Featured Gemstones
At Studio Jewelers, your dream piece can start with a one-of-a-kind gemstone. Our inventory includes hundreds unusual and fine colored gems, pearls and diamonds, as well as fine examples of the lapidary arts. Here is a small sampling of some of the newest treasures. Check back as we add more to this page, or stop in to search for a particular stone of inspiration.
11.96 ct
Bi-colored Tourmaline, $4,800.00
This natural bi-color
tourmaline is unusually large and fine. It weighs 11.96
carats and measures 13.36 X 11.52 X 8.9 mm. The color is
evenly divided between strawberry pink and moss green and
there are no eye visible inclusions. Tourmaline is 7 to 7.5
on the Mohs hardness scale, so it's good for setting in all
types of jewelry. Recognized as a separate gemstone family
for less than 250 years, the beautiful Tourmaline is
blessed with the widest array of colors of any species.
Because it occurs in so many shades, it was long mistaken
for Emerald and Ruby. Tourmaline is one of the birthstones
for October.
5.13 ct
Imperial Topaz $4,800.00
This untreated natural
imperial topaz weighs 5.13 carats and measures 13.65 X 9.1
X 5.93 mm. This stone is an 8 on the Mohs hardness scale,
so it's good for setting in all types of jewelry. Topaz
derived it's name from the Red Sea island of Topazos. It is
the traditional birthstone for November. In the annals of
gem lore, Topaz holds the distinction of being the gemstone
with the widest range of supposed curative powers. Among
other things, it has been thought to cool tempers, restore
sanity, cure asthma, relieve insomnia and even ward off
sudden death.
0.75 ct
Demantoid Garnet, $2,465.00
This lovely bright green
demantoid garnet weighs 0.75 carats and has a slight oval
shape, measuring 5.25 x 6 x 3.3 mm.
Garnet use in jewelry can be traced to the
Nile Delta in 3100 B.C., where Egyptian artisans crafted
the gemstone into beads or inlay them into hand-wrought
jewelry. Garnet received its name from the ancient Greeks
because the color reminded them of the "granatum," or
pomegranate seed, and most people think of garnets
possessing that rich deep red color. Actually, garnet comes
in a virtual rainbow of colors, from the deep red rhodolite
garnet to the vibrant greens of the Russian demantoid and
African tsavorite. The oranges and browns of spessartite
and hessonite hail from Namibia and Sri Lanka and the
subtle pinks and purples are also color varieties.
2.38 ct
Zambian Aquamarine, $1,490.00
This gorgeous oval blue
aquamarine weighs 2.38 carats and measures 7.9 x 10.1 x
5.25 mm. Aquamarine is in the Beryl family, and is 7.5-8.0
on the Moh's scale of hardness. Aquamarines are found in a
range of blue shades, from the palest pastel to
greenish-blue to a deep blue. While the choice of color is
largely a matter of taste, the deeper blue gemstones are
more rare. Remember that Aquamarine is a pastel gemstone,
and while color can be quite intense in larger gemstones,
the smaller aquamarines are often less vivid. This elegant
colored gemstone is the birthstone of March and is the
symbol of youth, hope, health and fidelity. Aquamarine was
long thought to have a soothing influence on married
couples, making it a good anniversary
gift.
40.95 ct
rainbow pyrite, $240.00
This magical, sparkling
drusy stone measures 35.9 x 29.0 x 5.4 mm and exhibits
metallic copper and gold tones, peacock blues and
purples--the result of natural oxidation of the tiny
crystals that comprise the surface of the stone . (Tiny
crystal growth on the surface of a host rock is called
'drusy', regardless of the mineral type.) Immersing a
rainbow pyrite in acid will strip the color away and reveal
the more typical metallic gold surface responsible for the
moniker "fools gold" that has been applied to pyrite.
Pyrite itself is named for the Greek word for fire "Pyr,"
as it produces sparks when it is struck with steel. It has
a hardness of 6 - 6.5 on the Moh’s Scale, so it's best set
in pendants where it won't get knocked around.
3.59 ct
blue sapphire 8.8 mm native cut round stone,
$4,938.00
The picture doesn't
accurately represent the color of this beautiful gem, which
is almost tanzanite blue--definitely a violet blue, not a
sky blue. Hanna considered recutting this stone but decided
to retain its slightly funky personality (it's what we call
"roval"-not perfectly round but not oval, either.) Besides,
it sparkles like crazy just the way it is! The photograph
on the mirror shows both the exceptional clarity of the
stone and the wisps of concentrated blue color that reflect
evenly around the stone when it is viewed from the top.
1.13 ct.
cushion cut Padparadscha sapphire (AGTA lab certified)
$6,500.00
This
natural Sri Lankan sapphire fulfills the gemological
criteria to be called Padparadscha: it is intensely pink
and orange, in close to an equal ratio of the two colors.
Hanna photographed it on a mirror to reveal the source of
color, an orange color pocket that radiates throughout the
otherwise pink gem. True Padparadscha sapphires are
extremely rare, as reflected in the
price.
5.05 ct.
octagonal emerald cut pink spinel, $8,250.00
This fine
gem spinel has been in Hanna’s personal collection for
nearly 20 years. The source is likely the gem gravels of
Myanmar. This was one of a number of collector gems Hanna
bought from the late Barney Goff, a gemologist and
stonecutter who helped launch the studio jewelry movement
in the 1970s and 1980s. Goff pioneered unusual cuts for
colored gems (the arch and bullet cuts, among others) and
introduced them to independent jewelry designers across
America. He was a lifelong champion of the fine and the
rare in the world of gems and minerals.
31.47
ct triangular rutilated quartz cabochon, $675.00
We love our
“funky” gems at Studio Jewelers! This unique stone was
mined in Brazil. It features sprays of golden rutile needle
inclusions emanating from a ribbon of silvery-black rutile
that seems to light up as the stone is
rotated.
3.43
ct. golden beryl, $475.00
Beryl is
the mineral family that includes emerald, aquamarine, and
the ethereal pink Morganite. This untreated 11mm trilliant
cut gem is exceptionally brilliant and completely free of
eye-visible inclusions.
4.90 ct.
phenomenal sapphire cabochon $2,145.00
Very
unusual (for sapphire) earthy, green moss color with straw
colored undertones with a shimmering blue chatoyancy. At
first look it resembles catseye chrysoberyl, but Hanna
verified its corundum identity with a refractive index test
in our gem lab. This would be an ideal ring stone, because
it is very durable.
Freeshape
green tourmaline bead strands; by weight $87.00 to $120.00,
(stringing and clasp extra).
These beads
were made by slicing up raw tourmaline crystals and tumble
polishing them. They range in color from moss to hunter
green, and some of the beads are chatoyant, owing to
microscopic needle-like inclusions of rutile. Rutile is the
inclusion that makes catseyes in both tourmaline and
corundum (sapphire).
(Stones are not shown actual
size.)
