March Newsletter 2023

Asia’s biggest gem trade show, Thailand Gems & jewelry Fair, was held in Bangkok at the end of February. While we were not exhibiting, our buyers attended the show and snapped up a lot of beautiful new gems. We will list these as soon as possible so remember to keep an eye on our New Arrival page.

In the meantime, we have some gorgeous gems to showcase in this month’s Newsletter so let’s get right to it.

Spectacular African Spessartite

Spessartite garnet is a stunning gemstone famous for its intense rich orange color. This fiery sunny-orange gem is one of the rarest and most valuable of all garnet types. Its excellent brilliance and high hardness has made it very popular as a jewelry gemstone.

First discovered in the 1880’s in mountain range in Germany, it was not until the recent discovery of mines in Namibia and Madagascar that saw spessartite garnet gems become more prominent in jewelry designs. Gemselect has a large selection of both single stones for rings and pendants, as well as matching pairs perfect for earrings.

Labradorite - The Northern Lights of Gemstones

There are few gemstones that display the 'play-of-color' phenomenon better than Labradorite, reds, blues, purples, yellows and more dance before your eyes as it turns in your hand but there is much more to discover about this rare beauty. There are a number of scientific explanations for flashes of color in Labradorite gemstones, but perhaps the Inuit people of Labrador in Canada explain it best by saying that the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis were trapped within Labradorite rocks. The story goes that a mighty Eskimo warrior freed the colors that dazzle the Polar skies with blows from his spear but could not break all the rocks leaving a number of Labradorite gemstones for us to collect then carve, polish and admire to this very day. You can showcase your own “Northern Lights” with this stunning gem that is suitable for all types of jewelry.

Rare Black Star Sapphires

Star sapphire is a rare variety of sapphire that exhibits an asterism under specific lighting. When viewing the star sapphire, a six-rayed star (or in extremely rare cases a 12-rayed star) will appear to float across the surface of the stone. The star effect is caused by tiny rutile needle-like inclusions that intersect each other at varying angles to produce this rare phenomenon. We have black star sapphires in a large range of sizes to fit all jewelry needs.

March Birthstone

The birthstone of March is the ever beautiful aquamarine. Ranging in color from almost colorless to deep teal and blue tones, this member of the beryl family gets its name from the Latin aqua, meaning ‘seawater’ for its resemblance to shallow seawaters.

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