are mostly obtained by heat treatment.

Imperial topaz is identifiable by its color ranging from golden to deep red-orange.

Topaz is a heavy stone, a very good hardness (8 of 10).

Because of its perfect cleavage, it is wise to avoid shocks because it can crack.

Topaz may have two other features:

When moving the finger on the table topaz faceted and it sliding as if the rock was slippery.

Some topaz loses their clarity when long exposed to daylight.

Producing countries topazes

The topaz is found in warm colors especially in Brazil (Ouro Preto) and Sri Lanka; pink topaz in Pakistan and Russia, blue topaz in Brazil, Sri Lanka and China.

The wedding of topaz and natives of November

Celebrating the wedding of topaz on the occasion of 44 years of marriage.

Topaz is also par excellence of the stone native of November.

Tourmaline: tourmaline stone of many colors

Tourmaline: stone visages La multi tourmaline stone of many colors, is also called "stone arch in the sky." Some tourmaline change color depending on the light in which they bathe.

The hardness of the tourmaline is wide 7 / 7.5 10.

It is difficult to carve this stone not only because it may break, but also because it must ensure that the diachronic is preserved.

Beliefs about the tourmaline

It seems that the tourmaline comes heavily on love and friendship to ensure their stability.

Characteristics of tourmaline:

This stone is made up of crystals of various kinds of colors that give it very special.

In addition to its many colors, Tourmaline is diachronic, in that it has different colors or more or less intense depending on the viewing angle.

A tourmaline can be red, pink, and yellow, green, blue. Generally, it has many colors.

Since the bright yellow tourmalines from Malawi have been sold, this high-quality color and lacking until now, was added to the range, apparently unlimited, shades, this "stone of rainbow heaven”

The high-quality tourmalines are rare and highly sought after.

Robeline tourmaline

A "Robeline" is a deep red tourmaline comparable to that of rubies and the color is stable in both daylight and artificial light, which is not characteristic of other tourmalines.

The pink tourmaline

The red tourmaline and pink tourmaline have different shades ranging from pink to ruby red.

These tourmalines exhibit, artificial light, a reflection brownish.

If their color varies depending on the light source, then it is a "pink tourmaline".

The yellow tourmaline

In 2000, it was discovered in South Africa deposits of tourmalines yellow. When they contain a touch of green, they are said to have the color "canary." The yellow "power" comes from traces of magnesium. It can be obtained artificially by heat treatment.

Green Tourmaline

The green tourmaline has a color similar to that of the emerald, due to traces of chromium it contains. It is also called "chrome tourmaline" tourmaline or chromium.

The emerald green tourmaline from Tanzania has a color that closely resembles the finest emeralds are, remember, precious stones.

There are a multitude of variations Dan green, green, blue, bottle, yellow green, olive green, green-brown.

Blue Tourmaline

Blue Tourmaline or "indigo lithe" is fascinating and of great rarity.

When the tourmaline is pure blue, it is particularly harmonious.

Paraiba Tourmaline

The most beautiful of all tourmalines, is that of Brazilian Paraiba mines. Its color ranges from deep blue to blue-green.

Mines Paraiba tourmalines also contain other fascinating colors: all sorts of shades of gray, green, red, blue, copper ... all of exceptional beauty.

Tourmaline-producing countries

The largest deposits are in Brazil, Sri Lanka, South Africa and South Africa-West.

There are also Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Madagascar, the United States and in many African countries.