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Musgravite: Bastnasite - Rare Color Change Gemstone
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World's rarest and most exclusive gemstone. Monday, March 16, 2009. Bastnasite - Rare Color Change Gemstone. Bastnasite, which is sometimes spelled as bastnaesite, is one of a few rare earth carbonate minerals and change color as well. Bastnasite gets its name from its type locality, Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. From orangy yellow to yellowish orange. I occasionally have rare collection facets stones. like painite, zircon color change. I thank you in advance. March 23, 2009 at 7:39 PM.
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Musgravite: March 2009
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World's rarest and most exclusive gemstone. Monday, March 16, 2009. Bastnasite - Rare Color Change Gemstone. Bastnasite, which is sometimes spelled as bastnaesite, is one of a few rare earth carbonate minerals and change color as well. Bastnasite gets its name from its type locality, Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. From orangy yellow to yellowish orange. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bastnasite - Rare Color Change Gemstone. What is the rarest gemstone? Fire in a cut Sphene.
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Musgravite: September 2008
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World's rarest and most exclusive gemstone. Thursday, September 4, 2008. Facet grade musgravite from Tunduru, Tanzania. Is an extremely rare member of the taaffeite. Family that was discovered in 1967 in the Musgrave Range of South Australia. Because of its similarity to taaffeite. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Facet grade musgravite from Tunduru, Tanzania. What is the rarest gemstone? Fire in a cut Sphene. Rare Fine Burmese Peridot. Balas Ruby, Black Prince's Ruby and Timur Ruby.
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Musgravite: Sharp mineral dealer discovers extremely rare mineral specimen being used as a paper weight at the Tucson show.
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World's rarest and most exclusive gemstone. Thursday, July 5, 2007. Sharp mineral dealer discovers extremely rare mineral specimen being used as a paper weight at the Tucson show. While exploring some remote corner of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. And mineral dealer Morgan Sonsthagen came across an attractive bright pinkish-orange rock being used as a paper weight. Thinking it was a rhodochrosite he asked the dealer, "how much for that rock on the pile of papers"? Only a few cut stones have been repor...
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Musgravite: Phenomenal Star Sapphire
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World's rarest and most exclusive gemstone. Sunday, October 17, 2010. Also known as "star" in the trade. Cabochon-cut star sapphire gemstones. Characteristically shows a six-rayed star. Although stars can occur in a range of colors many stars are grayish or dark and the supply of fine stones is always limited. This natural star sapphire. Features strong asterism phenomena, when fibrous inclusions align on all of the crystal axes, the cat'seye effect can appear in two or three directions at once.
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Musgravite: Facet grade musgravite from Tunduru, Tanzania
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World's rarest and most exclusive gemstone. Thursday, September 4, 2008. Facet grade musgravite from Tunduru, Tanzania. Is an extremely rare member of the taaffeite. Family that was discovered in 1967 in the Musgrave Range of South Australia. Because of its similarity to taaffeite. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Facet grade musgravite from Tunduru, Tanzania. What is the rarest gemstone? Fire in a cut Sphene. Rare Fine Burmese Peridot. Balas Ruby, Black Prince's Ruby and Timur Ruby.
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Spinel: September 2008
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The greatest impostor in gemstone history. Saturday, September 20, 2008. Balas Ruby, Black Prince's Ruby and Timur Ruby. In ancient times red spinel was often known under the name "Balas Ruby", a name devised most probably from Balascia or Badakhshan in Northen India , where the the earliest gemstones. Came from. "Balas" could be also derived from Arabic word Balakhsh. Monday, September 15, 2008. Rare large spinels from Mahenge, Tanzania. As the large crystal had already been broken up along its fracture...
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Spinel: October 2007
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The greatest impostor in gemstone history. Monday, October 8, 2007. An enormous red spinel crystal weighing over 52 kgs may be the largest red spinel ever unearthed. Mined at depth of 10 meters in a farmer's field in Mahenge, Tanzania, the pyramid shaped spinel. Crystal weighing over 52kgs was discovered by a group of miners in the alluvial deposit. The impressive crystal was the vibrant orangey pinkish red color that is considered to be top for spinel. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Danburite - Cat's Eye R...
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Spinel: Rare large spinels from Mahenge, Tanzania
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The greatest impostor in gemstone history. Monday, September 15, 2008. Rare large spinels from Mahenge, Tanzania. A remarkable discovery in Mahenge, Tanzania has produced an amazing selection of exceptionally large, clean, and highly saturated red spinels. Is even brighter than the finest of rubies. Although Burmese spinels. May occur in a comparable color, they are almost never available in large sizes and invariably much more expensive. Have a look at. April 6, 2011 at 3:58 AM. Image: Musgravite] Musgr...
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Spinel: An enormous red spinel crystal weighing over 52 kgs may be the largest red spinel ever unearthed.
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The greatest impostor in gemstone history. Monday, October 8, 2007. An enormous red spinel crystal weighing over 52 kgs may be the largest red spinel ever unearthed. Mined at depth of 10 meters in a farmer's field in Mahenge, Tanzania, the pyramid shaped spinel. Crystal weighing over 52kgs was discovered by a group of miners in the alluvial deposit. The impressive crystal was the vibrant orangey pinkish red color that is considered to be top for spinel. February 24, 2012 at 11:07 AM. I have a 38,515 cara...
