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Discovered in 2015, it is the 5th largest diamond ever discovered at the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas Identified as a Type IIa crystal, the 8.52 carat diamond was cut and polished by Mike Botha into a custom-designed 4.605 carat Triolette shape during a week long event in North Little Rock and was graded a D IF, 0 Polish & 0 Symmetry ...
Samarian Spinel, the world's largest spinel; Menshikov Ruby, the world's second largest spinel set on top of the Great Imperial Crown of Russia; Timur Ruby, believed to be a ruby until 1851, hence its name; Black Prince's Ruby, the famous spinel mounted on the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom
Given name Amethyst: Amethyst (given name) Given name Azurite: Azura (given name) Given name Beryl: Beryl (given name) Given name Heliodor Given name / surname It is a given and surname. [2] [3] Heliodor is a specimen of the mineral Beryl. Heliodor has a yellow, greenish yellow, or golden-yellow color. The given name has a Czech-Slovak origin ...
Some 85% of the world's rough diamonds, 50% of cut diamonds, and 40% of industrial diamonds are traded in Antwerp, Belgium—the diamond center of the world. [28] The city of Antwerp also hosts the Antwerpsche Diamantkring, created in 1929 to become the first and biggest diamond bourse dedicated to rough diamonds. [29]
The recent expansion of this industry in India, employing low cost labor, has allowed smaller diamonds to be prepared as gems in greater quantities than was previously economically feasible. [93] Diamonds prepared as gemstones are sold on diamond exchanges called bourses. There are 28 registered diamond bourses in the world. [109]
Jewel-inspired baby names are as beautiful as a newborn baby themself. See unusual, cool and classic gem names for boys and girls. 73 jewel-inspired baby names, from Amber to Onyx
Gemstones of the World revised 5th edition, 2013 by Walter Schumann ISBN 978-1454909538 Smithsonian Handbook: Gemstones by Cally Hall, 2nd ed. 2002 ISBN 978-0789489852 v
Peridot (gem-quality olivine) Perlite (volcanic glass) Phengite (variety of muscovite) Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.) Pimelite; Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite) Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite) Potassium alum or potash alum (as a mineral, is called alum-(K))