Miscellaneous Gemstones

When the owner of All That Glitters saw this Topaz, it was a must have for inventory. This 3.86ct Cushion comes from the famous Ouro Preto Imperial Topaz deposit in Minas Gerais, Brasil. While traveling in Brasil in the past, the owner of All That Glitters visited Ouro Preto more than once and also had a tour of the gold mine over in the adjacent town of Mariana. This particuar Topaz has numerous colors including pink, orange, salmon, etc. There are a few fine needles deep in the gemstone and this is an indication that the color is natural and not heated. Some of the Topaz here will be heated to obtain a pink color. In this case, it was decided to leave it entirely natural and with the lovely color as it came out of the ground, there was really no need to consider enhancement of any kind. A fine color, large, brilliant, natural Topaz, it is a pleasure to view this piece for those who like this color and appreciate a fine Topaz. The color has a Padparadscha feel to it and is not the typical yellow or orangy color typically found - that being said, even a nice orange is not common, especially in larger sizes. (ramcam-19-02) $6,562

Here is a Rare and Unique Piece - a Tourmaline Trapiche Slice. This is a 2.15ct Tourmaline slice from Zambia. Due to the color as well as the design one sees, this is more reminiscent of Emerald Trapiche and that is what it was originally thought to be. One should never just do a 'sight id' as sometimes one can be surprised; this material is not typically seen whereas Trapiche in Emerald is well-known and sought after. Even Sapphire and sometimes Ruby Trapiche may be seen in the market, but is no way common. (lcrst-19-02) $350

All That Glitters has been seeking large Andalusites that we had once seen about 40 years ago, but we haven't found the quality or the size reminiscent of the previous time. It is also difficult to find anything decent even in smaller sizes for Andalusite, but we found an old parcel from Brasil and picked out 5 nice gems for inventory. (pgc-19-01p) SOLD! (Perhaps to be seen in a store near you!)

Clear Quartz with what is believed to be a star Hollandite. This was occasionally seen on the market about 10 years ago and quickly disappeared as this wasn't a large deposit. Found a parcel and we choose the two nicest for clarity, nice stars/sprays of the Hollandite.

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A - 25.80ct (lss-19-02b) $375
B - 58.40ct (lss-19-02a) $584


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A - 13.10ct Included Quartz with a glowing orange stripe - Galilea, Brasil (lss-19-01b) $310
B - 17.72ct Included Quartz with a mix of at least three different mineral species. (Minas Gerais, Brasil) (csms-19-02) $375


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A - 29.15ct Included Quartz from Galilea, Brazil. Wonderful mix of dendrites, color and even an area that seems to glow and looks like schiller of some sort. (lss-19-01a) $410
B - 31.60ct Included Quartz with a wonderful geometric pattern above a field of gold. (Malacacheta, Brasil) (lss-19-04) $349


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A - 34.85ct Included Quartz with what is believed to be a spray of Green Chlorite. (Madagascar) (mnrk-19-01b) $349
B - 49.43ct Included Quartz with fine black Tourmaline needles above an earth-tone background. (Minas Gerais, Brasil) (csms-19-01) $325


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A - 80.85ct Included Quartz with bright orangy red swirls as well as a whitish mineral running at a slight angle within the colored section. (Madagascar) (mnrk-19-01c) $425
B - 108.20ct Included Quartz with needles along with approximately three other distinct minerals. (Madagascar) (mnrk-19-01a) $775


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A - 118.30 Included Quartz consisting of what appears to be two black Tourmaline needles which traverse the gemstone at two sharp angles. Contains dendrites, needles and color! Great natural geometric pattern along with numerous minerals make this piece not only interesting, but beautiful. (Galilea, Brasil) (lss-19-05) $470
B - 57.60ct Included Quartz consisting of crystal clear Quartz and numerous black Tourmaline needles. A large and wonderful shape for a pendant. This material is more difficult to find as collectors and designers seek out the aesthetically pleasing and unusual natural gemstone material. (Minas Gerais, Brasil) (lss-19-03) $375

Golden Orange Tanzanite (Zoisite) weighing 4.93cts and faceted from All That Glitters rough by one of our expert cutters! (eagt-18-01) $6,163

7.78ct Watermelon Sunstone from Oregon - U.S. Faceted


Original Rough	Preform Prior to Cutting
A 7.78ct Watermelon Sunstone from Plush, Oregon. Faceted/Concave Cut by an Award Winning U.S. Cutter! A photograph of the original rough as well as the preform just prior to cutting is displayed below the finished piece. Note the green, red and coppery schiller. This is a darker gem, but with good lighting and when tipped back/forth or moved around, all the colors, schiller and unique cutting can be seen. Priced to move at $1,575. (da-17-01)

