| It is our policy not to use artificial stones. The stones that are used in the jewellery on this website are semi-precious stones, however some stones may be heat treated or dyed to achieve the colour. It is now virtually impossible to obtain black onyx stones that are not dyed, and it is believed that 90% of amethysts are heat treated. All the stones are cabachon or smooth finished unless described as facetted (cut). |
| Amber |
| Although not a stone amber is a valued gem because of its extreme age and beauty. Amber is actually the fossilized resin of ancient trees; most of the world's amber is in the range of 30-90 million years old. | | 
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| Amethyst |
Purple, violet, or pale red-violet, the amethyst is the most highly valued stone in the quartz group.
It is the birthstone of the month of February | |  
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| Anyolite |
| Anyolite is one of the zoisite stones and is green with black viens. It's colorful variations has opaque rubies within the stone when it is usually called ruby zoisite | | 
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| Black Onyx |
This is an affordable black stone with a sophistocated appeal, and like carnelion, and sardonyx, onyx is a variety of chalcedony. (see below)
Since ancient times, onyx has been dyed to improve it's colour. | | 
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| Black Star |
| A star gemstone will have a rayed star visible across the gemstone’s surface. | | 
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| Blue Topaz |
Topaz comes in the whole rainbow of colours; violet, blue, yellow, pink, brown, green and clear. The blue variety is a light blue-torquoise colour similar to aquarmine in colour but much less expensive.
It is the birthstone of the month of December | |  |
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| Chalcedony |
| Although this term is used by gemologists to cover all the cryptocrystalline quartzes, it is most commonly used for the opaque blueish-grey stone. | |  |
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| Carnelian |
This opaque red-brown chalcedony was popular with the ancient Egyptians. When carnelian it is found in layers with one layer of milk-white chalcedony it is called sardonyx or carnelian onyx.
Sardonyx and peridot are both birthstones for the month of August | |   |
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| Citrine |
Named from the French name for lemon, "citron", citrine is a golden quartz most often with a lemon colour.
Together with yellow topaz it is the birthstone of the month of November. | |  |
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| Garnet |
The word 'Garnet' refers to a group of six minerals, so called because 'granatus' (Latin) means grain, and the crystals of garnets are rounded in shape. The most commonly known garnet is red in colour.
The garnet is the birthstone of the month of January. | |   |
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| Haematite |
| In mineralogy some varities of haematite are called iron luster. When haematite is polished it has a metallic shiny appearance. | |  |
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| Iolite |
Also known as water sapphire because of it's colour is usually a blue to violet colored gemstone.
Because the birthstone colour for September is blue, iolite is often substituted for sapphire. | |  |
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| Labradorite |
| Labradorite's beauty as a gemstone is mainly because of its schiller or unusual lusterous metallic tints. Often blue and green this luster is called its 'fire'. | |   |
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| Lapis Lazuli |
This opaque, deep blue gemstone with golden streaks was one of the first stones ever to be used and worn for jewellery; it was used in prehistoric times.
Lapis lazuli is an alternative stone for the month of December. | |   |
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| Peridot |
Historical legend has it that this beautiful yellow-green gemstone was the favourite gemstone of Cleopatra. It is is the gem variety of olivine, and is also referred to as the 'evening emerald'.
It is the birthstone of the month of August. | |  |
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| Rainbow moonstone |
Moonstone is a white opalescent, with a blue or scheen, resembling moonshine.
With pearl, and alexandrite moonstone is a birthstones of the month of June. | |  |
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| Rhodonite |
| This attractive rose pink stone with black veining is named after the Greek word for rose | | 
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| Rose quartz |
Rose quartz, one of the most desirable varieties of quartz, is also called Roselle, and is is a pale pink gemstone. The powder pink to rose colour is unique, unlike any other pink mineral species and the stones can vary from transparent to translucent. The translucent quality of rose quartz is much more available. This stone is ofen called the stone of love. | |  |
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| Torquoise |
Turquoise has been loved and used for thousands of years by nearly every race on every continent around the world. It has been found in ancient Egyptian tombs. Turquoise varies in color from greenish to sky blue.
Turquoise is the birthstone for December. | |  |
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| Zircon |
| Zircon is a natural stone, unlike with Cubic Zirconia which looks similar and is manmade. Both stones can be a colorless stone, used to imitate diamonds. but zircon can also be blue, yellow, orange, red, brown and green whilst CZ can be any colour. | |  |
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