Since this new find of Sodalite hit the market a few years ago, I have been quite impressed with the amount of relatively clean stones out there. Sodalite is a very durable stone and that's why it is so popular among dealers and collectors alike. The gem variety of Sodalite is Hackmanite and it is tenebrescent which is the process by which a mineral changes daylight color after being exposed to SW Light. This stone is very tenebrescent and also shows a good LW/SW Fluorescence. The stone fluoresces orange under LW and light orange under SW. The Hackmanite will turn a slight lavender color after being exposed to prolonged SW light and then will return to normal color. This process is 100% repeatable and in no way hurts the stone. This gem is nearly colorless, but it's definitely a larger stone and one of the better quality gems in this size range that I've seen. The stone is only very slightly included, which is very difficult to find in this material, and make no mistake, this is a significant collectors gem. This material is retailing for HIGH numbers now across the board, and I recently saw some stones in Munich that were priced at $400 per carat.

This is a very unique variety of Quartz, and this stone is from the finest occurrence in the world. Ametrine is a naturally occurring purple and yellow bi-color variety that is formed by a unique twin law ("Brazil Law Twinning") where two separate individually colored crystals are intergrown to form an alternating "radiation" pattern of purple and yellow triangles when viewed down the c axis. The two colors are oriented to cut the bicolor gemstones, This gem is a unique, one-of-a-kind, superb quality, well cut, 20/80 purple/yellow bicolor, virtually eye clean Quantum Square Burst cut gemstone. This is a truly beautiful stone and when Ametrine is well cut, it looks amazing. It has come to my attention that the mine is no longer in production of this material and the market has quickly "dried up". Don't miss this opportunity to own a unique, colorful, large, naturally occurring gemstone.

Taaffeite is one of the great rare gems out there. The species was actually identified from faceted stones that were thought to be mauve color Spinels, but show double refraction, which cannot occur in isometric mineral such as Spinel. Taaffeite has recently been split into two species, i.e., Magnesiotaaffeite and Ferrotaaffeite. The more commonly known gem Taaffeites are found at the type locality at Ratnapura in Sri Lanka, and are among the most highly sought after and valuable gems coming out of Asia. Stones are not often found over 1 carat. This stone is a beautiful, very slightly included, pale lavender color stone with a Step Oval cut. These are definitely some of the rarest and most desirable of collector's stones around, and this is a fine example of a great gem Taaffeite.