Large faceted Color Change Russian YAG (material is about 50 years old)and has a very unique color change from essentially clear to pink. Some might describe it as silver, grey, pewter or lilac depending on the lights, but many would just indicate clear. The pink is a darker version of 'pink ice', a color that many are familiar with. One larger piece exists and was featured in Gem-A Magazine (trade magazine - UK) where it amazed those UK gemologists who saw the piece in person. An under 5 carat faceted round also is available and one can see both the larger and smaller faceted gem, read the article and view a video of the color change by visiting our Published Gems Page!
(Published Gemstones)
This recently faceted piece is similar in all aspects to the large published piece - color change, clean, large, etc. As noted in the article, it is a unique and fascinating color change. This piece was faceted in a design called Pines of the Janiculum and weighs over 76cts. Measures approximately 22.2x16.8mm (alxb-14-01b) $1,500

Dalan Hargrave Carved/Sculpted Oregon Sunstone with Heavy Schiller



49+ct Oregon Sunstone from the high desert area of Plush, Oregon. Mined by All That Glitters in 2009. Large piece of rough with very heavy schiller, which is not common. Carved/Sculpted by the multi-award winning Dalan Hargrave. Another fine work of lapidary art by Dalan. Photos above represent tilting the work of art to show off the schiller or showing the copper platelets that cause the copper/gold reflections. The original piece of rough is the last photo. Clicking on any of the photos above will open a new page with an enlarged version of the photo. Another unique U.S. Gemstone from All That Glitters and a Texas-based Lapidary Artist. (dd-17-01) We are offering this piece at approximately 20% BELOW the calculated wholesale price (based on a wholesale guide created by those directly involved in activing mining and selling of Oregon Sunstone over decades). For those considering this unqiue and beautiful purchase, we are willing to share the wholesale list, as well as our calculations to show how we arrived at our pricing. For a retail markup, we anticipate the price to be up to 100% more. Our goal has been to provide our customers exquisite fine quality colored gemstones at the best price possible. With 36 years in the gem trade, access to the source for rough and cut gemstones, as well as to many award-winning facetors/artists, allows All That Glitters to offer unexpectedly low pricing on most of our inventory. Contact us for a price quote!

Indonesian Agate with Double 'Eyes', weighing 11.09cts. Haven't seen a similar cab so this was a must for inventory! (rstvns-17-01b) $500


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A - 3.02ct Blue Moonstone (egaj-15-15a) $302 ($100/ct)
B - 5.87ct Blue Moonstone (egaj-15-53a) $735 (only $125/ct) Some light inclusions running vertically on the side, but really not evident nor affects the gem.
Nice clean Moonstones with well centered blue sheen - exactly what one wants! Tucson 2016 Wholesale Pricing seen at approx $150/ct for about a 5+ct gem... Photo taken several feet from a window, no overhead lighting and overcast outside. You can see the reflection of the window on the surface of the Moonstone!

wonderful bright yellow green sphene from madagascar

A very clean, well cut bright yellow green 5.25ct oval Sphene from Madagascar with wonderful dispersion/fire. Nicely colored, eye clean, decently faceted sphene is not very common, so when we saw this gem - it went immediately into the All That Glitters' Inventory! (pond-15-01) $2,100 (way under where we feel the price would fall within The Guide)

Large Round Color Change Fluorite (Brasil) weighing 11.53ct (blue to purple color change) We looked at literaly hundreds of pieces in various shapes to find this piece, and though we wanted more, we deemed this to be the best and the others didn't warrant purchasing a 2nd one... (kjcl-15a-15a) $577


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A - 2.66ct Oval Yellow (w/hint of green) Chrysoberyl, (egaj-15-20) $1,330
B - 3.02ct Deep Greenish Yellow Emerald Cut Chrysoberyl, (kjcl-15a-01) $2,265

Yellow Green Radiant Cut Chrysoberyl, 2.77ct (egaj-15-34) $2,495

4+ct glowing light medium yellow chrysoberyl

Chrysoberyl Cushion weighing 4.02ct with a glowing light to medium yellow color, (jdbkk-15-04) $3,015

4.33ct Cushion Cut Chrysoberyl of a very nice yellow! (egaj-15-41) $3,248

Clear Danburite Ovals with wonderful concave faceting;total weight is 11.90cts - average weight would therefore be about 6cts each; Madagascar. Could possibly be a matched pair and will determine that shortly. (kjcl-15a-15c) $75/ct

Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye, 3.28ct - great size for jewelry, no blemishes, the exact color and sharp centered eye that one wants in this gemstone! Note not only the sharp line, but because there were other lights available during photography, one can see an actual eye with the secondary line on the top. Milk/Honey affect clearly seen also. Just a wonderful example and the largest/finest Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl we have had in inventory in 35+ years! Below the wholesale price of the 2014 The Guide - as many of our fine gemstones. (egaj-15-45) $8,200

