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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A loose pear-shaped cornflower blue sapphire held tip-up in stainless steel tweezers at Sapphire Row, showing deeper saturation along the girdle and bright silvery-blue brilliance through the crown Colored Gemstones
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Gemstone Color Explained: How Hue, Tone, and Saturation Set Value

Color decides more of a colored gemstone's value than anything else. Here is how hue, tone, and saturation actually work,...

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