Round brilliant-cut amethyst in a vivid reddish purple with violet-purple flashes around the crown, photographed face-up on a pale gray background at Sapphire Row
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Purple Gemstones: A Gemologist's Guide to Choosing the Right Purple

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Emerald-cut vivid slightly bluish green emerald held in warm gold-toned tweezers, showing whitish jardin veils and mossy internal texture across the table Colored Gemstones
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Gemstone Clarity Explained: Which Inclusions Matter and Which Don't

Clarity in colored stones is not a ladder you climb. A guide to which inclusions are expected in which species,...

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