Natural Alexandrite Cat's Eye, 1.53ct (egaj-15-21) $2,295

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23.36ct Pear Shape. Purchased in a market in Mae Sot, Thailand, on the Burmese border, said to be natural blue Quartz from Burma. Only saw one other dealer who had this material, also said to be natural blue Quartz from Burma, and several pieces were available. We refaceted this piece to improve the optics without an excessive weight loss. Has some dispersion(?) and colors seen depending on the angle at which it is held. Color is a grey blue or bluish grey - photo is picking up lots of other colors. We will sell this below cost and as glass, as we are uncertain of it's true identity. $100 (maesot-15-01)

Nice clean bright lively Burmese Peridot Oval weighing 6.14cts. The photo is actually in focus, but one of the physical properties of Peridot (as well as Zircon), is the doubling of the back facets. (btgem-15-01) $1,842

Sunstone weighing 4.21cts from the high deserts of Oregon. Cabbed in the United States into an interesting freeform kite shape and contains a good amount of coppper schiller, providing scintillating bands of shiny copper color when moved. (ddsun-15-01) $110


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A - Unusually clear and very fine Cat's eye Moonstone; these 3 pieces weigh 20.05cts. At $30/ct, they will average about $200 per gem. (vst-15-02a)
B - Unusually clear and very fine Cat's eye Moonstone; these 2 pieces weigh 16.64cts. At $30/ct, they will average about $250 per gem. (vst-15-02b)


52.35ct Quartz with Ankangite and Celsian from the Curvelo area of Brasil. For a larger image of the inclusions, click on the photo. (mcv-15b-03) $525	46.95ct Quartz with Iron Oxides and Pyroclase from the Galilea area of Brasil. For a larger image of the inclusions, click on the photo. (mcv-15b-01) $469	42.25ct Quartz with Pyrite Crystals from the Aracuai area of Brasil. For a larger image of the inclusions, click on the photo. (mcv-15b-02) $425


A 49.80ct Quartz Cab with needles of Jamesonite from the Cuvelo area of Brasil. Click on the left image for a more detailed photo. (mcv-15a-01) $1,494

What exactly are the inclusions and what causes the Rainbow???

This is clear Scapolite with some sort of inclusion that runs parallel as can be seen in the photos. Some have thought it Rutile, but it is not a crystal structure. One dealer abroad said the inclusions consist of the following: silicate minerals composed of aluminium, calcium, and sodium silicate with chlorine, carbonate and sulfate. The first two photos were taken by All That Glitters under a fiber optic light, and the bottom two photos were originally sent to us via the seller of this unique piece. There seems to be some other pieces of this material, but this is the largest, cleanest, most interesting piece seen thus far. One needs the right light and must look closely to see the colors and closeup photography helps. Because the inclusions are parallel and numerous, one expects to see a cat's eye effect and this is indeed the case in the above photo. We have contacted GIA as we think this is something really interesting worthy of study. If we sell this piece prior to the receiving the OK to send it in for study, we can provide the new owner with the necessary information if they wish to sent it for study. In either case, studied or not studied, published or not published, we have a very unique piece here and the finest example thus far encountered - and at a very good price too! (olprl-14-01) $1475 (IPO) UPDATE!
Yes, this is going to be published in the Gems and Gemology Magazine (GIA publication) Spring 2015 Edition!....

5.88ct Fancy Shaped Star Rutile in Crystal Clear Quartz. (vst-14b-02) $125

32.26ct Cabbed Crystal Clear Quartz with Lodalite and other inclusion including a wonderful two-tiered crystal of Pyrite. Lots to see inside with a loupe or microscope! (vst-14b-01b) $968

39.67ct Cabbed Crystal Clear Quartz with Lodalite and other inclusions. Believe that we saw some small Pyrite Crystals inside too! Lots to see inside with a loupe or microscope! (vst-14b-01d) $1,190

It doesn't get much better for Included Quartz! Look at the spray of crystals inside this Water Clear Quartz fancy shaped cab. One can spend hours looking at the internal world in this piece, using a simple hand held lense/loupe or microscope. Included Quartz with interesting inclusions are not all that common and prices for fine specimens like this have been increasing in value. We sold a super piece last year for $1300, and this one, though slightly different, is just as good! This piece weighs 31.34cts and one can get an idea of the size with the fingers holding the piece over white paper. (vst-14b-01c) $1,300

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This is a very complex and busy Included Quartz weighing 14.07cts. There are multi-layers of Pyrite cubes that can be seen in the left hand photo, and a more detailed photo is available in the right hand column for viewing should one click on the link. There is another interesting mineral at about 9 o'clock. We haven't looked closer at this crystal but it looks as if it could be feldspar or another Pyrite possibly replaced by another mineral. (vst-14b-01a) $700

We were very fortunate to visit with our associates living in Madagascar and we selected three wonderful examples of Fluorite Crystals in Water Clear Quartz! These few hand picked pieces are outstanding aesthetically - as most of this material looks nothing like this. Since these are larger gemstones, we were able to obtain very good photographs showing the Blue Flourite Crystals within the Quartz. Enjoy!

