Jewelry Materials at Sundara Joon
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Garnet - The Stone of Life
Garnets can come in array of color and can also be transparent, translucent or opaque. Red is their most common color, but they literally can be an...
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Aquamarine – beauty that stands the test of time
Aquamarine, a member of the beryl family gets its name from its color which ranges from pale blue to light green and has one thinking of the sea an...
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Tigers Eye – The All Seeing Eye
Tiger Eye (tiger’s eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown color and silky luster. It is a member of the...
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Peridot - an otherworldly gemstone
Peridot was thought to be Cleopatra’s favorite gemstone. In her time, it was often mistaken for emeralds. Peridot was called “gems of the sun” and ...
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Moonstone – a stone for new beginnings
Moonstone is formed from feldspar. The ingrowth of different types of feldspar give moonstone it’s shimmer (or adularescence). The more shimmer the...
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Citrine delivers positive influence
This special gemstone offers a spectrum of colors from yellow to orange. Its name is derived from French “citrine” meaning lemon as a nod to its co...
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Quartz a gemstone of wonder
This special gemstone offers such arrays of colors and has as many names. Its fascinated people since at least the ancient Greeks. This crystal c...
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Elbaite – a colorful addition
Elbaite is a colorful mineral in the tourmaline group that can have any number of colors from green, red, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless. It is...
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Malachite a Transformative Gemstone
Malachite is a bright green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral contain 57.48% Cu (copper) in the purest form. Malachite occurs worldwide including ...
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Chalcedony a Gemstone that Answers to Many Names
If you are inclined to get technical, chalcedony is any form of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, (that translates to “any form of quar...
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Luminous Pearls – The Queen of Gems
Pearls have long been valued for their beauty and before the creation of culture pearls were consider so rare and expensive they were reserved for ...
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Intoxicating Labradorite
Labradorite is a semi-precious gemstone prized for its iridescence and array of colors. This quick read explains what labradorite is, why it's spec...