7.49cts (xgxc-14b-01a) $449

The rough was studied by GemeWizard - see the article on the following page:
Color Change YAG A Rare Gem Indeed
"Although their color change intensities are different, both specimens display quite a rare phenomenon and, therefore, will be highly prized by every collector. Brown is considering cutting them into smaller pieces, to enable more gem lovers to add these interesting items to their collections. But no matter how many pieces he cuts, each lucky owner will know that he or she is in possession of a remarkable item."
This material in the possession of All That Glitters has been photographed and described in another article published by the Gemological Associate of Great Britain in their Gems & Jewellery Magazine, Tucson 2014 (Shows and Recent Events), page 7, "Andrew Fellows FGA DGA discusses the new and interesting featured at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2014".
See the section which refers to this unique Color Change YAG: CC YAG - All That Glitters - Tucson 2014

A copy of this magazine will accompany the purchase of this gemstone for the enjoyment of the new owner, who can also share the article and gemstone with others!...

Rare Color Changing YAG (Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) grown in Russia sometime in the past, 40-50 years ago. The Russians were known to be experimenting and on the cutting edge with crystal growth for all kinds of purposes, many pertaining to military use. With their multitudes of experimentation, sometimes only one or a few crystals were grown. What the purpose of this unusual color changing crystal might have been remains a mystery, but for those who seek a beautiful gemstone, these few pieces represent a rare find as noted in the article link below.

This is the largest gemstone faceted from the Pink to Clear Color Changing YAG. It measures 25mm in diameter and weighs 98.78cts.

It is also believed to be the largest gemstone that All That Glitters has ever faceted from rough we have purchased. The color change goes from a very lively medium pink to lilac to clear depending on the available light source/wavelengths. (Since we pay per carat to facet our rough, this almost 100ct gem cost $$$$ and at only $25 per carat for a Published Gemstone, this is a steal and a give-a-way; it doesn't typcially matter whether one is faceting a fine Amethyst, Tourmaline or a Rare Synthetic - the price for cutting is based on the difficulty and issues encountered, the time required to facet and the weight of the final gemstone. Faceting a large facet on such a gemstone as this, takes a very long time versus faceting a similar facet of the same design on a much smaller gemstone. Even at $10-$20/ct per finished carat, the cost of cutting/labor adds up fast and it is only by the good graces of the cutter that they take into account at times the material being cut, as cutting can be more costly than the finished gemstone value. We do have a 9+ct in this material priced at $50ct - if we were to mark this almost 100ct at the same price per carat, we would have a $5000 gemstone. That being said, it is a mult-published gemstone, grown by specialists in Russia, for an unknown application, and most likely only a few crystals were grown as a trial. Other than 2013, we have not seen any of this material available on the market, nor do we expect it. For under $2000, one is purchasing all of these facts/pluses with this particular gemstone.) (exomin-13b-01a) $2,470
Now a Published Gemstone - noted in two different publications!

The rough was studied by GemeWizard - see the article on the following page:
Color Change YAG A Rare Gem Indeed

"Although their color change intensities are different, both specimens display quite a rare phenomenon and, therefore, will be highly prized by every collector. Brown is considering cutting them into smaller pieces, to enable more gem lovers to add these interesting items to their collections. But no matter how many pieces he cuts, each lucky owner will know that he or she is in possession of a remarkable item."

This large round has also been photographed and described in another article published by the Gemological Association of Great Britain in their Gems & Jewellery Magazine, March 2014:
Tucson 2014 - Shows and Recent Events

"Andrew Fellows FGA DGA discusses the new and interesting featured at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2014".

Note that the article mentions that several gemstones have been cut from the rough, with the largest in excess of 100cts - that statement is incorrect, the largest faceted is this 98+ct Round Brilliant discussed here.

This is an exceptional piece for a collection or even for discussion. When shown in Tucson, it had GIA, Gem-A, and GemeWizard talking - obviously so much that it was published so it could be shared with the world. Due to the rarity and publication, one could ask whatever they wish for this beauty, but we felt the current price is very fair and it will be missed when sold....A copy of the magazine in which this fascinating gem appears, will be included with the purchase!...

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